Staying on Lake Ida

Going to head out in the morning for a long weekend on Lake Ida, my wife’s grandmother and her sister own the place and they are all too old to get out and fish anymore. They have invited us up and would like for me to catch enough fish for fish fry to feed 8. Not looking for a honey hole, but just some general knowlege. We will get there Thursday afternoon, and they want me to fry fish Friday night. Does not give me much time to figure out the patterns or locate fish. I am thinking my best bet is going to be bluegills. Any tips on must have colors/ bait or what depth to look at?

Work the weed edges, you will get all kinds of fish.

Thanks, What depth is the weed edge at that lake? I know the boat available for use has a depth finder, but that is an old black and white humminbird and the last time I was on the boat I could not get it to even show bottom. It shows the depth in a digital read out but I could not get the bottom to display.

Cast a spoon with a treble hook towards shore until you start ripping weeds. You found the weedline.

I’ve never fished Ida so take this for what it’s worth. I’ve seen the water one time and it was extremely clear. The weed edge is probably going to be deep, and you might want to fish early or late or after dark. Or, hope for clouds and some wind.

Well let’s see. I fished Ida with my dad when I was 10 years old.. about 55 years ago roughly.

He looked for Cabbage weeds for gills and pike. Mostly gills. It grows deeper and does well while other veggies are starting to die back.

We used ice flies and waxies.

We found these weeds by watching 2 boats leave a resort and hightail it out into the lake. They knew where they were going so we followed them….until they split off and went two separate directions. As luck would have it, we stopped to figure out where we were going to go and I said, “dad, what are these weeds” under the boat. We never moved after that.

Thanks for all the tips, But the C word has us changing our plans. Right hand turn to minneapolis and take in a twins game I guess.

Whos the C word? The wife or the grandma?

JEREMY wrote:

Whos the C word? The wife or the grandma?

I think he means the Fauci one.

Yes… There was a positive test taken and we have decided to change route and head for a twins game instead. Which brings me to me next question… what area of the cities should a guy avoid (if any) to get a hotel room for a family of 4? Looking for low crime and easy access. Going to be at Target field for first time since Covid-19 and all the riots up here. I am sure it has all died out, but want to know if there is an area to avoid. I am thinking about the SW area like Chanhasse/ Shakopee