Fun Weekend!

What an incredible 4 day weekend! 4 guys, 4 days on the water, and approx 225-250 walleyes in the boat! A big thanks to Brett, Dino, and Schnauzer for the tips!
We definitely had our best luck on the mud flats: Seguchie and 7-Mile were the best to us. Caught numbers of fish rigging, but caught bigger fish trolling cranks just off of the flats in the evening before dark. We put 2 27’s and 2 26’s in the boat on cranks. Hot color was Firetiger.
Had a good night of bobber fishing up by Garrison as well.
I will not soon forget the storm that blew in on Friday evening and the mad rush at the Garrison (south) public ramp. I have never experienced anything like that before! It was interesting to say the least!
I can’t wait to get up there again and experience that tremendous fishing!
Thanks again,
Brian

Hey Wilk. That sounds like a good time. Fishing the flats is one of my favorite things. I haven’t been out there (flats) yet this year but I anticipate spending the bulk of my time there on my next trip to the big pond.

Question for you… were you trolling deep divers by themselves or were you using three ways, leadcore, or some other method to get your cranks down? I usually use deep diving Reef Runners or Yozuri’s by themselves in deep water but I’m considering dabbling in other methods with other cranks too.

It is funny you should mention that storm on Friday night. I happened to be driving right by Mille Lacs before it hit (heading to the Whitefish Chain) and I remember thinking “there is going to be a rush at the ramps for this thing” as I looked up into that dark blue sky.

schnauzer
you running reef runner i do have fews reef runner i use it first time last year i have good time so i wonder what kind of it you use most??

I have a bunch of reef runner colors but I haven’t used a lot of them. The color I have used most is “Cheap Sunglasses” and I’ve used “fried chicken” and their version of perch too. I found one firetiger deep diver reef runner at the walleye expo. I’m anxious to try that too.

I use the bigger, deepest diving reef runners.

I started using the new deep diver Yozuri’s this spring and they have been great. With fireline, the big ones get down even farther than reef runners and the next smaller size hit 25′ without a problem.

Schnauzer,

We caught are fish on Reef Runner deep little rippers and junior thundersticks. We were running 10 lb. mono and used snap weights to get the cranks down. Had our best luck using 3 ounce snap weights 50 feet ahead of the lure: That definitely seemed to be the ticket!

Speed also seemed to be important because the vast majority of fish came around 2 miles an hour or down to even1.8.

Hope this helps,

Brian