Detroit Lakes Minn. fishing report from wed 14th

[throttleplate]

Wheres the water? started fishing at 11.30 am, it was 80f, hazy and cloudy with 10 mph wind blowing onto bank for bank fishing, looked great for some spinners,chatters, crankbaits, top waters but nothin bit.

Walked the shoreline throwing a black kingtail tr into the thick shallow weeds and to the outside but with water extremely low the weeds are topping out way beyond the normal weedline dropoff where before they would be well underwater.

 

I caught a nice fighting 3.5lber which i dragged out of the weeds but after that i got nothin, i threw jigs into the open areas of weeds but no hits. The bass slayer, aka my wife only got 1 bass but was a nice 4 lber which againe she casted a thousand times to get it.

We then packed up and left for a lake where we can dock fish from shore on pelican lake, well the docks are sittin in about a foot of water and the spring that runs into that area is not running so we looked and drove off to another lake that always produces fish.

 

We were there a week ago and now water so low my frog fishing lily pads are in a foot of water and though i tried there was no action with the frog, my frog tossing may be done for the year as it looks bleak at all my frog lakes due to water levels where i can now walk into the pads on dry land where before i caught fish. Now it was nice and overcast and 15mph wind blowing onto the bank but still the fish were not hangin around.

 

I caught a bass dink on my last resort wild walleye swim bait and of course the bass slayer caught a 4 lber on a crankbait, sigh. Then i caught a sunny on a tr senko, whoopee. Unbelievably i called it at 8.30 pm as before i would fish till it was dark out but it just wasnt happening and may have to cross this favorite lake off the list for the rest of the year. Its only mid july and the water is going away only to get worse with extended 2 week forcast of 90 degree heat and sun. I am staying home for a break and will go out again next week in the evening hours, not gonna throw the towell in on the season.

[gim]

42 minutes ago, throttleplate said:

Then i caught a sunny on a tr senko, whoopee.

LOL