Weekend of Monster Lake Trout

  • James Holst
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    SE Minnesota
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    October 23, 2012 at 1:48 pm #1279299

    Holy smokes, what a weekend! I’ll do a full report on this later today but I wanted to share a pic or two.

    This weekend I was on Lake Superior fishing lake trout with Grant Sorensen. The bite was completely crazy. Dozens of big lakers… triples, quads… at one point we had 5 of 6 rods loaded up with BIG lakers with most fish in the high teens to 30+ lbs. Big spoons on Sufix 832 lead core behind boards kept us running from fish to fish all day until we basically ran out of steam.

    Did anyone else make it out on Superior this weekend?

    jetro
    Mayer, MN
    Posts: 314
    October 23, 2012 at 1:51 pm #1106877

    Good god those are tanks!

    Calvin Svihel
    Moderator
    Northwest Metro, MN
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    October 23, 2012 at 1:54 pm #1106879

    Wow…nice fish. I bet that was a complete mayham with 5 of 6 going.

    James Holst
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    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    October 23, 2012 at 1:55 pm #1106881

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    Good god those are tanks!

    This was the best lake trout fishing I’ve ever heard of, read about or even spent time day dreaming about. We went over 6 hours on Sunday without ever, not once, being able to get all 6 rods in the water because we were constantly fighting double and triples and almost no fish was under 12-13 lbs. 20+ lb fish were common. We filmed it all… should make for one amazing TV show.

    James Holst
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    SE Minnesota
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    October 23, 2012 at 1:57 pm #1106882

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    Wow…nice fish. I bet that was a complete mayham with 5 of 6 going.

    We landed 3 of 5, all big fish. We also had a quad, landing 4 of 4 with one of those fish being a 30+ lb laker. We rarely hooked up one fish at a time… more doubles and triples than anything.

    This was a trip I’ll never forget!

    Will Roseberg
    Moderator
    Hanover, MN
    Posts: 2121
    October 23, 2012 at 2:02 pm #1106885

    Good Lord that looks like fun!

    dfresh
    Fridley, MN
    Posts: 3053
    October 23, 2012 at 2:20 pm #1106891

    Wow, the fish in the first pic has ceased to even look like a laker it is so big!

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    October 23, 2012 at 2:24 pm #1106892

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    Wow, the fish in the first pic has ceased to even look like a laker it is so big!

    The big ones look like a dolphin / dino hybrid in the water and make me yell and jump around and act like a kid which I really, really like.

    poppy402
    Eagle Point Wisconsin
    Posts: 948
    October 23, 2012 at 2:26 pm #1106893

    Simply unimaginable fishing. I still have not even fully realized what we did/what we caught.

    I CANNOT WAIT to see the video!! That is the best part of it all, its all on film!!!

    Joel Nelson
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    Southeast MN
    Posts: 3137
    October 23, 2012 at 2:52 pm #1106896

    Congrats guys on one for the permanent memory bank. It sounds and looks like the laker trip of lifetimes. This summer was good practice for fishin’ the big leagues!

    Joel

    Fife
    Ramsey, MN
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    October 23, 2012 at 2:55 pm #1106897

    Those fish are incredible!

    Joel Ballweg
    Sauk City, Wisconsin
    Posts: 3295
    October 23, 2012 at 3:11 pm #1106899

    Awesome fish guys!
    Sounds like a laker trip of a lifetime.

    Grouse_Dog
    The Shores of Lake Harriet
    Posts: 2043
    October 23, 2012 at 3:26 pm #1106901

    wow!!!!

    Amazing fish.

    bigpike
    Posts: 6259
    October 23, 2012 at 4:46 pm #1106910

    Holy Sheet those are nice, that type of fishing will test your gear quality and let you know were it stands

    AllenW
    Mpls, MN
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    October 23, 2012 at 5:21 pm #1106919

    Good grief…whoa!

    Wisconsin I assume?

    Al

    James Holst
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    SE Minnesota
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    October 23, 2012 at 5:23 pm #1106920

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    Good grief…whoa!

    Wisconsin I assume?

    Al

    Michigan waters. I think WI and MN are closed for lakers but we did only fished MI which is open to the end of the month.

    AllenW
    Mpls, MN
    Posts: 2895
    October 23, 2012 at 5:30 pm #1106921

    Quote:

    Quote:

    Good grief…whoa!

    Wisconsin I assume?

    Al

    Michigan waters. I think WI and MN are closed for lakers but we did only fished MI which is open to the end of the month.

    Thanks, looks like it was to far for me then..whew!
    Hate to think I missed out on the fish of a lifetime by not going last weekend.

    Mich noted for big fish?

    Great post James….eat my heart out.

    Al

    mike_leclaire
    Grand Rapids, MN
    Posts: 412
    October 23, 2012 at 5:40 pm #1106923

    Awesome fish, looks like a lot of fun and a fishing trip you will never forget.

    ajs
    Mellen,WI
    Posts: 248
    October 23, 2012 at 6:08 pm #1106928

    I was out on chequamegon Bay doing a bit of shallow trolling and mostly casting spoons and thundersticks in waters from 6 to as shallow as 2 feet. In front of the river mouths. Results Sore back 4 Nice coho 3 to 4 lbs lost 2 others also landed one short steelhead (trolling 8 f.o.w with thundersticks. I also lost one big steelie on a rapala trolls to 15 over 21 f.o.w it took my board under like a bobber. And i did catch a couple big smallies jigging a channel edge.

    Ajs

    James Holst
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    SE Minnesota
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    October 23, 2012 at 6:11 pm #1106929

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    I was out on chequamegon Bay doing a bit of shallow trolling and mostly casting spoons and thundersticks in waters from 6 to as shallow as 2 feet. In front of the river mouths. Results Sore back 4 Nice coho 3 to 4 lbs lost 2 others also landed one short steelhead (trolling 8 f.o.w with thundersticks. I also lost one big steelie on a rapala trolls to 15 over 21 f.o.w it took my board under like a bobber. And i did catch a couple big smallies jigging a channel edge.

    Ajs

    This is a great time of year to be fishing the big lake!

    ajs
    Mellen,WI
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    October 23, 2012 at 6:12 pm #1106930

    That it is Best part i,m only 20 miles from Her. Ajs

    James Holst
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    SE Minnesota
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    October 23, 2012 at 6:14 pm #1106931

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    That it is Best part i,m only 20 miles from Her. Ajs

    I’d never get anything done if I lived that close.

    ajs
    Mellen,WI
    Posts: 248
    October 23, 2012 at 6:20 pm #1106934

    I gotta pay the bait bill some how and it,s hard to decide where to fish. I can go after lots of nice crappies or big walleyes inland. And then theres the bay where you can catch pretty much anything that swim even crappies if you know when and where.

    Ajs

    swlund
    Cuba City, WI
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    October 23, 2012 at 8:56 pm #1106959

    Fantastic fish James. I would think some painkiller for the arms is in order.

    chirp
    Rochester
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    October 24, 2012 at 12:41 am #1107005

    Trip of a life time. Nice job guys. Can’t wait to see that episode.

    Brian Klawitter
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    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
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    October 24, 2012 at 1:24 am #1107016

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    Trip of a life time. Nice job guys. Can’t wait to see that episode.

    For some reason Chirp, I’m thinking it’s not going to be this guys trip of a lifetime.

    All that sucker needs is whiskers!

    chirp
    Rochester
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    October 24, 2012 at 1:29 am #1107017

    Don’t corrupt James like you do the others on this forum.

    AllenW
    Mpls, MN
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    October 25, 2012 at 5:27 pm #1107540

    Video?

    Al

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