Super User A-Jay Posted October 26, 2017 Author Super User Posted October 26, 2017 1 hour ago, Further North said: You're going to go south of Michigan? I guess I get it...but doood...you're breakin' my heart here...Big smallies are eating...big toothy fish are on the prowl... Although I would never take the pretty decent fall I've already had for granted, I'm going to be hunting more of these green bass - so I'm OK with leaving this fishery a little early. A-Jay 2 Quote
Super User S Hovanec Posted October 26, 2017 Super User Posted October 26, 2017 10 minutes ago, Further North said: We have that up here too, on the Mississippi...about an hour and a half away. I've only tried it twice, it's almost exclusively walleye fishing...something I lack the patience for. I can be on the rivers in less than a half hour. It's also walleye. That's something I'm learning, but on Erie, not the rivers. 2 Quote
Super User Further North Posted October 26, 2017 Super User Posted October 26, 2017 19 minutes ago, A-Jay said: Although I would never take the pretty decent fall I've already had for granted, I'm going to be hunting more of these green bass - so I'm OK with leaving this fishery a little early. A-Jay I could do that...but I'd leave the boat ready to go out when I got back... ...just kidding, at least what you're doing makes sense now... 19 minutes ago, S Hovanec said: I can be on the rivers in less than a half hour. It's also walleye. That's something I'm learning, but on Erie, not the rivers. I gave walleye fishing a shot, including a week on Lac Suel doing nothing but fishing for them...it's not for me. TOo slow, to passive...to something. That's not a criticism, I see it more as something I lack. I can't stand trolling either. Makes my hair hurt. 2 Quote
Super User slonezp Posted October 26, 2017 Super User Posted October 26, 2017 27 minutes ago, S Hovanec said: I can be on the rivers in less than a half hour. It's also walleye. That's something I'm learning, but on Erie, not the rivers. 11 minutes ago, Further North said: I could do that...but I'd leave the boat ready to go out when I got back... ...just kidding, at least what you're doing makes sense now... I gave walleye fishing a shot, including a week on Lac Suel doing nothing but fishing for them...it's not for me. TOo slow, to passive...to something. That's not a criticism, I see it more as something I lack. I can't stand trolling either. Makes my hair hurt. I learned a lot about fishing structure, current, and reading electronics, river fishing for walleye. Northern IL is full of soup bowl lakes with little to no structure. The Wisconsin River however....When I initially got side imaging I thought the graph was defective. It never showed anything like I was seeing in online screenshots. It wasn't showing anything because it did not exist. The section of river I fish is full of ledges, humps, drops, and sand bars. I learned what to look for on the graphs and how to see subtle differences which I was then able to use on my local IL lakes. Unfortunately, the walleye population is non existent on the IL waters of Lake Michigan but we make it up with the booming population of gobies. Quote
Super User Further North Posted October 26, 2017 Super User Posted October 26, 2017 Made me smile...we've got a fair amount of structure here, but nothing like down south with flooded timber, sunken bridges and road beds... I've got a rock pile on the outside bend of the Chippewa River near here that makes strong men sweat when it comes up on Side Imaging. Smallmouth guys have been known to fall to their knees, look to the sky and chant, "Thank you, God! Thank you!" ...then I went to Canada, started fishing Canadian Shield lakes. Oh, Baby....could you see structure... On 10/25/2017 at 7:00 PM, slonezp said: Unfortunately, the walleye population is non existent on the IL waters of Lake Michigan but we make it up with the booming population of gobies. Gobies make good bait... 1 Quote
Super User slonezp Posted October 26, 2017 Super User Posted October 26, 2017 I forgot to mention, the section of river I fish was at one time a logging route. Really neat how I am able to see the original river channel prior to damming and the logs that had broken free. There's an awful lot of guys who troll the river channel. I haven't had much luck doing that and spend most of my time jigging cliff walls 1 Quote
Super User Further North Posted October 26, 2017 Super User Posted October 26, 2017 That's cool stuff... The Chippewa River around here was logging central for a while...the biggest mill in the world was on the river right in town for years. It is cool to be able to run the old channels in Lake Wissota and see stuff like that. Too bad it's mostly the Dead Sea when it comes to fishing.... 1 Quote
Super User slonezp Posted October 26, 2017 Super User Posted October 26, 2017 So you're in north central WI? I've fished Wissota and the Chippewa. Used to have relatives in Boyd which is about an hour east of Chippewa Falls Quote
Super User Further North Posted October 26, 2017 Super User Posted October 26, 2017 About half way between Chippewa and Bloomer...I can be on the north end of Wissota in 10 minutes...but I can be on better water in the same amount of time going north, and if I go 20 minutes...much better. With HWY 29 being all 4 lane, Boyd is probably less than half an hour these days. I work with a woman who lives in Stanly and it takes her a little over a half hour to get to our office in Chippewa Falls. Quote
Super User slonezp Posted October 26, 2017 Super User Posted October 26, 2017 It was 2 boats ago since I've been there, so prior to 2004. My relatives have since passed. Maybe 10 years already Quote
Super User Further North Posted October 26, 2017 Super User Posted October 26, 2017 I've been here since '04, so we overlapped a little bit. Between HWY29 being 4 lane limited access and the HWY 53 bypass you can really get around up here now...not like when we moved here and it was 40 minutes to the south side of Eau Claire....I can be down near the mall in 25 minutes now. Quote
Super User S Hovanec Posted October 27, 2017 Super User Posted October 27, 2017 I hate trolling too, but this summer we did a bit and it wasn't bad. Maybe because the action was so hot. Time between bites was short. My next boat will be more walleye centered than bass. It's easy to bass fish from a walleye boat but not as easy to walleye fish from a bass boat! Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted October 27, 2017 Author Super User Posted October 27, 2017 @slonezp, @Further North , @S Hovanec ~ Get a room . . . . . . . A-Jay 1 2 Quote
Super User Further North Posted October 27, 2017 Super User Posted October 27, 2017 You're just mad because we stopped talking about your boat... 1 2 Quote
Super User slonezp Posted October 27, 2017 Super User Posted October 27, 2017 He's awful salty for someone who's headed south of the border to chase double digit bass. Quote
Super User Further North Posted October 27, 2017 Super User Posted October 27, 2017 I hear that being old and retired will do that. 1 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted October 27, 2017 Author Super User Posted October 27, 2017 You guys seem a little sensitive . . . . . Don't despair, I'll be sure to file a full report complete with full details, Pic & perhaps a little video. A-Jay 2 Quote
Super User Further North Posted October 27, 2017 Super User Posted October 27, 2017 Looking forward to the report...in the meantime I'll just go catch another musky. 2 Quote
Super User slonezp Posted October 28, 2017 Super User Posted October 28, 2017 Looking forward to it. Tomorrows a no go, High of 40, rain, and blowing west @ 20. Sunday is a possibility and next weekend looks good as of right now. Catching a musky on a senko? Sure beats spending $30 on a suick Quote
Super User Further North Posted October 28, 2017 Super User Posted October 28, 2017 I wondered if anyone would catch that... I've been after that particular fish for four seasons now, seen her a dozen times. She's seen every musky lure known to man (and some that aren't) a dozen times thrown by every one who thinks they know how to catch a musky. I finally got her to eat. 7" Senko over an 8/0 Trokar EWG. 18" of Tyger Leader FG'd to 50# 832 Suffix, Medium Heavy TFO 7', 3" GTS with a Diawa Tatula CT. Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted May 28, 2020 Author Super User Posted May 28, 2020 Happy Anniversary to Me ~ and my Pro-V Bass. A-Jay 2 Quote
tander Posted May 28, 2020 Posted May 28, 2020 Happy Anniversary A-Jay, hope you and Lund have many more. 1 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted May 26, 2021 Author Super User Posted May 26, 2021 It's that time again ~ Five years went Fast . . . . #Lundiversary Fish Hard A-Jay 2 Quote
Super User ATA Posted May 26, 2021 Super User Posted May 26, 2021 Congratulation, You deserve it. Enjoy 1 Quote
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