strange

Had a freind who is a good stick fish wed night. He fished 7 to 1 am and only managed 3 eyes. I took my dad and buddy out from 730 to 1230 last night and we managed 2 eyes, 2 pike and 2 bite offs.
I have fished the fall cranking bite for 10 years, and I find this odd. I am sure someone found fish but I don’t get it
We urine pounded 44 eyes last year and my journal shows water temp was only 4 degrees difference.

The only thing I will say is that the water temps were in the mid to upper 40’s a few weeks leading into our trip last year. I am sure the bait fish were way more schooled up in the shallows. This year they crept down from 60 and just recently dipped below 55. There is no question the fish or going to follow the baitfish, and I am hoping/thinking the big migration just has not happened yet. They are definitely feeding some where because the fish are very fat and very healthy!
I guess I am answering my own question but it really makes you think about all the s&^% you hear about the big pond.

On a positive note, the eyes were a fat 26 and a fat 26.75.

Back at it tonight and plan to fish a different area. Good luck to all

your not the only one with the same problem… we blanked the other night…… im confident its still to warm… like your coment, 4degrees can mean alot this time of year!but hang in there cause were close

I’m leaning towrds it’s too warm yet… I like the temps are coming down slowly (instead of a sudden 10 degree drop like last year) but we could use a few more degrees…

A few more hours and we will be giving it a try.

Its called fishing, Remember the lake is changing with the zebras and it does go through cycles too.

“The DNR found a large amount of forage in the lake, and not just baby walleyes. The gill nets yielded the highest catch of young-of-the-year perch seen since 2006. “This suggests we should get much better survival rates of the 2013 year class than we’ve seen with the other young-of-the-year walleye in the last three years,” Bruesewitz said.”

Hi,
attached below is a link to a article in the MilleLacs Messenger posted yesterday. It refers to the DNR gillnet survey taken the second week of October. The article might explain alot of things.

http://www.messagemedia.co/millelacs/outdoors/fishing/article_d8aa8224-35ac-11e3-b103-0019bb30f31a.html

Take care,
Roger

LOts of bait out there and not is one spot. hence walleyes spread throughout the system. we did very poorly last weekend and monday. water is just starting to drop in temp. i have a feeling walleyes will start to chase shallow bait soon but it will not be like the last 3 years simply because there is way more food to choose from.

I struggled last night, too. In four hours, I got two fish and had six or so shake off. The nice little pattern I had going last weekend was nonexistent.

The fish I’m catching are FAT–like, people at the casino buffet fat. A bit warmer water and a perch explosion, and I guess this is what happens.

But yeah, I guess I didn’t know how spoiled we were last fall….man, that was fun.

A little better last night. We again ran from 730-12:30. We managed 7 eyes ranging from 18 to 26.5

All of the fish very very fat and healthy.

Our best luck came from around 7 to 9 fow pulling #9 bent lip shads. Purpledescent and black and silver seemed to be the best colors. !.5 to 1.7 mph. We caught 4 over 26 inches the last couple nights and they were sumo style. The feedbag is on.

Should explode over the course of the next 2 weeks. Good luck to all!

We managed 16 Eyes over 3 nights of fishing. Four slots in the bunch. Smallmouth really saved the trip.