It has been a little while since I’ve fished the pond, so I was way over due! Saturday, I fished with my great old fried Jason and his son Jack. Jack is just getting into the game of finesse walleye fishing. With that said, there is no other place to better train the next generation and catch big fish while at it!
And it sure didn’t take long to boat the first fish! This healthy beast hit within the first 15 minutes of fishing on our initial drift!
Our game plan was to work the rocks on the SE side of the lake. We attempted to launch out of Cedar Creek public access, but with the bunk trailer, this just wasn’t going to happen. So, up further to Fisherman’s Warf we launched. Running the basic snells in varying lengths of 8-12 feet. We used an aray of colors from red to glow to blue. Blue and Red seemed to be the more dominant colors.
Before we knew it Jack tied into his first "big" fish all on his own! This champ fought his first true "big fish" all on his own! No complaints for a 25" here!
While working depths ranging from 18 to 30 fow, with the drift sock out, we probably worked a little faster with the "howling" winds than we wanted, but the fish just didn’t care! The slot fish were a little more on the light-bite and the 24"-27" fish absolutely clobbered the rigs!
While the wind was strong and the air was a bit colder than what we planned on, the fish were going and going strong! What a great fishery to teach the next generation where and how to fish and how to preserve our resources by teaching CPR!
A happy pop and his boy!
BUT!!!
It isn’t always easy boating these big fish when the little guy stands 4’10!
But the final results are the best in the world!
One final note. Get away from the crowds. ALL of our fish were boated with another rig not within 200 yards of us. Many people go to the crowds, thinking that is where the hot bite is. But you are too late! All the easy pickings have been plucked when there are a dozen boats doing the same drift, with the same technique, on the same gravel bar. When you get away from the crowds, all those fish are ALL yours!
Read your map and give the fish what they want!
Nice report. Great pics of the little guy.
Nice Job Gary!
Way to get the little guy some action! 
Good report as usual Gary!!
Looks like you guys were fishing for some muskie bait
just kidding. Although to bad it wasn’t Muskie season because it looks like perfect conditions. I can’t wait to start throwing those big baits 
So very true about fishing AWAY from the crowds! Way to get the youngster and your freind on fish
Great reports Gary
Jack, That is a great fish, nice job and I hoped you taught Gary and your dad some things.
Nice report Gary and way to fish those out of the way spots, it pays too look for an area where others haven’t pressured the fish. Im sure glad i got my kids into fishing, my daughter and her boyfriend have been fishing almost every night and up too midnight for catfish and walleyes. Mille Lacs sounds like one heck of a fishery.
Nice Fish Jack
Man I wish I started fishing Mille Lacs that young.
Nice Job Jason and Gary getting the boy on some fish!
I found fish “Clobbering” the bait on the North end too during the cold front moving in Saturday afternoon.
With the Larger fish, you could not feed them line fast enough, they were ripping it off like a muskie. 
Just close the bail and “Whooom, FISH ON” 
Boat control was an absolute bear but it paid off for me if I kept the boat in 20′ and under .6 mph.
Leeches on a #6 red hook with a 10′ snell was the trick after the front came in. I had a hay day from about 4-8 pm, after I got up from my nap. 
Gret report Gary!
Ahemmm…Ahemmm…..Ahemmmm!!!!!!
Truth be told, I joined Jason and his son Jack in their boat on this trip. Nice towel Jason.
Nice posting with the pics and report! Jack will get a kick out of it.
Oops, my bad
Way to put Gary and the kid on FISH!
Very nice report and pics Gary. He sure had fun and I’m sure you and Dad did too.
Thanks, Bill
Nice Report Gary,
Nice bite, and good numbers…
Making memories IS the name of the game..
Jack..