The walleye bite on Mille lacs remains good. I have been finding good numbers of fish on most of the classic structure like the rock piles and gravel bars.
The picture to the right is of Brett Johnson. Him and his Dad came down from North Dakota. We got into a nice bite Sat morning on long snells and leeches. Most of the boats were in the bays trying to get out of the wind. Nice place for a sun tan, but we were after fish. Using my Minn-kota bow mount trolling motor and drift socks, we were able to stay on top of fish and slow our rigs down to keep the fish interested. I cant believe all the small fish we are catching which should result in a great year class to come. These little 11-13 inch fish are hammering down jumbo leeches like there is no tommorow. It doesnt surprise me though as it seems most of the baitfish are too big for them little walleyes to eat. Most of the walleyes I have been catching are 18 inches and they are puking up 4 inch perch. The key has been to mark the spots your catching fish and then keep working those areas to stick out a limit of eaters or two.
The night bobber bite has been very good. The second picture to the left is Joe from Mpls with a smallie caught while bobber fishing the rocks for walleyes. The bite starts a little later when the sun is out. Find the rock humps that are holding fish in deep water and then set up for bobbers and wait for them to move up and put the feed bag on. We did chase smallies on Sat and found them shallow on the rocks but not willing to bite. We sight fished for them and seen two in the 20 inch class and smaller fish running in schools of 3-6 but they didnt want to eat that day.
Until next time, see ya on the water.