Thanks James and all for the tips. We went out last night and caught some dandy fish. We trolled #13 black/silver raps in 7 feet next to doe island. Speed didnt seem to matter for some reason. But twitching the bait to make it more real did seem to help. We tried to fish with the #12 huskys but with 125 feet of line out on a line counter reel and 8# fireline, the bait was bangin bottom to much. We tried that in 9 feet. Cant wait to go again

Hello, This is my first post. I was reading the info above on Mille Lacs. I have a question for the guide Jim.

I see that you have been catching 40-50 fish per night from sundown to 1 am. That’s almost one fish every 7 minutes. I also see that the Crawfish color is the only thing they seem to be biting on. You also say you have to jerk the rod to get a fish to bite. My question is, if the bite is really good like 1 fish every 7 minutes, do you really need to do these things? I have found on Mille Lacs that if iam catching one fish every 7 mintues like i rarely do being a novice and not knowing the lake very good, it seems like they usually hit anything. You also stated trolling speed is important. Would they not bite if your were going faster? I have been getting maybe 5-8 fish a night with some big ones mixed in. All my buddies are doing the same as well. You seem to have found them. Iam also wondering how your are marking fish in such shallow water? The cone is way to tight and wouldnt the fish get spooked? Can i get a wider cone for my finder?

Hope you can help me out, were pretty much doing everything your doing. Do you have any other tips?
Thanks Whitetip