No Musky, But…..

Dinosaur and I spent Saturday morning chasing Muskies and Smallies in the East Side bays. We worked over areas we felt may hold early Skis without seeing a fish. There were plenty of guys out in search of this elusive fish. If the Musky is the fish of a 1000 casts, I have about 800 more to go before I actually get one!!

Many of these areas where we fished for Musky looked like great Smallie water. So we switched back and forth several times. We boated several fish including this one Dean is holding.

This fish came on a meps spinner over a shallow rock/small boulders area in about 3 feet of water. Seems like this is the average size smallie going on Mille Lacs. Lots of fish in the 15-18 inch range.

Water temps have just climbed into the low 60’s this weekend. There was no bug hatch to deal with and aside from the on and off rain, it was a great weekend on the pond. The evening slip bobber bite continues to be the only way this guy can manage to get slot fish!

These four fell to the trusty leech on a green jig head in a short flurry between 9:15 and 9:45 pm. All of my other fish during the day were the “DeeZee Cookie Cutter” 22-25 inchers!

The night ban is officially over! With folks able to fish into the evening now, I expect more good reports for slots in the next few weeks. Prime time is right now. Get out there!

Jon J.

Ohhh………..BOY does that look GOOD!!!!

Sorry to hear you didn’t get to hook up with one of those monsters Jon but early is always the tougher bite. The best muskie days are yet to come! Keep at it though buddy! ONE is all it takes to hook you for life!

Mmmmm Mmmmm Goood !!!

oh no i want eat some fish it look good i cant wait to eat it this weekend