trollins’ first post

hello all, It’s great to be here, think I’m going to the pond sat. night . first time night fishing up there any advice? thanx trollin.

The crank bite has been dead for me here on the eastside so far…..let us know how ya do. I plan to get out fridaynite as long as it’s not raining and blowing to hard?

how is the malmo area for cranks at night?

I’m south of Malmo on Picard point near lakeside. Some like to run the breaks out front of Fishers resort and south down around Agate Bay is good also. I mainly have trolled out on the 3/4 mile reef, out front of Lakeside and around Picard Point. The crank bite during the Sept. full moon never happen for me, I’m looking forward for the October full moon to be better?
Good luck………

Hey guys,
Just a report of th action from last night. Pulled plugs from 6p to about 1a and had 1- 20″ fish. A couple fish up tapping the plugs also. Not a great night to be out, but you take ’em as you get ’em. Fished the southwest corner all night. Good luck this weekend, hopefully the weather improves, and the water temps drop some more to get things moving!

Later~
lakeskipper

Did you get a chance to check the water temp where you were at?

not sure if i’m going now with the great WEATHER. but if i DO I WILL LET YOU KNOW. TROLLIN

The bite was decent tonight after the winds calmed down. How did anyone else do?

Welcome to FTL trollin, so how did you do on Sat?

Derek

I’ve been back from Mille Lacs since the end of Sept. so I haven’t been on the lake since my last series of reports. I will be back up there end of this week and guiding through the end of the month. Keep sharing your findings… I appreciate it a great deal.

Water temps still hovering just south of 60 degrees?

Spent an evening on Mille Lacs over the weekend.
The bite was not hot and heavy for us but we did manage to put 11 fish in the boat for a 6 hour trip. Biggest was just a tad over 28″ mark. We started out our trolling passes in the 6-9ft mark with not a bite and proceeded to go deeper until we made first contact in water depth of 14 ft. We then spent a more time in these depths to find one here and one there. We were pulling Smithwick Super Rogues in the junior version and #7 raps and pulling 1.5mph with jolts to 2.5-3.0mph. Speed was definately a trigger for that evening with all but 3 fish falling victim to the speed change.
I know this was a better showing than my last night outing up there. Hopefully this is a sign that things are progressing!!

sorry guys did not make it this weekend, i saw the rain in the forcast. didnt’ think it was worth it.