How to fish SMB on Mille Lacs in mid October

  • tim hurley
    Posts: 5831
    August 25, 2019 at 2:16 pm #1875534

    3 of us will go for one full day, Should we Ned jig on the humps? Live Bait? Not a big fan of having 3 in a boat casting in all directions so I was thinking I might run the boat and drag a minnow right bellow the boat, has anyone tried that approach? Read about it in In Fisherman, use a circle hook and a chub. Any help would be great, Thanks

    chuck100
    Platteville,Wi.
    Posts: 2631
    August 25, 2019 at 5:18 pm #1875561

    I would’nt use the circle hook.I have used the kahle style hook up on GB in the fall with 4-6 inch chubs and it works great.I have tried circle hooks and have had poor hook up percentage.I have not had a problem with the smallies getting gut hooked with this hook.

    rwilliam
    St.Paul, Mn
    Posts: 291
    August 25, 2019 at 7:34 pm #1875580

    I was on Mille lacs in early October last year with my brother.
    We were Lindy Rigging Chubs and caught a mix of Smallies and Walleye. We fish rocks from 18 down to about 25.

    mahtofire14
    Mahtomedi, MN
    Posts: 11038
    August 26, 2019 at 9:38 am #1875664

    Move up shallow, use jerkbaits and bounce them off of rocks. Tubes and Neds will still work as well.

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