SMALLIES!!!!!!!

Hey guys! It’s about time someone besides Don Hanson gets some pics up here in the WI forum! So, leave it to SuperFluke to have his digital camera in the boat so we could do exactly that!

Cold and windy, water temp at 56 degrees, is how our day began. Spinnerbaits in choppy waters and Senkos in calm waters (when you could find it!). It was a fair day of results on Long Lake but the quality was good, as long as you were after bass, that is. You’ll see why I say that soon enough.

Before I get started, let me just say that I need to team up with Rivereyes and get some digital tips as my photography skills didn’t do SuperFluke or his fish justice.

Without further ado……………..some pics!!!!

Another one!

Took me a bit but finally decided to get in on the action!

Mike with another dandy!

Another catch for the Pup!

Superior Skills Displayed Once More!

One for all you Walleye Lovers! Actually, if this technique will get you an 8″ fish, how big should we be using for 30″ fish???

This last one is a new personal best for SuperFluke! Notice he’s not holding the fish forward and it’s STILL a brute! Anyway, 7lbs, 23″ long, this is a smallie that many of us only dream to catch. Way to go buddy!!!

Great fish and photo’s guy’s. I’ll have to get out soon. I think my next trip is after sturgeon though but with some luck maybe I’ll get one of those brutes. Again nice fish and pics. Steve

Those are some dandies Kid! Check out the Menomin forum for some pics from Monday. I do not think they are as big, but it was some great action on a not so nice of a day.

kid, the simple trick with the pictures is to ALWAYS make sure the sun is behind the camera (so the subject is looking into the sun) even on a dark day like we had it makes a big difference.

Wow, Nice fish you guys!

Ditto SuperFluke on the sun behind the camera and another option is to try using the flash. Really lights the fish up pretty good on cloudy days and low light conditions.

mark

here is a 20 1/2 ” smallmouth from this sunday caught on a tube. As a side note for anyone who is wondering, pretty much all of the lakes in NW WI turned over during the cold weather last week.

and this week’s edition of “crazy things I’ve caught on a spinnerbait” is… a rainbow trout. Its no pumpkinseed, but unusual nonetheless

Nice fish Mike. To bad we couldn’t find any of those on Saturday. Thanks again for taking me out.

A trout? Granted…………a pumkinseed’s gonna take some work for you to duplicate………….but I might be a little harder pressed to pull this one off! Quit re-writing my book!

Nice to hear you got a real fisherman out with you! Spend less time shakin’ down trees??? I’ll have to practice up in the off season so you won’t “beach the rookie”.

Anyway, thanks for the turnover update. Anything to do with that trout catch? And as always, thanks for giving us some pics to put up on the board!

What lake did you and Glenn hit?

Actually Glenn and I were on pool 5 on the river saturday, we caught a bunch of smallies but they were SMALLies only 1 quality fish

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Nice to hear you got a real fisherman out with you! Spend less time shakin’ down trees??? I’ll have to practice up in the off season so you won’t “beach the rookie”.

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we definitely spent less time shakin down trees

Well……….maybe the river will have to be the “hassle-free zone”. I haven’t met any rebel trees that reach out and snatch my lures along the river……….personally……….that is! My buddy Brian has though!

Hey I was wondering if someone could help me out a little? I am going to fish up on wissota this weekend and I was wondering how the turnover will affect the fishing? I have spent most of my time fishing river systems and wonder what kinds of patterns I should look for there. If anyone reading is willing to share any info about this it would really help me out. I would like to see some success this weekend. It has beenb a long couple of weeks without any fishing.

Thanks Bassman

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don’t concern yourself with the effects of turnover on Wissota there are plenty of fish to be had without going to 25+ ft of water. I was out this afternoon/tonight and all the decent fish came off of wood. Nothing off of docks and only small fish off of rocks(which is kind of the norm)
as a side note check out the colors on the trees

another shot of the scenery

Pretty cool fishing Oct. in a short sleeve T-shirt!!! Gotta love those colors too! Were you on a wind break or was it pretty calm for you?

A few more from this weekend…

21″

one from sunday

Spotted a Silver Tahoe in the Long landing again Saturday. I meant to make it down but family time ran long and I had other obligations back in the home town. Was that you or another imposter? What was the productive presentation this weekend? Plastics or were you still “spinning” for trout?

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Spotted a Silver Tahoe in the Long landing again Saturday. I meant to make it down but family time ran long and I had other obligations back in the home town. Was that you or another imposter?

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I was on long saturday, but my tahoe is dark grey so I think you spotted an imposter. Did you notice all the trailers in the lot I think it was completely full by afternoon. A lot of the people were out chasin’ muskies.

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What was the productive presentation this weekend? Plastics or were you still “spinning” for trout?

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a little from column A and a little from column B… The fish in the shallow wood went best for the spinnerbaits burned then stopped next to a log. Fish in the deeper wood and cribs seemed to be more interested in slow dragging plastics. Pattern was pretty similar sunday on another lake

As a side FYI the lake has cleared up nicely since the turnover its probably about 6-7 ft visibilty after being less than 3 all summer. Water temps still 52-54 which is basically unchanged for the last 3 weeks

Kinda that “Charcoal” color eh? Well, for the amount of time I had to really look over the lot, it still might’ve been you I spotted. It was about the same spot you parked last time……….I may have just missed the color perception.

I’m looking to be up that way again this weekend. I hear there’s a T-zone, bonus tag, deer huntin’ thing going on and I can’t see doing that all day so I’ll probably venture down and burn a few across the wood. Could be out there Sat. or Sun. or both……….who knows? Anyway, if you see a white tri-hull with a 20hp Johnny on it, stop over show the pics!

Any luck from the muskie guys? I did notice the lot looked very full as I drove past. WAAAAY more than when I was last by there.

Using nickel or painted blades???

HEY! Maybe some night trolling is in order too? Hmmmm………. Anyway, if you’re gonna be in the area, I’ll look for ya!

Hey guys, nice fish! Is the dock still in at the landing? Thinking of heading up there in the morning.