Had an amazing trip out to Pelican Lake this weekend. I had never been there before and I was not disappointed.
Left with a friend on Friday night and stayed in Roosevelt that evening. We got up Saturday morning to clear sunny skies and no wind. Those perfect conditions remained throughout the day.
We fished all day Saturday and caught an insane amount of blue gills and large mouth bass along the edges of the reeds. I have caught these species of fish before, but never before on a flyrod. You talk about a fight!!
We caught fish in all sizes and even hooked into a couple of LMB around the 3 - 4 lb range. AWSOME.
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Sounds like a fun time. Thanks for the report. What flies worked well for you there?
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Nice job. I have never been there and have heard great things. I have got to try and get out there. Thanks for the report.
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We caught them on a variety of flies, but found our best success with big bead headed wooly buggers.
I even caught a couple on top with a Chernobyl ant.
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You know I went there a couple of years ago and reported catching around 200 in two and a half days (almost every cast)
Now maybe you know where I was coming from!
They are like pulling in a frying pan! Try it with a full flex rod like a GLASS rod. When the tip almost touches your hand...now that is fun stuff.
HUGE Bluegill also!
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I also love that place. You can get 60 to 80 fish a day there when it's hot. I have a lot of good stories there. It's a really good place to get some casting practice. One time, we where fishing outside the weeds and casting towards the reeds from 40 feet or so. I made a good cast right next to the cattails, let my Zug Bug sink for a few seconds and stripped 3 or 4 times. I got a good hit and brought the fish 3/4ths the way back to me. The line broke. I realized my knot had failed. I tied on a small red marabu leech and cast it in the exact same place. Let it sink and stripped it a few times. Just like the cast 5 minutes earlier. A fish hit and I brought in a big fat Bluegill. To my surprise that fish had my Zug Bug in it's mouth as well! It could hardly fit both flies in it's mouth. I don't know if it was hungry or defending it's turf but it sure was fun. That shows you that when it's on, they will hit almost anything. green, red, small, or large. Other times they can be a bit picky, but always fun. I hope I can get over there this year before the bugs take over. Humpy
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