With limited weekends to get to Mille Lacs in October because of four wheeling and hunting trips planned, my buddy Andy and I decided to try and make the best of this weekend, given that mother nature has not been very good to us over the past week. We decided to hit the north shore after we got to the cabin and got the heat going and to our surprise the rain had quit and the winds died down enough to make fishing manageable, and with 55 degree water temps, we gained a little confidence. We ended up fishing for 7 hours with 15 fish to show, including 6 box fish, a 32″ and 40″ northern, which was just under 14.5 lbs., along with a couple 24, 25″ walleyes. The fish are definatley putting on the feed bag as every fish that came to the boat had some nice bellys on them. Overall, not a bad nite, and it looks like it should just get better as the weeks go on.
October 5, 2009 at 12:06 am
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