Finally the wind laid down and we are back on the
lake, the
fishing yesterday was slow with just a few fishermen on the lake. All
of them
reported the same thing that the water was riled up so bad that you
could not
even see your hand, with just a couple of nice days the lake will clear
up and
the fishing should pick back up to where we left off on Saturday.
Yesterday we had a handful of fishermen who ventured out on the big lake early in the a.m. but they were soon blown off the lake by 25 mph+ west winds. This morning the winds are still howling out of the northwest and needless to say there will be no fishing here today. After the winds stop it will most likely take a day or two for the lake to settle down enough for the walleyes to see your bait, in the mean time I will keep busy picking up tree branches on the property.
6/27/09
Walleye fishing the past few days has been very
good, but it is showing signs of slowing down. This is normal for
this time of the year. Here on the south shore we are
fishing right out front, OR just a short boat trip down to the
“bird houses”. Today Friday, is just a beautiful day out
there on the big lake. The lake is flat, and the sun is shining,
BUT as we all know that can change with out notice. What ever you
choose to do have a great weekend.
joani
Monday, June 22, 2009
Another beautiful weekend has come and gone, the
walleye
fishing was about as good as it can get.
I suspect that it will remain this way for another week or two
before
the water warms up and the fish head out to deeper water.
The hot crappie bite is just about done for
this season with just a stray being picked up here and there.
6/17/09
Walleye fishing this past weekend was about as good as it gets, limits of walleyes and buckets full of crappies. The past couple of days has been even better now that one can keep fish up to 20 inches long, now all we have to do is hope this nice weather last a while longer.
Jerry
The weather this weekend was beautiful and right
along with it
the Fishing this weekend was about as good as it gets.
Limits of walleyes were the norm with quite a
few crappies tossed in for good measure.
This morning the slot limit on Upper Red Lake went
to 20
inches, our first group of fishermen came back complaining that it was
to easy,
all of the fish that the caught were 17 ¼ to 19 ½ inches
long and the were
finished in just a short while. (What ever happened to “catch and
release” and
fishing just for the fun of it?)
6/13/09
Walleye fishing the past couple of days slowed down a little but most fishermen are still catching enough to eat and a few to take home. Not to much to report on for crappies, no one here has even been fishing for them. One bright spot has been all of the 40 inch plus pike that have been caught here in or near the mouth of Shotley Brook.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Finally two decent days in a row and one of them fell on a weekend, our boat ramp and fish cleaning shack got a pretty good work out on Saturday with just about everyone catching their limits of Upper Red lake walleyes and slab crappies. Most of the walleyes were coming in from the sand humps and bars just east of here while the slab crappies were coming from the north side of the big lake. Only one more week and the slot size on walleye moves up from 17 to 20 inches, then we will no longer have to catch 30 walleyes just to find four slot fish, well only if you want to.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Walleye fishing the past couple of days has been good with most fishermen easily catching their limits of Upper Red Lake walleyes, a few fish are being caught here in the river but most of them are over the slot. Trolling with a bright colored spinner and minnow along the sand bars has been the best bet while bobber fishing the rock humps has produced well at times.
They are still picking up good numbers of crappies on the north shore when the wind lays down long enough to get over there.
Jerry
Monday, June 1, 2009
The cold and wet weather has made fishing difficult to say the least. A few walleyes and small northern pike have been showing up in the river for the fisherman who was willing to dress warm and spend a couple of hours. The crappie fishing on the north shore has been good when the wind let the fishermen make it over there. Hopefully the weather will warm up soon and when it does the fishing should be great.
Jerry
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
I finally am back, at least part way. It has been a learning experience trying to move my web page from one host to another especially when our old hosting site that I used for the past 15 years did not want to let me move.
Anyway the fishing the past couple of weeks has been a little on the slow side compared to the past few seasons. Opening weekend was great with lots of walleyes being caught right here in Shotley brook, in fact most fishermen including myself were catching a walleye almost every cast but then the weather turned cold and the rains started chasing almost all of the fish out of the river and turned the bite almost off.
This weekend the weather warmed up and the walleye fishing improved some with most fishermen bringing in enough fish to eat. The northern pike fishing is just now getting started with a few fish over 40 inches being caught and released. The crappie fishing is starting to pick up nicely, the only bad part is we are having to run all the way to the north shore to find warm enough water, it may be a week or two before they start to move in here on the south shore.
Again thanks for being patience with me though this web page ordeal.
Jerry