LOTW 10/3

hi All,

three boats and five friends from my fishing club went up to LOTW last weekend for a four day trip. am going to see if the pictures work, then will come back here and fill in the details of our trip. I really can’t believe these pictures are working. Got some new picture software, and sat down when I got home from work tonight and tried to figure it out. 2am and happy they are working.

This Smallie measured 18 inches and hit a big spinnerbait working along rock and reed edges in back bays. We thought the smallies would be out in main lake reef areas, but quess some fish have not gotten out there yet. more soon. Jack..

Walleyes were going pretty good, the main lake areas were just about off limits due to the continuous 25-35 mph winds we had during our 3 1/2 days out of Meade’s Spruce Island resort. mostly the walleyes were on wind created edge current breaks. I did catch some fish on super-doos, but they really wanted a minnow. My partner PaulV (we were in his boat) and I wanted to target Smallies so we did not spend as much time on Walleyes as the other two boats did. we could find a few smallies on reef humps, but were more than few and far in between bites. Paul did a great job in controling his Warrior in the big winds. We did spend some time along inland bay edges, trying to find some Muskies and Northerns, which leads me to the next picture. Paul caught this Northern on a Muskie bucktail along a rock and reed edge. These nicer Pike are terrific. VERY full bodied fish. This fish measured 37 1/2 inches, and am sure it had to be 20 pounds. Even smaller Pike were filled out and nothing Skinny about ’em.

This Walleye feel to a jig and minnow combo along a wind current edge, the Walleyes sure did seem to like the current edges. We caught 3 that were 22 inches, which was our biggest. most Walleyes were 14 inches to 17 inches. Jack..

I just had to include this one. We had a shore lunch in one of the back wind protected channels. WOW was that a great lunch, fried Walleyes. This picture is Paul again with friend Chris after a satisfying lunch. We did not stop for tooo long, we had fish to catch. Another friend, Randy, while lunch was cooking, made some casts off the shoreline rock, and on one of his first few casts had a Muskie come up and nip his crankbait, THAT would have been very interesting, but didn’t hook up long enough. Jack..

Nice report and pics Jack!

Sure is a pretty area up there Jack.
Thanks for the pics and report. I look forward to visiting Mead’s Spruce Island Camp again next year. Although we mainly targrt the smallies up there during the spawn period, banging into multi-species in a day is all part of the game as well.

Jack,
Was that your first time to Mead’s?
What did you think of the accomodations and area?
How did the travel out to the cabins go for you?

hi Steve,

that was about my 4th or 5th trip up there. All of my trips have been in late Sep or early to mid Oct. have never been up there early season. Roger who organized this trip goes up at least in June and again for our Fall trip each year. you will meet him in Nov and has been up there many years, he introduced it to me. Our trip out, and also for the 4 days up there was 25-35 mph winds, which made getting to Spruce Is. miserable. we had three boats and six guys, and my seat in my partner’s boat was the only one not behind a windshield. even my quide wear water proof suit, did soak thru a little. I have made trips out to Spruce in flat water, and that run is quite easy. We wanted to fish mainly smallies, but the strong winds all three days kept us off the main lake humps we hoped to fish. we got on a couple, but with the frontal conditions and winds made boat control very difficult. my partner PaulV did an excellent job in those conditions. I like going to Spruce Is. the accom. are a little rustic, but very comfortable and clean enough for us fisher guys to be no problem. we ate in the lodge for three dinners, and it was excellent. I look forward to it each Fall. The area around there is quite remote, and this time of year, we just do not see very many boats during a full day on the water. the fish are just not pounded, maybe Spring maybe more so, but not when we are up there. more soon. thanks for the reply.

Jack..

Great Report Jack and thanks for the pictures. Sure is pretty. Hopefully I will be able to get up there soon again.

How did you end up in your club for the year?