So we held our annual Mille Lacs Full Moon trolling trip this past weekend fishing Friday and Saturday evenings late into the night (or morning if you will). Joining me were several high school pals along with Jolly Roger Tackle’s Shawn Flemming. We set up shop as we have now for the past few years at Red Door. What a great place to stay. This resort continues to impress. We had 9 guys and 3 boats. Dividing and covering water was the plan, which started Friday evening, West, NW, and North. We ended up all circling in on the West side as that area was producing for us. We fished both nights on the West side running rock/weed transitions, weedlines, and right over the weeds. The baits run were mostly Husky Jerks and X-Raps 65-85 feet back at 1.6-1.8 mph. Husky Jerk Colors varied slightly but Jolly Roger Purple Haze and Baby Walleye produced as well as Tennesse Shad and Chrome/Black. X-Raps took most fish on Saturday evening in colors of purple, pearl, and black/gold. SSRs #9 only accounted for two fish for my boat. Most fish ranged in the 22-26″ size with one slot for our boat in two nights of fishing. One other boat in our group had 3 slots and a 27.5″ and a giant 29″ that went just over 10lbs Saturday evening. Water temps ranged from 50.5 to 51.5. As the water temp continues to drop, I would think the bite will continue to improve. We ended up with approximately 60 fish for the two nights between the three boats. Not what were used to seeing but not bad considering the bite. All our fish, including a 23″ tagged fish, were fat and sassy. They are feeding well on perch mostly (based on the ones we cleaned). I hope to get out one more time this fall once we get into the mid-40 degree range. Stay safe out there and good luck.
October 21, 2013 at 1:24 am
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