Muskies

For those of you looking to get in on some Mille Lacs muskie action, check out what my good friend and fellow guide Travis Frank did there this weekend at www.trophyencounters.com.  Bookmark his page so you can check back often for more reports.  Also, drop him a note and let him know what you think of the site.  My sister who did such a great job on this site was brought in to get him rolling also.  I am heading for the lake now!  Fish On. 

Whitefish, Mille Lacs, one two punch

After working late on Friday night I headed up north first thing in the morning on Saturday to Matt Rauenhorsts cabin on the Whitefish chain.   Saturday we fished Whitefish and had some nice largemouth action on both jig worms and top water.  My first fish of the trip was just about five pounds and came on a weed line on a chug bug top water.  We finished the afternoon off with some water skiing, cock tailing, and grilling. 

After dark Mike,Crea, Matt, Carrie, Kristine, and Myself headed for Moonlight bay on Cross Lake to take part in the evenings festivities.  Once there we met up with Brad Leuthner, Brian Brown, and Cody Zdrazil fellow fisherman up north for a bass tournament.  The night was filled with lots of laughs and dancing. 

Sunday we bounced up early to head for Mille Lacs to chase some smallmouth and muskies for the day. 

My boat fished for smallmouth while Matt's boat fished muskies most of the day and only raised one.  The one was a 50" plus but it never did eat.  The smallmouth took awhile for Mike and I to get on, but once we found a few in the reeds the action was started. 

We were throwing senkos in and around the reeds with some success but finished the day fishing tube jigs in and around rocks and docks.  Tube jigs did produce our biggest fish off of the rocks.  The weather was great for a day on Mille Lacs and the fishing was fun as always.  Everything about this weekend was great.  Thanks guys. 

Thanks Matt this really made for a great weekend!  Can't wait until we can do it again.            

Mike with a nice Mille Lacs smallmouth that fell victim to a senko!

Bucket Moufs'

Dennis Clark and I were able to get in on some nice Waconia bass action yesterday. 

We caught about 30-40 fish with numerous over 3 pounds.  All of our fish came on a jig worm, Zoom trick worm, fishing outside weed edges. 

Thanks to the Aqua Innovations Oxygenator we were able to revive two fish that were foul hooked and make a live release.   

Wack-Town

Headed out on Waconia last night with Jay and his father Jack for some walleye action.  We started the night fishing bass with jig worms and boated about six or so.  Then we headed to a few different weed lines with some live bait and caught everything.....and I mean everything.  Sheepshead were the first to jump all over our jig and minnow combinations.  Then came walleye, crappie, bass, perch, and one northern about 10 pounds.  The walleyes ran on the small side but the numbers were still good.  The best bite was from about 8:45-9:45.  Jig and a minnow put all our fish in the boat.  Jay tried to fish a jig and leech but found that he was just feeding them.  Thanks fellas for the fun filled evening and I hope you enjoyed your time on the water.