We were up on the 12/13th and struggled. Has a buddy up over the weekend and the bite was even worse.

Couple small bucks this morning and some yearlings. No ring today after yesterdays 30 mph gusts.

Windy morning in Iowa. SE wind which is not ideal for my stands. Lone doe, a button buck, and then a young 9 just came by at 20 yards. Was at full draw before deciding not to shoot. I love the November days after the 10th and close to the 20th!

Crazy for this Iowa guy to see people to be gun hunting this time of year. That has to be fun! Was a rain out this morning and have seen two bucks tonight. One trotted by maybe 80 yards. Saw another one a long ways off.

We kept two slot fish when were up around the 18th. Out of around 30 fish. All but 1 was over.

Been almost 3 weeks since we were out. But we were trolling 2.2-2.5. Water was warmer then of course.

For you guys trolling stick baits at less then 2 mph are using something to help get them down? Fishing shallower like 4-8 feet, or they just come up that far and hit? Interested in your guys thoughts

First sit for me in Iowa. SE wind all weekend here, who chi is not ideal. Tomorrow could be a wash out. Good luck guys. Nice deer B-Man!

Pulling cranks. 11-13 feet. It was awesome with the moon out.

Fished from the can line up to the dam yesterday. Only rough fish until we got to the dam. Got 2 walleye up there. Saw two walleye/sauger caught at the lan can line.

If you can get fiber optic internet and it’s around the same price I would highly suggest doing so. Much faster.

Docks are still in as of last night.

Also the wind thing. I believe someone said above, or I read it on another thread, don’t launch on the wind blown side unless it’s 15 or less. Id say 10, but I like easier fishing. The wind might help the bite I suppose.

Slow again for us today. Tonight is a different story. Fishing was about as good as it gets until 9. Hasn’t been as fast and furious since then but still good.

Current water temp is 54-56. As far as smallmouth, I’m not much help. But it seems most people are fishing 16-22 feet. We are chasing walleye so can’t really give a smallie report.

Trolled for 3 hours tonight from just east of east myr mar reef over to red door. Got two walleye. Nice night out there.

Glad you were able to get on them. I love the jig and plastic bite.

Slow for us today. Heading back out this evening by Malmo, see what we can run into.

Thanks for the report Rip. We are fishing Monday-Wednesday. Might get out some this afternoon.

Yeah, we aren’t the biggest fans of night fishing, and heading to Mille lacs tomorrow night. So we likely will reserve the night time trolling for there. Probably a good idea for up here though.

Today has been tough. 2 walleye, both in 6 feet or less. Seems everyone is fishing deep. Would rather not kill the fish.

Got 7 or 8 walleye tonight and 1 perch. Two keeper walleye, the others were small. 10-20 FOW.

Just left Des Moines and fishing the east end mostly. If you see a maroon fiberglass lund feel free to come say hello.

Anybody been up recently? Heading up in the morning and fishing the weekend. Will let you know how we do. Going to try and find some crappie first, then go after some walleye. Ideally fishing shallow for walleye, but we will see.

Bump this thread before you head up. We will be there Monday through Wednesday next week. Likely walleye fishing more than smallmouth, but can still get you what info I have.

What a game! Gotta kick right?

Heading up next Friday. Excited, will post report.

We had an ulterra and switched to a Terrova. Only problem we had ulterra was when the plug started going bad, so no fault of the motor. We also had it freeze up one time and wouldn’t deploy.

Do not miss the chance it might not work. But also miss the auto deploy and stow. Although the auto trim feature might be what I miss the most.

A guy in Canada this year had to rope his ulterra after manually stowing. That wasn’t fun for him or anyone else as we tried to help him get it fixed.

Thanks. I think this will be a little longer than I want. Good luck selling.

Can you tell me the lure rating? Or if there isn’t one what you think it fishes well?

My phone this year in Canada

Thanks for your thoughts guys. Roadwork, Green Bay is okay to fish if you have an any westerly or straight east wind. If you get a NE I’m guessing it would be brutal, but haven’t actually seen it. The rainy scares me a bit with people hitting stuff, but from what I’m gathering that is a little more on the east end and not so much around Baudette.