I keep thinking the good fishing we’ve had on Mille Lacs must start to slow down sometime, but nothing has been farther from the truth! My weekend started out by taking out a group that won a trip I donated for a United Way Silent Auction. My goal was to give each of these 3 rookie anglers the thrill of having a feisty Mille Lacs Walleye slam a spinner behind a bottom bouncer. We started out on one of my favorite flats and the goal was achieved within the first 30 minutes for each angler. They had a blast as none of them had caught a walleye before in their lives. By the end of the day, all 3 were now walleye veterans as we boated a good 25 fish. Thanks Hitomi for your winning bid as we had a great time for a great cause. I had a ball fishing with you guys!
On Sunday, I was out with the Marsh Outdoors Crew and had just an unbelievable day. Our plan was to pull spinners/bouncers on structure, but I was prepared to pull cranks of even pull the spinners open water style as I had to work for them a little more on Saturday. Our first spot was a little slow so after an hour we moved. As we started cruising spot #2, I couldn’t believe how many fish were stacked up on a few different stretches. We started catching fish right away and had steady action all day. Same program as I’ve reported all summer still…Bottom Bouncers, Jolly Roger Spinners and Air Injected Crawlers. We did switch up colors a few times. This week’s hot one was the #3 Firebelly as its name implies was on FIRE! By 10 AM, we were both using it and must have boated a good 45-50 fish. Slots have been tough lately, but we caught 7 or 8 perfect ones just under 17". Those would have made for a great meal or tournament basket, but we were just C&R fishing on Sunday. The highlight was a monster caught by Jordan Marsh that was a fingernail width shy of 30 inches. That was the biggest Mille Lacs fish I’ve seen in quite some time and was very fat too. In addition to Firebelly, we also caught fish on Electric Perch, Goby and Clown this weekend. The bite is still on, so if you want to get in on the action it can still be had.
Best of Fishing,
Shawn Flemming
Jolly Roger Tackle