Backus Area 1-2-13

Well there is nothing to special to report from last nights outting, but I at least made it out. I set up in about 21 ft on a inside turn of a good sized flat. The ice was around 12″ thick with only a couple inches of snow cover.

I managed 3 fish only. A very small pike on the set line and a 15″ walleye and about a 3-4lb pout! The pout was very fun though. I saw the mark come in after dark on the LX-5 and watched it race up to about 3ft off the bottom. It hit, missed it! I lowered the trout-n-pout spoon back down and it crushed it! Of course it had my set line wrapped up in it too! lol Look at the cool patterns on this fish though! Neat fish for a lake that isn’t suppose to have them in there! This is the second time I have caught one there!I’m heading out again tonight, but not sure where yet!

I’d trade you a walleye for that pout any day of the week. Better fight and better eating.

My grandma has been on 3rd Crow Wing since the 70s and my uncle has been on Potato for 5-7 years. Is there some good winter lakes in the area?

Both of their lakes have good size eyes, but we rarely find good numbers.

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My grandma has been on 3rd Crow Wing since the 70s and my uncle has been on Potato for 5-7 years. Is there some good winter lakes in the area?

Both of their lakes have good size eyes, but we rarely find good numbers.

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Those lakes are a bit out of my area. There are almost to many lakes in the Backus area to try. It’s hard to get to learn one. It seems a lot of the time if you don’t have a good night, your off to another lake when you might be passing up a gold mine! Speaking of, I need to go load up and go fishing! lol

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I’d trade you a walleye for that pout any day of the week. Better fight and better eating.

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I’ll trade you 4 walleyes and 2 perch for that pout! Yum!!!

Nice pics!

I can’t seem to load the pic from my phone, but I caught another nice one about 4 today. He had to have the green glow! I’ll upload the pic tonight when I get home.