Slammed the crappies last week on Koronis as did all of the other boats that were out I’m sure. It doesn’t take long for the word to get out and that lake to fill up with fisherman. The walleyes were slow… cought some dinks and came in with one 19″. Saw a 25″ caught as well, beautiful fish. I am wondering if anyone has heard anything about lake turnover yet… October is going to be a gong show at work so I am hoping I can catch the last week in September if the lake is ready for me by then…..

I’m heading up to the lake for 9 days…. I know last year at this time people started to pick up eyes in shallow water over by Henderson Point…. Any word if there is any action?

I wish I would have read your post before this last weekend Joeman! You are right that the fishing has slowed down. The dinks are sure hungry though, we caught at least 20 around the 9-11 inch mark but only ended up with one around 14 and I was lucky enough to catch one 22″ on Monday morning before I left. Gold still seems to be the color and the little guys seem to prefer leeches. I caught the dandy on a crawler harness and a full crawler but I had to fight through the perch to get it. I took the camera out to the 30-40 ft holes and tried to find those fish that were suspended but the water just isn’t clear enough to see them. I could mark them with my finder but I couldn’t see them or get them to bite with a jig/minnow combination. That works well for me in the fall but apparently the eyes aren’t ready for that yet. I am going to give it a weeks try after labor day, hopefully the water will cool down and the fishing will pick up.

Actually Jack, I found the same situation on Memorial Day weekend so I was expecting another summer of dirty water and poor fishing. When we went up in the middle of June, the water was more clear than I have ever seen it, even clearer than the fall. I spoke with someone who had talked to the DNR who had told him that they had gotten so much rain throughout the month that it had naturally filtered itself out. The water was so clear that we actually did some sight fishing for sunnies in the afternoons. I’m sure that the water has gotten a little cloudier since then, but I talked with a friend who has been fishing there all week and the water is still relatively cool (68-70) to what it usually is this time of year and the weeds are only out to 7.5 – 8.5 feet where they are usually out to 10-12 by now.

They are still picking up some small walleyes in 6-7 at the edge of the weeds, but the hogs have moved to deeper water it appears. I’m going to do some scouting this weekend with the camera and see if I can’t find some of those hefty females suspended somewhere. If nothing else, a few smaller walleyes and some bottle bass should make for a good weekend. Have a good holiday