Polk county lakes

  • vman59
    Barron,wi
    Posts: 135
    March 22, 2009 at 5:30 pm #1294102

    this mornings catch among 4 of us.

    livetofishmn
    Mankato, Mn
    Posts: 296
    March 22, 2009 at 5:38 pm #761228

    Nice load of fish! Makes me hungry. Some great lakes up there. I fished a lot of the lakes around frederic. Had good luck on little round

    bowhuntr24
    Somerset, Wisconsin
    Posts: 533
    March 22, 2009 at 6:21 pm #761232

    What lake?

    bigpike
    Posts: 6259
    March 22, 2009 at 7:49 pm #761249

    Way to go Vman. Looks like a nice little fry of fish

    red89
    Hudson
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    March 23, 2009 at 3:37 pm #761513

    How big are those fish? Just wondering, cant really tell from the picture. I havent been up to polk county for a couple months, seemed to be really slow on our usual lakes the few times i went up there.

    vman59
    Barron,wi
    Posts: 135
    March 24, 2009 at 12:06 am #761767

    these are the same fish in a 5 gal pail. Never really measured them so you’ll have to take it from the bucket pic. I would say most ran 7-10 inch’s for the gills and crappies were 9-12.

    steveo
    W Central Sconnie
    Posts: 4102
    March 24, 2009 at 11:10 pm #762131

    those are some dandies. i need to get up there to ply around during the Spring. seems like there is a ton of nice water up that way.

    vman59
    Barron,wi
    Posts: 135
    March 25, 2009 at 12:35 am #762160

    Like I said before ice fishing season I bought one of those map books of NW Wisconsin and just started reading on each and every lake and talking to locals and the nearest bait shops. Most were more than willing and helpful. Then you can pretty much narrow down your search from there as I did. One thing of note was if the nearest bait shop said it was good but a local said it wasn’t then it was worth the time to check it out. 8 times out of ten they ended up being gems.

    red89
    Hudson
    Posts: 918
    March 27, 2009 at 5:35 pm #763343

    Vman.. Am i still gonna be able to get out on the ice this weekend up there? I called the bait shop, and the guys says…. “its your [censored] if you fall through.” I guess I might have to pole vault the open water.

    vman59
    Barron,wi
    Posts: 135
    March 28, 2009 at 12:26 am #763466

    I wouldn’t even attempt to get on the ice. Its very dark and honey combed on the lakes I looked over.

    Outdraft
    Western Wi.
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    March 28, 2009 at 3:30 pm #763584

    Nice catch, yum yum

    red89
    Hudson
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    March 29, 2009 at 4:33 am #763710

    Ice was just fine today… 12+ inches in some places still. Getting on the ice wasnt too much trouble either. One of the lakes we fished we just walked right on no problem. Fish were not biting the greatest though, we did manage to find some nice bluegills, but only got 8 solid keepers once we found some good fish finally. Biggest gill was 9 1/2 inches.

    vman59
    Barron,wi
    Posts: 135
    March 31, 2009 at 12:09 am #763995

    red is correct I to was on some polk county lakes and from Tuesday until Friday ice conditions improved greatly. We did well on gills. Still be careful not all lakes are the same.

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