Our trip ended up pretty good. We lindy rigged minnows and crawlers, caught way more on minnows. Ended up with a limit plus a couple decent perch. The wind kept up of the lake for part of the weekend. We did try lead core for about an hour and couldn’t get anything that way, but it’s still new to me and I hate if I’m being honest. I will say the lake is full of small walleyes, not sure how you would find bigger fish but everything we caught was under 16, we tossed back a lot of 12 inch fish. Glennmore Resort is a nice place and the customer service was great, would recommend if anyone was looking for a place to stay up there, decent launch big enough for a big glass Vexus with a 400hp on the back, that looks like a sweet boat!
That’s the east end. You’ll catch a bunch of 14-16″ fish. I think I caught 6 that were 17-19″, a 24″ was caught on Friday morning right by Everett’s Bay. The bigger fish are out there and are mixed with the smaller fish. They just are not as aggressive. Use a bigger bait next time if you want to target bigger fish.
Or fish deeper water structure and specifically target big fish. You may only catch 2-3 fish, but you will catch bigger fish.
You could also take a run to the west end and fish close to Vermilion Dam, Oak Narrows Ect. You will find bigger fish in those areas.
I head back the first weekend of Oct, Thurs-Sun. I will likely dedicate one day(couple evenings) to musky, but I will mostly be searching for bigger eyes.
