I made plan’s today to get on the water before the nasty weather made its way into the Mille Lacs area. The weather forecast was for increasing winds with 60% rain. I got on the water at 6:45am and headed to the northend sand in the Malmo area. The winds were light at around 7-10 and light rain was coming down. I thought to myself why am I going to fish in this kind of weather again after last weekend!
Well after starting my first drift on the morning I knew it was going to be a better day! I boated 5 walleye on my first pass. I was fishing in around 17-18 feet. The size of my fish ran from 14 up to 23 inches.
I ended my morning when the wind speed increased to around 15-20 out of the south. Knowing I had a 5 mile run back into a head wind I ended my day on the short side! After getting beat up last weekend I was not going to do that again.
I finished my day at 9:30 with 8 walleye being caught rigging a leech on a lindy rig. So far this spring I have caught all my walleye on red hooks. I drifted with a wind sock just under 1 mph. The fish were pretty aggressive hitting the bait pretty hard! I saw a large number of nets out this morning….much different from last weekend.
This was a solo trip with just yours truly, so sorry no pic’s to go with this report!
I hope this weather improves this week! I sure am sick of clouds,wind……and rain
Just recieved a call from a buddy that also did well up on the Malmo sands! Lon stated that he and his two buddy’s needed just 3 more for thier limit of walleye today. He has been up on vacation since Wednesday and said they have done real well this week!!!
Sounds like the sand bite is going well right now………
Man oh man oh man!
Thanks for the report Bobber,I hope to have some luck when I get up there memorial weekend.
Thanks, Bob. Think I’ll be up on Monday.
Things are looking up. Thanks for the report Bob. Sheri and I will be up late Wednesday. Hoping for Nice weather Thursday.