Mille Lacs night trolling

  • Calvin Svihel
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    Northwest Metro, MN
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    September 23, 2011 at 4:53 pm #1289140

    Made a spur of the moment trip up to the pond last night with James. Water temp was about 55 degrees, which was a pleasant gretting. Slow trolling about 1.5-1.6 lots of S turns yeilded somewhere between 13-15 fish, biggest was 26.5″ all caught on stick baits. Weeds are still strong in some areas, and in others they are dying off nicely. Hopefully this stable weather will put more fish in the boat in this next coming week. Water temps are about perfect, and the fish that we did conect with were hitting with force. Should only get better. Fun night indeed.

    sauger
    Hastings ,MN
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    September 23, 2011 at 5:02 pm #996913

    Thats good news! Just checked my phone……don’t see any missed calls from you…. Just think what a third rod could have done

    travp
    Blaine , Mn
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    September 23, 2011 at 7:26 pm #996943

    What area of the lake were you on with those temps? We had 51.9 on the SW side last night.

    Calvin Svihel
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    Northwest Metro, MN
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    September 23, 2011 at 8:11 pm #975373

    w, nw, and n side….all within that 55 degree range.

    inge66
    Posts: 366
    September 23, 2011 at 9:16 pm #996953

    I like it. Heading up for two full days on Oct 10 and 11. Staying at Castaways Gonna chase some smallies during the day and look for some piggies in the shallows at night. OOO I cant wait.

    dabears
    Northfield, MN
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    September 24, 2011 at 4:39 pm #975691

    Never done the night trolling there, you just long lining or using lead core or 3 way set up?

    travp
    Blaine , Mn
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    September 25, 2011 at 1:47 am #997096

    Long lining.

    jasonlem
    New Prague
    Posts: 168
    September 25, 2011 at 2:20 am #997100

    Very odd Tad and I had the water temp between 60-62 on friday It was warming until about 9pm!! I was fishing the north also? How deep were you cal?

    Jason

    James Holst
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    SE Minnesota
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    September 25, 2011 at 11:36 pm #997201

    Quote:

    Very odd Tad and I had the water temp between 60-62 on friday It was warming until about 9pm!! I was fishing the north also? How deep were you cal?

    Jason

    6′ – 8′.

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    September 25, 2011 at 11:38 pm #997202

    Quote:

    Made a spur of the moment trip up to the pond last night with James. Water temp was about 55 degrees, which was a pleasant gretting. Slow trolling about 1.5-1.6 lots of S turns yeilded somewhere between 13-15 fish, biggest was 26.5″ all caught on stick baits. Weeds are still strong in some areas, and in others they are dying off nicely. Hopefully this stable weather will put more fish in the boat in this next coming week. Water temps are about perfect, and the fish that we did conect with were hitting with force. Should only get better. Fun night indeed.

    Thanks for making the trip with me, Cal. I had a blast even if it did make for a long, blurry-eyed day on Friday.

    Here’s the best pic of the night. Nice fish, buddy. Let’s do it again soon.

    Mike W
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
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    September 26, 2011 at 2:09 am #997220

    Nice looking fish. It getting to be that time of year.

    chris-tuckner
    Hastings/Isle MN
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    September 27, 2011 at 1:29 am #997469

    I love those fat bottom girls!!

    puddlepounder
    Cove Bay Mille Lacs lake MN
    Posts: 1814
    September 27, 2011 at 10:32 am #997493

    i had 59deg water temp last night up here on the south end we caught 3 overs between 6:45 and 8:00. weeds

    Jack Naylor
    Apple Valley, MN
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    October 2, 2011 at 2:40 am #998475

    You guys got my attention, am heading up for two days and 2 nights next weekend. Got to do Smallies during the day, then you know what after 6:30pm.
    Jack
    can’t wait

    Calvin Svihel
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    Northwest Metro, MN
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    October 3, 2011 at 3:59 pm #998708

    Don’t forget about perch for a meal.

    chomps
    Sioux City IA
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    October 3, 2011 at 11:54 pm #998861

    are you guys seeing any numbers of perch or just the incidentals running hornets?

    jasonlem
    New Prague
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    October 4, 2011 at 12:12 am #998872

    Same picture as the last one I saw What gives?

    Calvin Svihel
    Moderator
    Northwest Metro, MN
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    October 4, 2011 at 3:00 pm #998999

    Quote:

    Same picture as the last one I saw What gives?

    ??? This picture was never reposted?

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    October 4, 2011 at 3:14 pm #999006

    Quote:

    Same picture as the last one I saw What gives?

    My guess is Jason forgot he’s read through this thread before.

    sauger
    Hastings ,MN
    Posts: 2442
    October 5, 2011 at 5:46 pm #999311

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