Cold & Windy

Here is the weekend forecast for the pond from NOAA:

Tonight: A 20 percent chance of snow after midnight. Increasing clouds, with a low around 11. Wind chill values between -3 and 7. Northwest wind between 16 and 18 mph.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 15. Wind chill values between -3 and -9. Blustery, with a north northwest wind between 17 and 22 mph.

Saturday Night: Scattered flurries. Partly cloudy, with a low around -7. Wind chill values between -16 and -26. Blustery, with a north northwest wind between 16 and 20 mph.

Sunday: Partly cloudy, with a high near 9. Wind chill values between -18 and -28. West northwest wind between 9 and 15 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around -5. West wind at 7 mph becoming south southeast.

See ya on da mud, Adam

I was up there today scouting out the soon to be Perch holes. Absolutely beatiful until about 3pm. Clouds came and boy did it get windy. Needless to say I found my perch and am looking forward to some great trips with clients. Perch fishing is my favorite and the more sticks the better!

Burrrr…..
Matt~
The more sticks the better huh??? Well I will volunteer my sticks and my hands to hold them sticks…

Glenn, he’ll probly let you bring your own sticks for a benny and half . I’ll be on south mud this weekend again, hopefully all by my lonesome. (If that darn breaker doesn’t woop my butt getting there)

Matt, have you noticed a better morning bite then evening this winter for the bigger fish (walleyes)? Seems to me like the morning magic is better then the evening lately. Maybe see ya out there, Adam

we picked up about a dozen walleyes tonight,how did anybody else do?

We went 4 miles out on Saturday and did real well on jumbo perch. Tough driving the wheeler with GPS in one hand through sideways snow with the right thumb frozen to the wheeler throttle. Got a little frost nip on the cheek on the way back.

Today we were over run with walleyes 2 miles out, just off the rock drops in 31 FOW. We got some huge perch…then it just shut off. Then for the next two hours we watched walleye after walleye on the camera. We got one 17″er, and learned a lot watching their behavior! Boy, the perch are really starting to turn on, and are they BIG!!! I know a lot of the guys here have been concentrating on the walleyes. But I have been looking for the perch. And finding them. Quality over quantity though. If you find bugs, you will find the jumbos.

Here is Roger Hinkley of River Falls WI with a couple dandies from his first trip on Mille Lacs, and his first blizzard too! (Sorry about the weather! )

Here is Bruce B with a couple that spanned a 5 gallon bucket. (Do I really have to wear a blindfold when you take me to these spots? It’s too hard to drive the wheeler! )

Bucket-O-perch. Dinner at Hunters!

Bruce, what was Cory’s buddies name who caught this 27? On a Go-Devil too, right?
Notice the frost on the wall of the shack!

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Matt, have you noticed a better morning bite then evening this winter for the bigger fish (walleyes)? Seems to me like the morning magic is better then the evening lately. Maybe see ya out there, Adam

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Seems to me the Morning has been the best all year. I’ll be honest and say that night run does not compare to the morning. I know that waiting around for the fish to come to you in the evenings is not the way to go about it. However we’ve been seeing the inactive fish that many claim as “lookers” turn to biters in the evening. Thats when those stationary fish bite. However if they’ve had jigs hanging in their face all day you won’t see a good bite from those stationary fish. Its best to leave them be and venture back later if you don’t find something better. Seemed to be the key this winter

Staying at one of Hunters houses Mon-Wed. Hope me and a few of the guys from work can get into some of those nice jumbos. wish us luck. thanks for the post and nice photos also. Have you found better luck on top of the flats of off the edge?

For me, the deeper the better.
Good luck!
BTW, 1/16 ounce Go Devils in Firetiger was the ticket for us.

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we picked up about a dozen walleyes tonight,how did anybody else do?

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With one my kids having strep throat and the other an ear infection my grand plans of 2 days on the pond were reduced to 0. Oh well, hopefully this week I’ll make it out. Sounds like some pretty good fishing last weekend! Well done guys, Adam

A bit on the nasty side that AM. The Rhino with the heated cab was the way to go that day Cory’s buddy Scott Wilber did a fine job landing that 27 1/2 incher Them Go-Devils really do the trick Firetiger this time We were happy you were there with the camera It was the only one that wasn’t froze up, so he could put her back in right away Oh yah sorry about the blind fold. You didn’t have to were it while you where fishing ……….BB

Now he tells me.