T mans sauger report

Today I got to spend the day fishing with a guy from the walleyesearchers club, Greg Coleman. Ofcourse the ramps were open, so we launched out of Everts at about 11:30 and talked to Steve. Steve told us that the hot bait was fluke plastics, so I decided to give a try to plastics I never have even hooked up. Sure enough, they outproduced anything else we tried. We fished from 25 to 31 foot of water. The person using the trolling motor, had the most vertical lines, so they caught more fish 7 to 1 versus the co angler. I can not stress enough how important it is to stay vertical! We ended up with 8 nice sauger to bring home, all in all a great five hours of fishing. If you plan on going out, WATCH OUT FOR ICE!!! it is all over, thankfully steve warned me so i didn’t find that out myself! Next walleyesearchers meeting is January 7th, at the Elks club in Rochester, Minnesota. Not only do you find great new fisherman to fish with, but for 25 bucks, you learn other river rat’s ideas and techniques with some friendly competion every month from April to November. If you want to know more, go to the meeting or the spring seminar, it is a great club, with some great fisherman!

Nice job guys, You have a wonderful xmas and a good new year!!

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Nice fish i was in the old red Lund we ended the day with 40 fish and 8 keepers 15 to 18 inch saugers

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Oh yea, I remember you! what were you guys using tackle wise?

Thanks for the report. Sure wish I was around to get out and catch a few it’s been way too long since I’ve had a tight line! I’ll second everything these guys have to say about the walleye searchers club! IT IS THE BEST WAY TO LEARN THE RIVER! While getting to know and compete for fun with a great group of guys.

The bottom fluke looks like the dreaded ALBINO. The DNR is trying to band them.

Larson – if using just the right weight to stay vertical in the drift, the boat will shift, current direction changes etc. the trolling motor is used to “follow” your jig. When doing these adjustments the person running the trolling motor is adjusting to their jig and is able to keeping their jig vertical and in the “zone” . The person that isn’t right over the trolling motor is having their jig impacted to a larger extent by the adjustments being made in the front thus causing their jig to get out of the zone, line not vertical etc. resulting in less sensitivity etc leading to less fish.

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Larson – if using just the right weight to stay vertical in the drift, the boat will shift, current direction changes etc. the trolling motor is used to “follow” your jig. When doing these adjustments the person running the trolling motor is adjusting to their jig and is able to keeping their jig vertical and in the “zone” . The person that isn’t right over the trolling motor is
having their jig impacted to a larger extent by the adjustments being made in the front thus causing their jig to get out of the zone, line not vertical etc. resulting in less sensitivity etc leading to less fish.

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Second this and will ad when this is this case try to get your co angler to fish In the front of the boat or right In The front with you.

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Larson – if using just the right weight to stay vertical in the drift, the boat will shift, current direction changes etc. the trolling motor is used to “follow” your jig. When doing these adjustments the person running the trolling motor is adjusting to their jig and is able to keeping their jig vertical and in the “zone” . The person that isn’t right over the trolling motor is
having their jig impacted to a larger extent by the adjustments being made in the front thus causing their jig to get out of the zone, line not vertical etc. resulting in less sensitivity etc leading to less fish.

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Or have your co angler go to a size or 2 heavyer jig than you are useing. The main thing when you are fishing vertical is to be vertical Its that simple. Meaning use the heavyist jig it takes to do that. I would rather be a lettle heavy than to be a little to lite. …rrr

Second this and will ad when this is this case try to get your co angler to fish In the front of the boat or right In The front with you.

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Very cool! nice, and thanks. When vertical and slippin, the back of the boat should get the first whack at fish. From the video looks like you guys were just drifting with slight adjustment from boat operator, which is usually fair chase with the boat being sideways. I always make sure that my boatmates have the same line and jig size when vertical,makes a huge difference in what guests catch. Then it just comes down to constantly paying attention to bottom. Sometimes, there’s nothing you can do, the operator or another angler will just be in the right spots at the right time!