Last Walleye Weekend, Where You Going?

  • mahtofire14
    Mahtomedi, MN
    Posts: 11040
    February 28, 2021 at 10:13 am #2018394

    We’ll be on Forest Lake around 3 til 8 tonight. Hoping to get some crappie and eyes.

    Eelpoutguy
    Farmington, Outing
    Posts: 10656
    February 28, 2021 at 11:59 am #2018418

    12 hours to go gentlemen.

    I’m heading out now. Going to try a sunken tree pile.

    Good luck and enjoy the day everyone.

    chuck100
    Platteville,Wi.
    Posts: 2676
    February 28, 2021 at 1:23 pm #2018447

    I see your up and ready to roll at the crack of noon EP.Late night on the ice or just a late night?

    Eelpoutguy
    Farmington, Outing
    Posts: 10656
    February 28, 2021 at 1:41 pm #2018454
    chuck100 wrote:

    I see your up and ready to roll at the crack of noon EP.Late night on the ice or just a late night?

    coat?

    Well, I bit if both.
    So I headed out today and stopped for an eye opener and sure as heck I got stock in a monster snow bank. whistling

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    buckybadger
    Upper Midwest
    Posts: 8395
    February 28, 2021 at 7:25 pm #2018511

    Report: We went out of Macs and stayed about 5 miles out on top of a gravel hump in 21′. The post earlier about it howling out there Friday afternoon was no lie.

    Friday night we managed 7 fish, all between 11pm and 5am the next morning. 5 were on rattle wheels with fatheads, 2 under bobber rods with small shiners being jigged ever so slightly when fish would pass by.

    Saturday after landing 2 in the house early morning, we loaded up and went about a mile further out and hole hopped in about 28′ of water. We had minimal luck with 1 fish and 2 misses on iFishPros to show for our efforts.

    Saturday night we managed 2 fish on tip ups with small shiners about 40 yards or so out from the shack. We caught a small pout and 3 more walleyes on rattle reels.

    Overall the experience was positive through Macs. Roads were great and the house was clean. They were up front and said the bite was tough. The people we talked to on the lake hadn’t caught fish during the day at all, and were only getting 1 or 2 fish a night with some getting skunked. Fatheads brought in the most fish with small shiners too. We did not get a single fish on a sucker. Fish were all 14-22″. One 20″er reminded me of a Pool 4 fish with it’s real heavy build. The 22″ fish was extremely skinny.

    As a guy who doesn’t fish Mille Lacs often and hates crowds while fishing, I’m glad my friends talked me into coming up. We will likely do it again next year at some point and hopefully try the early ice bite before a trip to LOTW later on.

    Matt Moen
    South Minneapolis
    Posts: 4409
    February 28, 2021 at 8:39 pm #2018525

    We went out of Hunters today…fished from 8 til 4 with one fish to show for it.

    We hit a couple spots. Started in about 18’ and then moved to 27’. The wind made it tough to be mobile but we did some hole hopping outside.

    We probably only marked 5 fish all day. I fish Mille lacs about once a year…by far the toughest. Can’t remember the last time I’ve been completely skunked.

    Still good to be out…..time to chase some pannies and then get on the river!

    LabDaddy1
    Posts: 2504
    March 1, 2021 at 3:44 pm #2018801
    buckybadger wrote:

    The 22″ fish was extremely skinny.

    Hey hey hey, there’s no skinny walleyes in Mille lacs! It’s just they are expending so much energy chasing baitfish and dodging lines…

    Glad you got into some fish.

    IceManBran
    Posts: 191
    March 1, 2021 at 4:04 pm #2018807
    LabDaddy1 wrote:

    Hey hey hey, there’s no skinny <strong class=”ido-tag-strong”>walleyes in Mille lacs! It’s just they are expending so much energy chasing baitfish and dodging lines…

    Glad you got into some fish.

    All the fat Mille Lacs walleyes get caught in the nets. The skinny ones slip through. waytogo

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