Anybody out?

The smallies should be biting big time up there right now. Just wondering if anyone had any report on whats going on up there?

Anyone gearing up for the fall bite coming up in the next few weeks?

Well the smallies are a pain I hate when I get them fishing for my walleyes. Just kidding we are heading up in an hour I’ll try to post to let ya know what I hear up there. More of a walleye man then a smallie but pound for pound not many fish fight that hard so a big smallie is nice to add to the list of catch and releases for the night.

I am wiht you on that one Adam.
I used to fish the Rainy quite a bit in the spring and fall and the smallies were always going so good, we would take a half of a day and work them over pretty good and then back to chasing the walleyes.

Good luck to you up there.
What area of the river do you plan on fishing or are you doing part lake/part river?

Hextap,

Have any luck up on your trip last week?
Any big fish starting to show up in the river yet?

Just got back from fishing in the GNWC National Tourney on LOW. The bite is definitly on in the river. I have never fished the Rainy before, but after this past tournament I can’t wait to go back. Seemed like the majority of the fish were caught using a jig and shiner in the river. Most of the largest baskets were caught in the Birchdale area. Many teams were also doing well trolling cranks with lead core in the river. Our big fish were caught on a 3/8 Northland Fireball Jig with a 2″ red stinger….most successful color was firetiger….majority of fish were caught in 6 to 8 ft of water, but one of are large ones (8.39 lbs) was caught in 22 feet of water. Seemed like the shallow bite would turn off for us each day around 11….needed to go deeper after this to locate the fish….first two days of the tournament a very passive jigging technique worked the best….basically bounce the bottom and lift and hold about 4″ up….third day of the tourney the fish wanted a more aggressive jigging approach.

I am heading up in a little while.We are going to fish the stretch just east of Baudette.
Great tips on the walleye.
Be fun to get into a few nice smallies.Any tips on what to fish or what to use?