06-11-2010, 05:25 PM
Again - very informative, and kind of you to share your experience.
Love the "picture" of your Walleye competition. So I'll bet they were using Banjo Minnows, and trading off the rod for plucking a banjo. And their "spoon" was from the silverware drawer...
Now, I didn't see the "kitty zone" marked on your map. I'd guess it's your "other" map that marks off your "past proven spots". A guy's entitled to hold onto some of his secrets! [
] I'd love to join your classroom session if I could coordinate it (and get up early enuf!), and if you could stand a small "boat", as I'm not part of the tubing floatilla. I'll have to ask the ranger - I wonder if a small boat like mine under electric motor would be tolerable up there in the channel. Sounds like I'd want the FF to help ID the drop spots.
No - not "good" that you only found 1 walleye - just good that you didn't find many over the 24inch size, and have to leave them back. Plus good that there's some left for ME to find (hopefully). [crazy] From what you say they should be getting pretty active. And by other reports - it does seem there are a lot out there still to be found.
I have yet to taste walleye - but I've heard such great descriptions, I'm anxious to. Hmm, small jigs eh? So maybe smaller is better for once?
Do you ever use jigs with a spinner blade/flasher on them? I've had good attention from trout with them (see pic)
Now those aren't "gulp" minnows - that looks like the real deal. May I ask - where/how do you getyer "live" minnows? We've got a minnow cage, but haven't used it. My son is really interested in catching some. I also informed him that's the only kind of fish he's allowed to "net". I saw schools in the shallows at Porky once.
Someone at Benson told me they just get feeder goldfish from the petstore, but what I've read says you can only use fish for bait from the water you're fishing on. And then only some waters allow them to be whole, or alive.
It always seems that fish feed best on whatever they normally find (the age old "match the hatch" philosophy). Fish prefer a treat to a trick I guess.
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Love the "picture" of your Walleye competition. So I'll bet they were using Banjo Minnows, and trading off the rod for plucking a banjo. And their "spoon" was from the silverware drawer...
Now, I didn't see the "kitty zone" marked on your map. I'd guess it's your "other" map that marks off your "past proven spots". A guy's entitled to hold onto some of his secrets! [
] I'd love to join your classroom session if I could coordinate it (and get up early enuf!), and if you could stand a small "boat", as I'm not part of the tubing floatilla. I'll have to ask the ranger - I wonder if a small boat like mine under electric motor would be tolerable up there in the channel. Sounds like I'd want the FF to help ID the drop spots.No - not "good" that you only found 1 walleye - just good that you didn't find many over the 24inch size, and have to leave them back. Plus good that there's some left for ME to find (hopefully). [crazy] From what you say they should be getting pretty active. And by other reports - it does seem there are a lot out there still to be found.
I have yet to taste walleye - but I've heard such great descriptions, I'm anxious to. Hmm, small jigs eh? So maybe smaller is better for once?
Do you ever use jigs with a spinner blade/flasher on them? I've had good attention from trout with them (see pic)
Now those aren't "gulp" minnows - that looks like the real deal. May I ask - where/how do you getyer "live" minnows? We've got a minnow cage, but haven't used it. My son is really interested in catching some. I also informed him that's the only kind of fish he's allowed to "net". I saw schools in the shallows at Porky once.
Someone at Benson told me they just get feeder goldfish from the petstore, but what I've read says you can only use fish for bait from the water you're fishing on. And then only some waters allow them to be whole, or alive.
It always seems that fish feed best on whatever they normally find (the age old "match the hatch" philosophy). Fish prefer a treat to a trick I guess.
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