what most of the natives to the lake are unhappy about is the evening to night bite from shore is gone….for walleyes that is. not every one wants to fish that deep….you could say we were spoiled and would like to have that back…….now with the regs changing back to pre bass protection there is a chance it might return…..but with most of the resort people gone and with them there fisherman bass I think will survive the open unresticked open season. but only time will tell.

Hey Chappy….too bad we never met up on the river….as it went I only made it twice this year but had some QT with the kids I will be up at Beckers on Winnie the afternoon of june second…..will you still be around? If so if you still have my cel # give me a call with a report I am up for a short time and if I could cut any corners on finding fish I would be very thankfull. If you do not have my cel I can email it to you as I still have that address. Thanks for your help and good luck.
paff

boy I forgot I vented way back then. I wish I had the time to re-learn the lake…..but as time goes it is better spent on other things when I am up there. my niece’s husband fishes league on green and he does fish it alot and he agrees with the rest of the public on the walleye situation. most of the time one legal walleye will win the evening of league.
most people do not like to fish 30+ feet of water to catch fish…..or most people are not that good at summer fishing……winter if you know the spots you can get them and they are usally nice fish……but there was a time when you could still fish a classic shallow bite am-pm all year…..but not anymore……bass that are not very good to eat…..(in my opinion)but not legal to keep for those who would like to. I have always been a numbers guy (the little kid in me)and like to catch lots of fish. now I have to fish else where to have the fun I seek in the time constriants that I have. IMHO
paff

seat still open?
ted

I have a pond in central mn. and have carefully maintained a natural occuring wild rice crop. (actually the ducks planted it) I just make sure the water keeps moving. In the past we have had great shoots and this year there were lots of birds early (before the season) but they dissapeared right before the early opener…..and as far as I know no one got to them for the youth season……so we had high hopes for a good opener but we ended up dissapointed with about a bird a peice for the two days…..just not many birds around and no idea where they went…..one clue was that we recieved 3-4 inches of rain just before the opener which created lots of hiding places……not many birds spread way apart……
I have a camp in southern manitoba and I will tell you where the birds were…….in the wheat fields…….there was water every where and the farmers could not get the wheat out of the fields. some was still standing the rest was in windrows surrounded by water……we had poor mallard shoots up there only because the birds never had to leave the fields same thing with the geese. The shoots in the marsh were good with lots of varity divers to puddlers.

the last part of the season in minnesota I got out to swan lake twice…..we hit the new birds on a strong n.w. wind filled out with mallards both times……but the refuge never filled with migrating mallards…..question is where are they….either they flew thru…..or they are not around in the numbers that we are told that there are…….

questions of the early season……..with out it we stand the chance of early frost and the local birds leave…..it has happened to me several times…..since most birds we get on opener are woodies and teal…they up and leave when it freezes….and if you go too late well all the water is locked up….(as you all know this year is very unusal, heck even in canada i was swating bugs in the blind in the middle of oct)….so i am with some of you guys……drop the limit and split the season……who shoots 6 ducks anyway…..the last i heard from the Minn DNR the ave bag (using a spinning wing decoy) was one bird per person.
on another note we need to look at habitat not the seasons to bring the birds back……all you have to do is look west to the dakotas and north to canada. lots of habitat lots of birds.
paff

I have a pond in central mn. and have carefully maintained a natural occuring wild rice crop. (actually the ducks planted it) I just make sure the water keeps moving. In the past we have had great shoots and this year there were lots of birds early (before the season) but they dissapeared right before the early opener…..and as far as I know no one got to them for the youth season……so we had high hopes for a good opener but we ended up dissapointed with about a bird a peice for the two days…..just not many birds around and no idea where they went…..one clue was that we recieved 3-4 inches of rain just before the opener which created lots of hiding places……not many birds spread way apart……
I have a camp in southern manitoba and I will tell you where the birds were…….in the wheat fields…….there was water every where and the farmers could not get the wheat out of the fields. some was still standing the rest was in windrows surrounded by water……we had poor mallard shoots up there only because the birds never had to leave the fields same thing with the geese. The shoots in the marsh were good with lots of varity divers to puddlers.

the last part of the season in minnesota I got out to swan lake twice…..we hit the new birds on a strong n.w. wind filled out with mallards both times……but the refuge never filled with migrating mallards…..question is where are they….either they flew thru…..or they are not around in the numbers that we are told that there are…….

questions of the early season……..with out it we stand the chance of early frost and the local birds leave…..it has happened to me several times…..since most birds we get on opener are woodies and teal…they up and leave when it freezes….and if you go too late well all the water is locked up….(as you all know this year is very unusal, heck even in canada i was swating bugs in the blind in the middle of oct)….so i am with some of you guys……drop the limit and split the season……who shoots 6 ducks anyway…..the last i heard from the Minn DNR the ave bag (using a spinning wing decoy) was one bird per person.
on another note we need to look at habitat not the seasons to bring the birds back……all you have to do is look west to the dakotas and north to canada. lots of habitat lots of birds.
paff

I grew up on green and since the protection on the small mouth i have fished it rarely. we used to be able to shore fish with great success in the spring “my grand mothers cabin” and we used to catch 20 to 60 eyes a night. but now that is gone. now if you catch 1 or 2 a night they may be bigger but it is hard to keep the young anglers intrested. maybe green is too far from the classic bass lakes for anyone to fish it who would make a report….i don’t know. all i know is that it used to be a great walleye lake and that is over now. i spend a lot of time in the area during the summer and fall and have not fished it in 3 years.
ok i have vented…..sorry if i bored you
paff

thanks for the info i will be up at beckers this thurs night
camping till sunday….did you get out to try sugar lake? or was it too rough? any crappies brought in? perch?
sounds like you had a good time and i hope the bite holds out for me……i am sure it will this time of year.
oh ya did you try in the mouth of the river in the evening with leaches? i killed them in there last year with my daughter with a leach and a bobber…..many fun large slot fish.
any other info will be helpfull
paff

thanks
it is good to know you can get bait in alma again.
paff

thanks for the info it seems i always get bigger fish down there….i might try it wed. i am not fimilure with name the main channel is it the float?
paff

i was out early on sat and called the day at noon…moved alot but ended up on the wisc. side in 20-13′ from the brush pile near the dam down to the dry culvert…..the bite was not what i would call jump in your boat great but we landed some nice fish…..lots of pressure lots of nimrods running too fast! i know remember why i fish the week days…..
tight lines
paff

thanks for the info…..i may have to try and drag a frog on the bottom next time i’m out….who knows.
ted

i was there 3-24 and started to see a shallow bite with some nicer fish caught and released. 10′-3’along a sand bar some were taken as deep as 20′. also i worked up from the vermilion and the current break right at the vermilion. it was not a fast bite but did pick up some bigger females and nice male waleyes. we ended up filling out on eaters and released a few.
ted

just a drooling to go with the master!!!

i was out yesterday at alma.arrived at 11:30am i did well. live bait and 1/2 oz. jig. started with lite and dark green fire ball with stinnger bites were short for the most part. then went to hair jig of similuar color and weight and the bite got better.current was mod. but wind was strong. depth i am guessing because when i got to the landing i remembered i left my depth finder in my other truck for walleyes 18-22′ sauger25′ -35′. i was asking. caught nice sauger from 14-20″s walleyes, lots of short fish but had 2- 24″ers and 1 22″male walleye.had another nice one to the boat but my net man missed it (i was by my self). all in all it was a good day had a 30+ fish day and warm temps. off the water at 6:30pm

was on pool 5 wensday 4/10 and had a great day. 2-24″ers 1-23″er

1 22″ male walleye and lots of short waleyes. sauger went form 3″ to 20″ was out for 6 hours fought the wind and enjoyed the warm weather.

a fish in the 30″ or better range is proablly near the end of its life so i believe that would be a good canditate. would i throw back a 29.75″ i don’t think so. but how many walleyes do you want to mount and how much time do you spent fishing them? answering this question will tell you your answer. would you kill more than one to put on the wall? say a 28″ then what happens when you catch a 31″ my thought is be comfortable with the big fish of “your” life time and be realistic. if you have caught several in the 8-9#class you proably will stick the 30″ plus range

to use only weight would let you mount a shorter fish and proably would shorten the life of a true breeder.

WAS ON POOL 4 AT 2PM SUN. WINDY WAS NOT THE RIGHT ADJ. HAD MY KIDS WITH ME TO SPEND THE LAST PART OF THE DAY FISHING. HAD TO USE THE BIG MOTOR ALL THE TIME AND THE KIDS LASTED TWO HOURS. BUT THE BITE WAS REAL STRONG. BOATED 20-30 FISH BIGEST 26″ IT WAS WORTH THE EFFORT ONLY WISH THE KIDS DID NOT GET COLD! STICK WITH IT.

i use everts all the time but by having to go up there it cuts in on my fishing time! and the ride down on a windy day is not always fun. thanks for the reply.

paff

i had my niece’s husband drive from willmar on wed. we did well the bite seems to be on the rise. he felt it was more than worth it(it was his first trip ever) from everthing ihave read and heard fronts have very little effect on the rivers. but water temp. and clarity are the real concerns. so check that out first.

i was there on wed. arrived at 9:30 and fished just up from the vermilion it was a little slow at first (the corps just raised the second roller) but the fish regrouped in 30-40′ caught some nice sauger (18″) and caught and released about 50 fish. left at 4:00

thanks i will look them up

what is the adress of the ringworm page?

thanks

ok you have tweaked my attention! i see by your question that some swear by them and some had no luck with them at all!

i believe the secret to them (worms) is the presentation. is anyone willing to go into detail on how to fish them?

frankly i always do well with the jig and minnoe combo but am always wanting to learn something new. are they just aviable thru mail order?