P-4 annual Nov report

No pictures (sorry ) but I will pass on some info…
This Nov trip has historically been a great trip for us Michigan Yoopers and this year was no different…. Many fish, as was the Oct trip…but larger average size…
The One Eye jigging spoons were BY FAR the top producer for all of us…I believe David Clement caught well over 100 Walleye/Sauger with the same Clown color One Eye!
We all caught nice fish and brought home eaters over 15” , mixed Sauger/Walleye. I believe my 24” Walleye was the largest landed, but Ron Hawkins had a PB monster almost to the net…only to get free… Not to mention Dave’s short lived, 100# Sturgeon battle… and Ronnie G’s Mystery Monster He fought for several minutes…Chef Mitch…your cuisine was MIND BOGGLING!!! (we all put on 5lbs).

The key for success was finding current…any current seemed to attract fish, as the flow has been low this fall.
Barge traffic has the low water stirred up and the reduced visibility lends to favor brite colors for presentation.
Most anglers were vertical jigging jig/minnow combinations around us with some success, but I observed the catch size to be predominately smaller sauger.
The trebles on a One Eye are scary sharp and I prefer to use a quality 6# mono on a 6’3″ MLXF rod…the small treble hooks tear out easy with too much pressure from braided line…Our friend Dave put on a clinic with that combo all week.
The water warmed up while we were there so I am guessing the big girls are still waiting for the major Shad migration from Pepin. I did enjoy some plastic action at dark thirty and early pre dawn in shallow water on both sides of the river.

Steve at Everts will fix you up and school you on the use of One Eyes

Steve and Kari, new managers, are are real BLESSING!
Their kindness and hospitality is outstanding…my little buddy Jimmy is awesome and responds well to a Reese PB cup…

This is a One Eye…deadly on the vertical presentation

Nice report Tom, glad you guys had a good time. Sounds to me like you all gained an average of 20 pounds while down.

Ok…I need a photo of the 100 pound sturgeon.

I am checking for some photos from the other Yoopers BK…These guys have seen several sturgeon so a six-seven footer breaching next to the boat is a plausible event. I was across the river and didn’t see it.

Tom- how many inches or feet of clarity right now?

Below the Dam wednesday it was about 10-12 inches.

Great report, Sounds like a good trip to me! I was going to give it a try today but never made it. The clouds broke and I pulled the motorcycle out to run some stabil in it and decided to go for a 80 mi ride instead. I hope to be out one more time before the hardwater itch takes over.

Sounds like the one eye was the hot lure…

Question, I wasn’t clear if you fished it naked (without a minnow) or did you tip it?? I know blade baits can be hot his time of the year and I like to fish them w/out any tipping.

We fished them naked. I wae surprised to find we could not get any bites on blades…go figure Blades are one of my fav fall lures. A minnow was not needed, but you could try one.
You gotta give them what they want…this time it was naked One Eyes

Nice report Tom……How do ya go about tieing that little baby on yuor line? Pick an end?

Rod was fishing from my boat Saturday when he boated his first sturgeon ever. Nice 51 inch fish.

51 inches had to be a hoot on wallabie gear!! They will lead us around on heavy cat gear as well!

Thanks for not holding it by it’s gill covers!!

I tie on a #1 Duo Loc snap…then clip it to the wire loop on the top of the One Eye…The bottom treble has the flicker blade and brite pink plastic attractor. You do not work this lure aggressively, lest you foul the trebles.

Thanks for the info…I may have to try those one eye’s the next time I fish P4.