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Location: Chilton, WI | I was out in the later part of the morning trolling the mud. Trolled for a couple hours with not much to show for it besides a few small ones and a 16 incher that we kept. Decided to battle the waves and make a move south to a spot that has been producing for us the last few weeks. We had 2 or 3 little ones with in the hour. Finally I hooked into a good fish on the crawler harness that I had long lined behind the boat. Turned out to be a 20 incher. We no more than got that one in the net and the outside board started falling back. My buddy started reeling that one in while I let some line out on the inside board so the lines wouldnt get crossed. Well they ended up getting crossed anyway because another fish hit the inside board while I was letting line out. So we got the second fish (17 incher) netted along with the board it was tangled up with. I started pulling the last fish in hand over hand. I could tell it was a walleye, a pretty decent one too. I told my buddy he better get that mess out of the net because we are gonna need it. He got the mess out just in time to net the 22 1/2 inch eye. I released the big eye and took the other three home for my dad. We had time for one more pass over that spot which resulted in another decent fish on but was lost. That was the most exciting 5 minutes out on bago in a long time. I guess it was worth the rough ride there and back. |
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Location: Manitowoc, WI | Fished the mud Friday from noon till 4 pm. Two dinks and a couple of white bass. Was nice to get out with my kids for a few hours and even though we didn't set the world on fire, we had a great time. Trolled DJ's, Deep Little Rippers and Deep Nitro Shiners all over the water column. Only fish I caught were both on a Deep Nitro Shiner 110' back. Are the fish tending to be up high early and then going down with the heat of the day? |
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Location: Chilton, WI | From my expierience I would say they stay up top unless a front or something comes through. I haven't noticed a real pattern as far as time of day versus fish position on the locator. I get most of my marks around ten feet whether its in the morning or the afternoon. So I run most of my baits just above that. I will usually hang one deeper and a couple near the surface just to see if there are any fish up real high. |
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Location: New London, WI | was out friday morning and sunday morning with my dad, 16 eyes over 14", atleast 100 in the 11-13" range and enough sheeps to keep 2 guys busy for many, many hours. 9 dozen crawlers in 12 hours of fishing. |
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Location: shawano,WI | Jimbo where abouts were you fishing? |
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Location: New London, WI | in da mud, northside, east side and in da middle |
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Location: Menasha, WI | Suffered my first skunk in over a month last night. I could actually see the eyes glowing in the shallows, but thet wouldn't hit anything. The cold front must have shut them down. Water levels have dropped significantly and they've closed about half the gates at both of the dams. |
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Location: Fond du Lac, Wi | Fished today From 1-3, 20,18,15and a 14. Beautiful day out on Bago. Harnesses with in-line weights 16 feet back. Don't know where the bloom went but water was pretty clear. all in all it was a good day. Everything came south of fraction Island. |
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Location: Fond du Lac, Wi | Fished today from 10:30 till 1:30. 16 feet back with inlines. 19,17,15,14,14&6" all on harnesses. Lost a couple of nicer fish at the boat. Shep this was just south of your goto spot! |
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| Just like 2 years ago, Mark! I may have to make a run up, but looking to do the Big Pond for a SalmonFirst outing tomorrow. If the wind blows us off, I may have to retool the boat, and head north for some eye action!
You got that house finished yet?
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Location: Fond du Lac, Wi | yep the action is fairly good out there yet with at late in the year as it is. Fishing a bar tourny tommorrow. Have a couple of spots to go to so might even get to take a check. yes the house is done and I just signed an offer on it tonight. Call me if you deciede to come up.
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| Tried Winnebago for a second time on Sat. Caught lots of drum and a few small walleyes drifting the reefs in about 8-10ft water. Suspended fish are new to me - how much weight? Do snap weights work? Fish must be 6-10 ft deep? Over how much water? Seems like the lake is pretty structureless aside from the reefs.
Thanks in advance. Hope to get back there a couple more times this summer.
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First of all, 'Bago is not much more than a huge fishbowl virtually devoid of special areas that will hold big fish very long. So there is luck involved just to find them big girls and the best advice is to just start somewhere and put on some miles.
Then, if you find them (they will show as long cigar shapes on your sonar), getting them to eat is entirely seperate ordeal.
In catching deeper water suspended 'Bago 'Eyes, try fishing close to the bottom in cold front conditions (I still have a very hard time), and yes, using snap weights or bottom bouncers is best. In moderate weather conditions try concentrating in the center of the water column. And if we get a long period of stable high pressure weather, then try trolling shallow running surface baits as fast as you dare!
As far as fishing the rocks, it's best early morning and late evening, with dark windy days helping to hold the fish longer into the day.
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Location: Fond du Lac, Wi | was out last night from 5 till 7. 16,16,15and 14.5. Lost about a twenty five inch fish right behind the boat. all fish came eight feet down on harnesess. plus three of the fish came on Gulp!out again tonight report to follow. |
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| Out of east shore today. Only one 13" eye, drifting jig/crawler in 10 to 12FOW. Lots of slime on top and thousands of small bugs to make it more miserable! Can't believe I was on 'bago wishing for wind and waves!!!! Could not find perch either, only couple sheep. Out from west shore yesterday was only slightly better, couple eyes with 14" biggest,drifting reef edges. Lot of smallmouth over there. Also did not seem near as green, because of prevailing winds I assume. Can't troll yet, still breaking in new motor.  |
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Location: Kaukauna WI | Opps......that last report was from me....forgot to log on. |
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Location: shawano,WI | Hey Chuck if you want to find some fish out there just give me a call and I will steer you in the right direction. |
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Location: Fond du Lac, Wi | Went out on the west shore last night. Caught a whole mess of fish had two limits of 18 to 15 inch fish in one hour forty five minutes. The first five where in the first 1/2 hour. Same program really, one ounce in-lines 16 to 24 back. speed 1.4 to 1.8.
All fish on harnesess some with crawlers and some with Gulp!. All in all it was a productive night. Still looking for them big girls. Should get interesting tommorrow with the cold front moving in tonight. |
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