Was out in the snow on Sunday-beautiful, caught a 15” crappie, was sure it was a bass or pike. saw turkeys and pelicans in the snow. Dress warm, have fun,
No: Jet skiis, waterskiis, skeeters, tubers, knats, sunburn, slimey water, other fishermen crowding in. Did see some duck hunters but that was ok.
Yeah I’m still going. Haven’t been able to lock down a consistent pattern though. I think the super fast drop in temps have them scattered around at different depths. Been finding them all over but can only get one at each spot it seems. I’ll be out again Wednesday morning.
If all else fails, I drive around trying to find schools of crappie on the graph to drop something down to.
Slow-Rolling a spinnerbait or fishing a jerkbait S L O W L Y has been working down in the cities, but it’s a little warmer here.
Made it out today in the 40 degree temps and 25mph NW winds. Pretty slow for an hour or so then picked up a few at the end. Tx rigged chigger craws worked the best. They were deeper than last week. Resorted to jogging for walleyes. Got a couple dinks, but bass fishing more interesting and keeps you warmer.
Was also out the last couple days in Northern MN. Water temp had fallen to 38 by the time we left. All our fish were caught casting artificials. Aggressive presentations were still working, but boat control was virtually impossible. Left a day early.
I last went on Oct 8. The water temps were 54 degrees. Warm enough for a bass still. I may go one more time but I fear that its dropped below 50 now, and once it drops below that, bass fishing becomes virtually impossible.
I went out on White Bear today. It’s my home lake and for the first time in a long time of fishing it, I got skunked. Water temps were 45-48. I can usually still pick up a fish or two on a deep crank, jig, or dropshot, but today nothing. I think the fast drop in temps has the fish really scattered. I didn’t see one group of fish on the graph today. I think I’ll be crappie fishing next time out….
Stretching out the open water season makes the winter seem shorter for me (then I’ll start up at ice out)
Caught a few yesterday-found green cabbage with a crank then dead sticked with plastics-plastics caught all the fish.
Been night fishing lately, lighted Bobber’s, and casting , mixed bag ,it hoot watching the Bobber’s.
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Got these yesterday,jig and minnow on Mississippi. I’ll be going back there today for sure!
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Nice fish gino and catmando!
Love bobber fishing-nice
Got out Muskie fishing in northern wis oct 21 . Water temp 46. Casting jerkbaits while dragging a sucker didn’t have any action . Started trolling cranks and caught a 42”. Hope to get out next weekend again .
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This is the bass thread, nice fish though.
Ah , see that now
I got out yesterday and found them up on inside weed edges. They weren’t aggressive but they wanted the chatterbait. Nothing big but the best day I’ve had in a couple weeks going for bass.
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I went out for Largies one last time Friday. Caught 4 for about 4 hours of fishing. All on Squarebills. Tried some slower stuff, but nothing on that. Missed something big of course too. Definitely been a slower fall, but it was nice to get out one last time and hook a few.
Put the boat away Saturday and I think I made the right decision with this weather and forecast coming up. Bring on the ice now!
If I ever shoot that buck,i will get back to it !
Decided my boat will be headed up to storage on the 18th and the only trips I am planning on doing are scouting for ice season. Had some really good days and some really bad days this year. I suppose that’s how it goes.
Gonna do a scout trip this weekend-gonna be chilly-skipped last weekend could not do wind, rain and 35 degrees-lots of great football last weekend, Rams/saints, Vikes, Packers/Patriots. Gophers even looked good, On paper! This weekend no Vikes, I don’t hunt and at least it won’t be raining, can cover lots of water in a boat (compared to drilling holes)
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