Jmhalvo Posted October 3, 2017 Posted October 3, 2017 Good point. For example I’ve been on ULTRA clear water this week but NOT doing well on traditional natural colors. Instead the dark color of black and blue large jigs was consistently all they wanted. 1 Quote
jmcarriere Posted October 4, 2017 Posted October 4, 2017 On 9/30/2017 at 7:48 PM, FryDog62 said: Water temps came down to the upper 50’s today on a little river by my house. 21 incher on one of the new Maxscent “General” wacky worms.. That a beautiful small mouth is that in the rum Quote
Super User gim Posted October 5, 2017 Super User Posted October 5, 2017 The past few weeks there have been days when I literally cannot avoid pike, so instead of trying to avoid them, getting bit off, and losing lures, I embraced it. I even got into a couple of nice tiger muskies while I was at it. 1 Quote
Super User FryDog62 Posted October 5, 2017 Super User Posted October 5, 2017 Quite a tiger pattern in that sun!! Cool fish Quote
Jmhalvo Posted October 6, 2017 Posted October 6, 2017 Sunday gonna be nice day- low winds, warm. I can’t decide: Mnpls Chain or North Arm Bay. Might save the chain for a windy day. Quote
rascalP Posted October 7, 2017 Posted October 7, 2017 On 10/2/2017 at 10:33 PM, Jmhalvo said: Good point. For example I’ve been on ULTRA clear water this week but NOT doing well on traditional natural colors. Instead the dark color of black and blue large jigs was consistently all they wanted. Exactly! If I was on that water, I would have been using green pumpkin all the way. Another one I'm trying to get past is jerkbaits. In years past, I wouldn't even think about using one if the water temp was over 60. After watching KVD have success year round, now I never rule it out. I fished Chisago wednesday for a few hours. Kinda tough for Chisago, but got a few small fish on every spot I fished. And one lazy fish on a jerkbait. Shallow hard bottom near weeds was best using a ned rig. Biggest fish, 16"+ maybe, came on swimming a t-rig pitboss through some pads I've been doing that alot the last few years - pitchin in the thick stuff and swimming the edges and lanes with the same rig. Havoc pitboss and crawfatty both have good swimmin action. Water temp was 63+-. Thursday we were going to fish the river above St. Croix Falls, but it looked too blown up, so we went to S. Center. We spent alot of time pitchin and swimmin in the pads and got a few decent fish. We also hit some spots with scattered shallow milfoil. Ned rig and a wacky rig dinger worked there. I tried a frog quite a bit with not even one blow up. Ended up getting a few on a squarebill crank in shallow weeds. Biggest went about 18", fat with a bit of tailfin still showing in its gullet. Water temp ended up around 61 end of the day Quote
punch Posted October 7, 2017 Author Posted October 7, 2017 I'm going to bomb around some lakes in the Monticello area Sunday. Quote
punch Posted October 9, 2017 Author Posted October 9, 2017 Dang bluebird skys and 68 degrees! It's funny how it's fall above the water, but below the water it's still sorta summer. We can't get a good water temp drop around here. The fishing was just 'ok' yesterday.. the sunny day was pleasant but definitely made the bass tuck into cover and not get the feedbags on. The topwater bite at dusk got pretty good though once the sun dipped behind the tree's. Swim jigs through cover got me some big bites yesterday. Shallow cranking with a KVD 1.5 did well too. 1 Quote
Jmhalvo Posted October 9, 2017 Posted October 9, 2017 Agreed. Had to go deeper, near drop off with big jig. Nothing shallow Quote
punch Posted October 9, 2017 Author Posted October 9, 2017 3 hours ago, Jmhalvo said: Agreed. Had to go deeper, near drop off with big jig. Nothing shallow Yeah, I was fishing a really muddy lake in the morning and the bass were really tight into shallow cover. Then I switched lakes to a clear lake in the afternoon and had to go deep with a drop shot. By the end of the day water temps were up to 64! That aint fall. Quote
Ranger518vx Posted October 10, 2017 Posted October 10, 2017 Any reports on Mille Lacs? Plan on headed up on Friday to get on the good fall bite. Quote
geneoh Posted October 10, 2017 Posted October 10, 2017 Couldn't get out this weekend but got out for a few hours this afternoon. It was cold but water temps still 61. I didn't catch many, I had to make an adjustment from a jig to a smaller profile t-rig to get big bites. It worked though, I got the biggest bite of my life! One of my goals this year was to get a 6lber. I finally got it today with a 6.28lb toad. I've been fishing for big bites lately and its been paying off. Jigs, Texas rigs basically all of the time. Once the water temps get lower I'll change things up but this has been working really well for me. 9 Quote
OperationEagle Posted October 10, 2017 Posted October 10, 2017 holy moley Gene that is a monster. Great job mixing it up to yield such a beast. How many inches? Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted October 10, 2017 Super User Posted October 10, 2017 11 hours ago, geneoh said: Couldn't get out this weekend but got out for a few hours this afternoon. It was cold but water temps still 61. I didn't catch many, I had to make an adjustment from a jig to a smaller profile t-rig to get big bites. It worked though, I got the biggest bite of my life! One of my goals this year was to get a 6lber. I finally got it today with a 6.28lb toad. I've been fishing for big bites lately and its been paying off. Jigs, Texas rigs basically all of the time. Once the water temps get lower I'll change things up but this has been working really well for me. Gorgeous Bass ~ ! Congrats on your new Personal Best A-Jay Quote
geneoh Posted October 11, 2017 Posted October 11, 2017 8 hours ago, OperationEagle said: holy moley Gene that is a monster. Great job mixing it up to yield such a beast. How many inches? Just under 21inches. SO. FAT. 1 Quote
JackKlassen Posted October 11, 2017 Posted October 11, 2017 Anyone been out since the cold weather hit us? Interested in seeing how it affects the fishing. Could get good soon. Quote
Jmhalvo Posted October 11, 2017 Posted October 11, 2017 Well, we know of one 6.28 pound bass caught yesterday Quote
JackKlassen Posted October 11, 2017 Posted October 11, 2017 8 minutes ago, Jmhalvo said: Well, we know of one 6.28 pound bass caught yesterday good point ? Quote
Jmhalvo Posted October 11, 2017 Posted October 11, 2017 Is it worth it to hit the Mississippi with the waterflow this high? Quote
Super User Jeff H Posted October 11, 2017 Super User Posted October 11, 2017 On 10/9/2017 at 11:17 PM, geneoh said: Couldn't get out this weekend but got out for a few hours this afternoon. It was cold but water temps still 61. I didn't catch many, I had to make an adjustment from a jig to a smaller profile t-rig to get big bites. It worked though, I got the biggest bite of my life! One of my goals this year was to get a 6lber. I finally got it today with a 6.28lb toad. I've been fishing for big bites lately and its been paying off. Jigs, Texas rigs basically all of the time. Once the water temps get lower I'll change things up but this has been working really well for me. Yeah! Nice catch! Quote
rascalP Posted October 12, 2017 Posted October 12, 2017 Got out on the Croix yesterday. The water was down, but the current was still really rippin, so we had to fish real tight to shore or get into some slack areas. We got a dozen or so typical size river smallies - no real toads. So-so day for the river. Most came on jerkbaits or spinnerbaits. Tubes and jigs got a few in areas with less current. Water temp was about 52. We talked to a guy later on who said they were drawing it down 6 ft. to do repairs on the dam -- again. So it sounds like the river might be out for another week or more. I went to Chisago for a few hours today and got some real nice ones. 19 1/2" and 19" were the biggest and a few more 17 1/2 and bigger. All came on either a green pumpkin keitech swimbait in some shallower offshore spots, or a swimjig in the sloppier stuff. They wanted it moving. Water temp was around 58. 1 Quote
OperationEagle Posted October 12, 2017 Posted October 12, 2017 1 hour ago, rascalP said: Got out on the Croix yesterday. The water was down, but the current was still really rippin, so we had to fish real tight to shore or get into some slack areas. We got a dozen or so typical size river smallies - no real toads. So-so day for the river. Most came on jerkbaits or spinnerbaits. Tubes and jigs got a few in areas with less current. Water temp was about 52. We talked to a guy later on who said they were drawing it down 6 ft. to do repairs on the dam -- again. So it sounds like the river might be out for another week or more. I went to Chisago for a few hours today and got some real nice ones. 19 1/2" and 19" were the biggest and a few more 17 1/2 and bigger. All came on either a green pumpkin keitech swimbait in some shallower offshore spots, or a swimjig in the sloppier stuff. They wanted it moving. Water temp was around 58. That's a great report. Thanks for sharing. Quote
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