Jack,

Thanks for the welcome ~ I’ve enjoyed the tips & reports very much! The water temp varied around 64 degrees the day we fished, hope that helps ~ fishing was tough that day, because of all the fronts coming through (rained all 3 days prior to tourney)…

Tina

Glenn, wish I had more time CATCHING, instead of NETTING your fish!! But if you ever need a helping hand with the net, just let me know….I got enough practice when we went out & in netting Mom’s catches too! I’m ready for the BIG TIME, now ~ And remember, I can unleash the hook & never even TOUCH the fish, putting it back in the water with the NET!! Oooooo, you don’t SEE that every day!!

The day certainly DID fly by, and I’m glad you were able to fish through the PAIN, with some help, of course…only a die-hard fisherman would take 2 ladies out fishing in the pain YOU were in ~

Thanks again, and I will continue to monitor this board to see how the lake reports are changing & such ~ have a good one!!

Tina

Yep, Glenn….it’s getting old…we gotta figure out what they are biting on & their presentation, cuz they seem to place in that category each year….we did look for them on the lake, but saw they were moving a BUNCH of times, so I think they had trouble locating them, as well….

We had the BEST time fishing those Rock Bass, and was surprised by the size compared to previous years ~ just happy to have placed in something!

Do you know of anyone on the boards that guides over on Osakis? I heard it’s a really big lake, and that the Tourney Committee is considering limiting the fishing waters to just the NORTH side of the lake…otherwise, they don’t have enough shore crew to patrol the entire waters…will have to see how that develops over this year.

Thanks again for all your exper-teeze!! Had a good time jawwing with ya & fun fishin’, too!!

Tina

First, let me personally thank Glenn at gkfishingguides for a wonderful guided tour of the lake & for showing us how it’s done (ie: somehow, HE managed most of the fish! LOL) Mom & I had a wonderful day on the lake with you & we have already given out ALL the cards you gave us to fellow anglers at the tourney ~ hope you hear from them!!

Now, on to the W.A.M. Tournament this past Saturday…

Wow! What a day we had on Lake Koronis!! Started off with a sprinkle or two & ended up with an overall nice, overcast day ~ with a few thunder rolls at the end of it! However, not MANY fish were caught on the lake, as the wind had slowed down a bit, and we were coming off of a few rainy days…but, there WERE still fish to be found. There were only 10 walleyes caught & 13 northerns, to fill the top placements (1st, 2nd & 3rd) ~ the MOST fish caught in a species were Bass & Rock Bass, followed by Sunfish. The Crappies were no where to be found (more on that later)…hit & miss all day, only 9 registered during the whole tourney.

Back to the Crappie, our first fish ALMOST caught of the day, was a beautiful crappie I had on the line, trolling using rap at 8 ft depth. Got it to the boat, but mom wasn’t quick enough with the net & hook came through upper lip & lost her…the fish, not mom….LOL

Luck got better as the day progressed, we each weighed in a sunfish and Bass (mom’s ended up being a 2.2 smallmouth, which she enjoyed landing on an ultralite), and then I caught a small northern, she a small walleye, both not big enough to weigh in….which was a bummer.

HOWEVER, we managed to find an AWESOME Rock Bass hole, all on our own, and it PRODUCED almost 2 dozen rock bass in a very short time period; we ended up weighing in 5 each, as the size progressed. I’m happy to report that I ended up WINNING the Rock Bass portion of the tourney, in 1st Place, with a Rock Bass weighing in just over 1 pound

We had wonderful sponsors of the tournament, and the Paynesville area sponsors, businesses & townpeople were just WONDERFUL to us ~ we will be back in future years, for sure!!

The tips provided & tour of the lake were JUST the ticket we needed to have a memorable day of fishing & aided our succeeding in our goal to PLACE this year ~ thanks again, Glenn….we fished on Sunday before the rains came in, and took home 2 nice walleyes with us….

Thanks to ALL on this forum that provided tips & encouragement for our fishing the tourney on Lake Koronis, and we will take your advice as we fish the upcoming years on other lakes, as well ~ just an FYI, next year the tourney is going to be on Lake Osakis (sp?) near Alexandria, Minnesota…so we are working out details on our stay there already.

You are just WONDERFUL on this forum, and thank you ALL again, for making this a wonderful tournament to remember ~ my Mom & I will cherish the memories from this trip for a lifetime & much appreciated your helpfulness & information ~ thank you!!

I’ll post the ACTUAL results for the 5 species in a separate post, in the event anyone would like to know (it should be in the paper this week, too) ~

Tina

Chris,

Sorry I don’t know how to PM yet on here, am new to this venue. Please give me instructions on how to do so, and I will email you details about where we fished last year ~

Or, you can PM me direct & that will help me, thanks!

Tina

Hoping ya’ll did well on opener! We are headed YOUR way for the Women Angler’s Tourney on Lake Koronis this summer in June…We didn’t catch ANY walleyes or crappies last year, so ANY tips or sites to try would be helpful, but I understand if you don’t care to share the hotspots ~ thanks & I’ll keep watching reports up until tourney…Mom & I had a GREAT time last year, but like I said didn’t catch a single WALLEYE or any Crappies, either ~ got Rock Bass, Sunfish, Northern & Bass was all….thanks for any info or help ~ you guys are GREAT!! And your COMMUNITY support was AWESOME!! Thanks, Tina