Tournament update

Since last Friday I have been putting in crazy hours on Lake Minnetonka with intentions of winning two bass tournaments.  The first was Denny's Super 30 on Tuesday and we finished with 19 pounds.  We needed 20.5 to make the top 7 which was the money.  Now yesterday, we fished the Minnetonka Classic and finished 17th out of 125 boats which was good enough to get a check.  Jeff Ziermann was my partner and we finished with 20.5 pounds on 8 fish.  The bite has been tough with most fish now post spawn.  Continue to check back often for more tourney info and updates.  I am off for the lake.    

Here you go Mike (aka Whorl) and Jake

Sorry the updates have not been coming fast enough as of late.  I apologize and will try to stay on top of it. 

The only thing I have in my defense is that I have been super busy fishing in preparation for tournaments this last week.  I will touch more on that later.

As you can see the walleyes have still been biting very good for us.  Whorl was able to make some time to hit the water with me and enjoyed some good success.  Although Whorl did struggle at putting fish in the boat on this particular evening.  Mike, I really enjoyed our time on the water and look forward to giving you lessons again some time.  Oh by the way Mike, most people hire me to do clinics, but for you I will give them all for free!

Jake, a friend of Joni's from college was also able to take part in a fine evening of walleye catching.  Jake, "you going to get that one."  If I wouldn't have made him so nervous he may have been able to boat a few more.  We had a great time and I look forward to doing some fishing with both these boys again in the near future.

 

Still catching a few

Wes, Dale, and Fred all got in on some of the Lake Waconia walleye action.  We finished the evening with 6-7 walleyes with our best bite from 8:30-9:30 p.m.  

The warm weather has the fish biting light but when you do get them they are nice fish.  Most of our fish are coming on a jig and a leech combo. 

Crawlers are producing some nice fish on the sand. 

I had a great time fellas and hope we can get out to do it again. 

Oops, I did it again

The walleye bite is still on!  Went out on Thursday with Andy and did it again. 

We finished the night with 16 walleyes.  We threw back 11 with the biggest going 27", about 8-8 1/2 pounds.  

Most of our fish are coming on a jig and a leech.  Have still been catching a few on minnows and crankbaits but the majority have been caught on leeches.  

Our best bite has been for about an hour before dark.  A few fish have been caught before 8:30 and a few after dark but not much.  If it gets overcast we have been able to catch them a little earlier but not much.  When the sun is behind the trees you should be hitting them hard. 

You will want to focus on hard bottom very close to good weed cover if you want to try and get in on some of this hot action on your own. 

I am still finding some fish up shallow at or after dark.  The fish that are moving up are aggressive and do hit crankbaits.  If the fish continue to feed like this for the rest of the summer I will have a banner year. 

For those of you that do fish you know it won't last after this heat they are predicting next week so if you want to try and hit some hot action you need to call or e-mail me soon. 

This has been one of the most historic walleye weeks that I have ever seen for a metro lake. 

Until next time.  Good Luck and Fish On!

Update on Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 4:19PM by Matt Peters

Jason Berg and I did it again last night.  We hit the walleyes for about an hour and a half and finished the night with 11. 

Going back at it today and hope to continue with the great action.  Check back for more follow ups on the action. 

Still catching lots of fish on jigs and leeches.