My brother and I are planning to spend the afternoon on Lake Pepin. Has anyone been out there lately? What’s happening with the mayfly hatch? We are planning to troll cranks in 9-11 fow. Any help would be much appreciated!
thasnx
iceman62
We were there on Saturday. Fished from 3:00p-7:00p. We ended up catching 6 eyes 3 saugs and a 3 lb Flathead. Most the eyes and saugs were between 18″ and 20″ with a couple scrubs to boot. We trolled Maiden Rock and worked 7′-12′. Most to all of our fish came out of 11′. They were caught on bright colored #5 jointed shad raps, one was caught on a spinner and a leech. Our Speed was anywhere from 2.5-3.5 mph. Picked up most fish at the higher end of our speed range.
The action wasn’t too terribly fast, but it was still fun. I think if you did a little searching you could find some more aggressive fish we didn’t look anywhere else besides where I have mentioned.
If I were going to hit pepin this week or any later into the summer I would start checking some deeper locations. Start by trolling lead core or long lining this deeper water. If you happen to find some fish make note of the location and keep hitting that area or maybe drop in on them with some live bait.
Bagley
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