Pepin in late November?

  • Mnfishin
    Posts: 24
    November 26, 2020 at 6:30 pm #1991743

    Has anyone fished Pepin this late with any luck? Saugers in the river seem to be the main event right now, but curious if the lake is any good, particularly for walleye.

    404 ERROR
    MN
    Posts: 3918
    November 26, 2020 at 8:49 pm #1991779

    I see very few boat on Pepin in the fall. Maybe people are missing out, but I doubt it.

    Tom P.
    Whitehall Wi.
    Posts: 3526
    November 30, 2020 at 5:19 pm #1992779

    Not all fish head to the dam.

    eyeguy507
    SE MN
    Posts: 5215
    November 30, 2020 at 6:02 pm #1992794
    Tom P. wrote:

    Not all fish head to the dam.

    so how come the guide boats aren’t on the lake?

    Outdraft
    Western Wi.
    Posts: 1149
    November 30, 2020 at 8:17 pm #1992838

    Because they want their clients to catch fish. I’m pretty sure they know someone who is or they may jump in a different boat that blends in and do their searching that way

    eyeguy507
    SE MN
    Posts: 5215
    November 30, 2020 at 11:05 pm #1992890

    I drove past Pepin this weekend and not one boat from LC to Wabasha. All the eyes are in the river up from the can line or maybe down river past Wabasha, but you still have to get them to bite. you may find some straglers around point no point but they are trying to find current somewhere. dragging jigs up stream will be the only game in town for a while if you haven’t put the boat away.
    I have fished Pepin in November very little but a majority of the fish caught are not eyes or sauger. there are GIANT bait clouds out there and the fish may be there, but they are not missing a meal.

    FishBlood&RiverMud
    Prescott
    Posts: 6687
    December 1, 2020 at 7:41 am #1992927
    eyeguy507 wrote:

    <div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Tom P. wrote:</div>
    Not all fish head to the dam.

    so how come the guide boats aren’t on the lake?

    If it were me… save on gas, get out of the wind, beat boat and clients up less on river than pepin.

    eyeguy507 wrote:

    I drove past Pepin this weekend and not one boat from LC to Wabasha. All the eyes are in the river up from the can line or maybe down river past Wabasha, but you still have to get them to bite. you may find some straglers around point no point but they are trying to find current somewhere. dragging jigs up stream will be the only game in town for a while if you haven’t put the boat away.
    I have fished Pepin in November very little but a majority of the fish caught are not eyes or sauger. there are GIANT bait clouds out there and the fish may be there, but they are not missing a meal.

    👌😁

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