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| Subject: boat for sale | |
Author: mike [Edit] |
Date Posted: 17:36:50 04/02/05 Sat I have a walleye boat for sale if any one is interested. 1989 alumacraft C S Competitor 16' w/1990 60 HP Johnson and 1990 8 HP.Johnson kicker, both are oil injected, shorelander roller trailer,loading walkway, coustom guide ons, 3 props, depth finder, GPS ,onboard charger, 3 seats [1 grammer susp. seat,1 lite susp. seat] anchor mate and anchor, 4 life preservers, 2 die hard batteries, 12/24 bow mount [hand cont.] 2 new tires and 1 spare, bearing buddies, winter storage cover and tarp.asking $4850.00 920-731-9223.located in Menasha. |
| Subject: Shad Raps | |
Author: Axl [Edit] |
Date Posted: 22:44:55 03/22/05 Tue Gander Mountain in appleton has just gotten in 5 new colors for Lake Winnebago. I bought 12 today, and they are flying out the door. They are limited edition, so get them quick before they are all gone. |
| Subject: Ice walletes | |
Author: Hodag [Edit] |
Date Posted: 09:51:31 03/22/05 Tue My sons and I have been getting a several walleyes including one about 6# south of stoney beach. Hint most of our larger ones have been on Do jiggers about 6' under the ice in 15' of water. They have been coming in on the vex and eye balling for a few seconds before taking. We are using whole small minnows. |
| Subject: Westside Bait Shop | |
Author: Guy Oelke [Edit] |
Date Posted: 09:07:59 03/15/05 Tue A really good bait shop on west side of lake Winnebago is TWO`S TWO, in Oshkosh,on Main ST. near boat landings. He has remodeled and has every thing you need plus exellant live bait. |
| Subject: Artificial reefs | |
Author: Trapper [Edit] |
Date Posted: 13:24:21 03/13/05 Sun Just finished installing 22 artifical habitat reefs on the south end of the lake last week. Used about 2200 tons of bouldes. Good Luck!!!! |
| Subject: Sheephead Hotspot | |
Author: Senor Jenke [Edit] |
Date Posted: 14:42:03 03/12/05 Sat The Menasha Dam is a sheephead hotspot. Some friends and I caught some sheephead and made them for dinner. They were good eatin. |
| Subject: the mighty walleye | |
Author: Aaron [Edit] |
Date Posted: 07:53:39 03/06/05 Sun we went out yesterday about 1 mile out from fishermans road and spoted a nice drop off and the walleys seemed to be moving through there pretty good. we got 6 walleyes and 2 white bass so it wasnt a bad day |
| Subject: Where are the eye's | |
Author: tracker55 [Edit] |
Date Posted: 14:28:00 01/19/05 Wed Planning on taking my son out for his 1st time out icefishing&Y no there's nothing worse than taking your kid out for the first time & getting skunked. That happens alot on Bago. I would appreciate any help! Thanks tracker55 |
| Subject: icefishing report | |
Author: Jerry [Edit] |
Date Posted: 05:38:17 01/17/05 Mon Fished off of Pipe yesterday-jan 16 about 1.5 miles out, Had 3 whitebass and 1 14" eye, milwaukee shiners on chartruse slipbobber jigs 12 fow, 1 fob. .Extremely cold! Gonna try again when the warmer wheather rolls in Tues or wendsday. |
| Subject: New name for the site | |
Author: Axl [Edit] |
Date Posted: 10:38:12 01/14/05 Fri The website has been renamed to www.winnebagofishing.com |
| Subject: ICE Fishing | |
Author: Walleye Warrior [Edit] |
Date Posted: 11:07:12 01/05/05 Wed Let's get some ice reports going. |
| Subject: fishing report | |
Author: jeff j [Edit] |
Date Posted: 07:22:26 10/21/04 Thu We were in the Fox River last night, white bass are still there. Managed to catch enough for dinner. Jeff |
| Subject: fishing report | |
Author: jeff [Edit] |
Date Posted: 07:16:17 10/13/04 Wed I was out on Sunday out of Oshkosh, we launched right by the mouth. Hit a couple of reefs without any success. Ended up in the river and did real well on the whitebass, seems like they are in now. Jeff |
| Subject: Fishing report, Blackwolf/Littlepoint area | |
Author: TurnaBoat [Edit] |
Date Posted: 09:45:21 10/06/04 Wed I fished the West Shore reefs off of the Blackwolf/Little Point area this morning. One walleye, one smallmouth and two got off before I could identify them. I was using an orange jig on one pole and chartreuse on the other. Soaked one over the side and jigged the other. Moved around allot. Just couldn't get anything going. The walleye came off Longpoint reef but it was too rough out there for my taste so I didn't fish it very long. |
| Subject: fishing report | |
Author: Jeff J [Edit] |
Date Posted: 07:43:07 09/27/04 Mon We were out on Sunday fishing the reefs, ended with a limit for four guys. We were anchored up wind pitching jigs into the rocks. Jeff |
| Subject: fishing report | |
Author: Jeff J [Edit] |
Date Posted: 13:14:27 09/17/04 Fri We were out on the south end Thursday night. With that NW wind we had really good chop. Ended up boating 20 walleye and 1 sheep head. We primarily fished the reefs in 7-9 fow. Jeff |
| Subject: Hot Reefs | |
Author: GetSerious [Edit] |
Date Posted: 08:12:19 09/13/04 Mon Found the reefs to be hot this weekend. Easy limits by 9:00 of 14"+ fish. Size seems much better than in earlier spring. Getting a lot more between 16"-23" (every over 17" goes back for us). Probably equal between the jigs and slips. Half crawler or whole didn't seem to matter either...on the jigs or slips. Fished the tops of the reefs meaning 4-6ft depending on the reef. Caught 20+ fish each day, and by the way they were hitting the jig and slips and running I would guess there was plenty of competition from other fish. What an unbelievable fishery. Catching good numbers of eyes jigging SHALLOW reefs consistantly over an entire summer is something I'm not accustomed too around this part of the state. |
| Subject: 9/11/04 | |
Author: Atomic [Edit] |
Date Posted: 22:33:47 09/11/04 Sat Today was the first time on the big pond in three weeks. Went out of Jefferson from 4-7 p.m and hit haystack reef with jigs and half a crawler. Ended up with 2 eyes around 14 inches and also 6 smallmouth bass ranging form 6 to 12 inches all thrown back. The biggest surprize was that we only caught one sheephead. Atomic |
| Subject: Weekend out | |
Author: Brett Bedusek [Edit] |
Date Posted: 01:50:46 09/08/04 Wed Was out on the big lake this past Saturday and Sunday... Started off Saturady by perch fishing to find that it was VERY slow and there was no size to the perch we were getting, so I decided to go for walleyes. We got a few on the reefs by Kalbus' but nothing big. All fish were 12-16 (kept 2 for eating). Went in to eat dinner and went out to the mud by myself for the evening to find a nice school of fish around the long point area, so I set up there with crawler harnesses. I started getting fish right away 50ft behind the board, so I put all my lines there and had my 3 fish limit (since I took 2 on the reefs no time. All fish were 15+ with the biggest being 20.5 Also threw back 6 small ones. On Sunday I didnt get out on the lake until 3:30 , so I took my dad to that same spot in the mud to find the same thing there, but a little slower than Saturday. We kept 4 fish 15.5-22 and threw back about 8 little ones. We also got a 5lb catfish that really had me fooled esp since he hit the same time as the 22 incher that I netted one handed for my dad while i was fighting my fish. The fish in the mud seem to want a very slow presentation, so we have been using the bow mount to barley keep those blades spinning. Hatchet blades have been working best for us. Some people think that the mud has slowed down.... it hasnt. You just have to find a good school of fish. If anyone has any questions, email me. Good luck, Brett |
| Subject: perch, perch, perch | |
Author: mc gruder [Edit] |
Date Posted: 14:21:43 09/07/04 Tue Can anyone tell me if the perch are doing anything on bago, want to take a couple of kids out this week. Would greatly appreciate any help. I have added my e-mail if you prefer. |
| Subject: Question for Steve? | |
Author: Axl [Edit] |
Date Posted: 23:10:06 09/04/04 Sat steve, where did you find the fish after dark. I think you were near Little Blackbird Island from what I can tell, but I was interested in knowing. If you do not want to post it here, please E-mail me, and let me know. It is tough to find nice sized walleyes after dark, and I am interested in hearing your story. AXL |
| Subject: FISHING RPT | |
Author: STEVE [Edit] |
Date Posted: 09:04:29 09/04/04 Sat 9-3-04 FISHED FROM 5:30PM TO 9PM ON A REEF ON THE WESTSIDE IN 4FT OF WATER, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAPPENED UNTIL IT TURNED DARK, THEN THE ACTION WAS FAST FOR THE NEXT 1 HOUR. WE KEPT 6 WALLEYES, BUT LOST MANY OTHERS USING A PINK JIG WITH A HALF CRAWLER. USED BOTH A STRAIGHT VERTICAL JIGGING AND CAST AND RETRIEVE. WE WERE READY TO CALL IT A NIGHT JUST A OUR SLIP BOBBER POLE STARTED PICKING UP A MIXED BAG OF SMALL FISH SO WE STAYED ONLY TO FIND OUT THE BIGGER WALLEYES MOVED UP TO THE TOP OF THE REEF WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. IT WAS PITCH BLACK ON THE WATER AS WE LEFT FOR HOME. BE PATIENT AND STAY UNTIL AT LEAST 30 MINUTES PAST SUNSET |
| Subject: fishing report | |
Author: Jeff J [Edit] |
Date Posted: 06:57:27 09/03/04 Fri We launched on the SW side last evening and fished from 4-7pm. Fished at several different reefs ended up boating 25 walleye, 2 smallmouth, and 6 sheephead. Our largest walleye was 17" and our smallest was 6". The majority of the fish were 13-14" Water temp was at 70.5 degrees, the warmest I have seen it yet. Jeff |
| Subject: fishing | |
Author: ninetoes [Edit] |
Date Posted: 18:47:42 09/01/04 Wed Went out to haystack from 2to4pm. Slip bobbers 7 to 8 ft plain hooks half crawler. 7 walters 14 to 17 32 smallmouth one 16in Tried leaches nothing. Great day to be out on bago. |
| Subject: fishing | |
Author: mercman1 [Edit] |
Date Posted: 11:38:39 08/31/04 Tue I don't know why I keep doing it, but Long Point just keeps calling to me when I take the kid brother along. We didn't do very well, crawling around the outside of the reef. Lots of boats up on top, which might have had something to do with it. Used crankbaits in the glass shad, and two different colors of the jointed raps, with one line each using a bottom bouncer and crawler harness moving about 1.3 mph. Not a taker. Two goats for the effort, no eyes. Didn't see anyone on the reef catch anything either. I do better when he's not in the boat, oddly enough, but at least he's someone to talk to :) I'm going back out today, and I'll have to let you know how I did. |
| Subject: 8/30/04 | |
Author: Atomic [Edit] |
Date Posted: 22:10:20 08/30/04 Mon Put in at jefferson with my neighbor and his cousin-in-law. Used his cousin-in-laws Ranger. From 3:45-8:30 hit haystack reef. The walleye's are starting to bit again but very light. We caught 3 keepers all about 14 inches and I lost 2 other ones at the boat one looked like a 16 or 17 and the other about a 14. We also caught 2 8 inchers, a 12 inch smallie, 1 whitebass, and a ton of sheephead which were all released. Overall it was a good day compared to the last few times I have been out. Atomic |
| Subject: 8/24/04 | |
Author: Atomic [Edit] |
Date Posted: 17:38:05 08/24/04 Tue Went out of Jefferson this morning from 9-1:30 with a buddy and a 13 year old from France that was staying with him. So we hit the reefs on the west shore and moved many times but could only catch sheephead. We tried a few different methods from cranks to slips and everything in between but still only caught sheephead. Overall we still had a lot of fun and even saw a four foot sturgeon jump out of the water which was the coolest thing that I have ever seen. Atomic |
| Subject: Saturday | |
Author: Jeff J [Edit] |
Date Posted: 07:45:38 08/23/04 Mon I went out on Saturday morning working the reefs south of Oshkosh. We caught 7 walleye total only three were keepers. The wind was very light which I beleive had an effect on it. We were trolling with bottom bouncers in 11 fow. Jeff |
| Subject: Fishing Report | |
Author: Rotormec [Edit] |
Date Posted: 17:55:45 08/20/04 Fri Went out of Calumet Park and trolled crawler harnesses along the shore North to Clay Banks, 1 small Walleye and 1 huge carp. Trolled crankbaits out in the flats, marked a lot of fish but no hits. Decided since it was such a nice day to check out some west reefs. Nobody fishing anywhere on the North end of the lake. Tried Stevens reef area...nothing. Went down to Long Point, several boats were there. Started trolling crawler harnesses over the reefs and had 3 walleyes in an hour.(14",15",16") Saw a few other boats trolling and catching a few also. Good to catch a few finally, last few times out were pretty bad. |
| Subject: 8/17/04 trolling | |
Author: moose1 [Edit] |
Date Posted: 07:39:34 08/18/04 Wed Tried for perch at 5 pm minutes near High Cliff. One bite, had the fish on but it shook off shortly after trying to set the hook. Few other boats spread out along the cliff and must have been the same or similar results because they all left before I did. After 45 minutes I switched tactics and started trolling for eyes to test out some of the new rods and reels I aquired off e-bay for dirt cheap. Nothing for a long stretch, switch up lures, put on the trusty black and silver deep jr. 44' behind the board and bang, fish on. Big circle, hit the same spot and bang, fish on the deep jr. again. Switch all lures to black and silver deep jrs. and bang, bang. Once I dialed them in it became easy. Another troller was getting close, not that they probably didn't see me going in circle after circle anyway but it was near 7:30 so I called it a night and headed home. One fish was a 17.5"er but it looked like it ate a softball. Turned out to be the air sack was really inflated which surprised me because it came out of 6' of water. |
| Subject: 8/13/04 | |
Author: Atomic [Edit] |
Date Posted: 01:28:19 08/14/04 Sat I have only one question "Where are the walleye's hiding?" Went out this afternoon from 4-7. Caught a billion sheephead and 1 smallie. Trip was cut short when friday the 13th reared it's ugly head and my buddy hit a rock with his dads boat in route to meet me on haystack. So I had to go back to Jefferson and pull him to shore. When we got the boat out his prop was dinged and the skeg was missing a big chunk out of it. Needless to say his old man was a little pissed. Oh well I'll possibly be out there again tomorrow and hopfully will find the fish. Atomic |
| Subject: 8/11/04 | |
Author: Atomic [Edit] |
Date Posted: 14:24:31 08/12/04 Thu Braved the cold, wind, and a little rain yesterday. A very dumb move on our part but there was nothing better to do. Took the red sled out of jefferson only truck in the lot. Could not catch a walleye to save our lives but my boat was a sheephead magnet. We also caught a few smallies and one 12 inch crappie. At least the day not a total waste. We moved 4 times to 4 different spots and just couldn't find any walleye and tried everything under the sun. I guess I won't try fishing during a coldfront anymore. One last thing when we got in we found that my buddy got a ticket for no slip at the launch, which was a load of crap because it was in the back window plan as day although his windows are tinted. Oh well a bad end to a bad day. Will be out there friday again from 2-8. Atomic |
| Subject: Gut Hooked - Now What? | |
Author: Renny Stephan [Edit] |
Date Posted: 13:49:26 08/10/04 Tue Not a fishing report but a very interesting article for anyone who fishes (long but worthwhile!): Gut Hooked! Now What? Anyone that has fished with either live bait or soft plastics has run into this problem from time to time. If you are fishing for eaters, like walleye or panfish, it is not a problem, cut the line, tie on a new hook and resume fishing, after all, you'll get the hook back when you clean the fish, right? BUT, what happens if the fish doesn't meet legal size requirements? How about catch and release tournaments where you'll be penalized for a dead fish? What about a trophy fish like a muskie, something that is more often than not, released to get even bigger? What do you do then? Do you try to get the hook out, possibly damaging the fish? Do you cut the line near the hook, leaving it in place? After all, it will rust out, leaving the fish slightly educated but none the worse for wear.. Right? So, after catching that fish, you cut the line near the hook and released it. It took off right away, leaving a trail of bubbles, so it has to be healthy and it'll recover.. Right? Well, maybe not. So, if you're concerned about this as much as I am, read on. There's been a lot of conflicting information about deeply hooked fish. Conventional wisdom has often overridden fact, but until now, I have never been able to find anything in print that had any basis in fact. It has been all opinion and guesswork. I finally found an article that was written in terms than even a left handed fishing guide like me could understand. So, please, if you care about fish and conserving the existing fishery, read this article in it's entirety and think long and hard about the information that is presented. The next time you're out fishing, I hope you remember the information presented here. Deep Hooks: In or Out? by Ralph Manns Those of us who try to share the findings of scientific study with non-scientists are often frustrated.. It seems very difficult to get the word out. We write about some important discovery, but find anglers, particularly the influential professional and TV bass anglers, either don't read the new information or dismiss the new scientific insights because they conflict with beliefs the anglers already hold. Professional and TV anglers aren't the only ones to be slow in learning and applying the latest "word" from scientists. Biologists, particularly state fisheries workers are often too busy with their own assigned tasks to read all of the literature produced by other scientists. They continue to advise anglers to handle fish using outmoded procedures. The recommendation that anglers cut the leader close to the hook when bass are "deep-hooked" is a good example. It is hard to find a publication on catch-and-release (C&R) techniques that doesn't pass on this poor advice. Yet, recent research on release techniques strongly suggests there is a better way. Some years ago, Doug Hannon noted that most magazine articles and state publications recommend leaving hooks in bass and other fish to "rust" out. He reported that hooks don't rust fast enough, even in salt water; and suggested that the shank of a hook pointing up the throat of a bass acts like a lever or trap door that prevents swallowing. Bass can die of starvation while waiting for normal body processes to eject the hook. Food coming down a bass' throat will bypass a hook-shank, IF the shank lies tightly against the side of the throat where the barb is lodged. However, if the shank protrudes into the throat, food coming down can push the shank across the esophagus, blocking it. Deep-hooked bass may even feel pain as the food rotates the barb and regurgitate the food. Recently, Hannon's observations have been scientifically verified. John Foster, Recreational Fisheries Coordinator for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, studied striped bass at Chesapeake Bay. His researchers held throat-hooked stripers between 16- and 28-inches long for observation in half-strength seawater so that hooks had ample opportunity to rust away. Size 1/0 and 2/0 stainless steel, bronzed, nickel, tin, and tin-cadmium plated hooks were hooked in the top of each fish's esophagus, with an 18-inch length of line connected to the hook. After four months, 78 percent of the hooks were still imbedded. Cadmium coated hooks poisoned 20 percent of the fish, and production of these hooks has been stopped. Bronzed hooks were less likely (70%) to be retained than tin-cadmium (80%), nickel (83%), or stainless steel (100%) hooks. In a second test, the line was clipped at the eye of the hook, as advised by most existing C&R guides. One-hundred percent of the stainless hooks were again retained, while 56 percent of tin, 76 percent of bronze, 84 percent of tin-cadmium, and 88 percent of nickel hooks remained. Fish mortality was greater when all line was trimmed. Foster suggested that the lengths of line hanging from a fish's mouth kept the hook-shank flat against the side of the esophagus and allowed food to pass. Without the line, food could move the hook and close the throat. Hooks rusted slowly in stages, and the bend and barb became smaller very gradually. Stripers formed scar tissue around imbedded hook points, a typical reaction of body tissue to foreign matter. Foster noted, however, that once the tough scar tissue formed, hooks became more, not less, difficult to remove. Months after fish were hooked, infections sometimes developed around points, causing some deaths. Based on his research, Foster recommended anglers carefully remove even deeply imbedded hooks. If the hook can not be removed, then it seems better to leave about 18 inches of line attached. Perhaps, someday, these findings will reach C&R anglers, the biologists who are researching C&R and publish C&R guidelines, and TV anglers who teach by their example. One option is to carry strong wire-cutting or needle-nose pliers. Cut off or crush down barbs and a hook shank rotates free more easily. Removal is usually best for a released bass. But, the hook should be easily reached. To be strong enough to cut or crush down the barbs of heavy hooks like True_Turn Brutes the tool usually must have heavy jaws and long handles. Forcing such a tool into the gullet of small bass can do as much damage as leaving a hook in place. Best for the fish is using barbless hooks. They greatly reduce hook damage to all mouth tissues and rotate out easily. (See the through-the-gills comments below). Texas researchers recently compared the mortality of largemouth bass hooked with live bait and artificial lures. Their main finding: "there is no biological justification to regulate use of live bait to catch bass" has been widely publicized. Their other findings may help anglers make appropriate adjustments in technique. In two separate tests, largemouth bass in a private water were landed by TPWD anglers using Carolina-rigged scented plastic worms, crankbaits with multiple treble hooks, and live carp fished with either a Carolina rig or a float. To simulate normal fishing conditions, anglers with different levels of expertise were used. While fishing with floats, anglers were instructed to delay hooksets until floats went completely under, simulating the way typical amateur anglers fish with unattended rods. Under all other conditions, anglers were to strike immediately upon feeling a hit. Captured bass were immediately examined to identify hook-related injuries. When bass were hooked deep in the throat, the line was cut and hook left in place. (TPWD did not identify whether the cut was made in the traditional way near the hook, or with line remaining outside the fish's mouth.) Bass were then kept in a large holding net over a 72-hour observation period to determine short-term mortality rates. Sixty bass were taken using each method. Tests were made in August, when water was warm and stress and mortality are normally high. The average mortality under these worst-case conditions was 22 percent. Carolina rigs with flavored worms caused the highest mortality, followed by live carp used under floats, crankbaits, and Carolina-rigged carp minnows. TPWD biologists concluded that the timing of the hookset appeared more critical than the type of bait used in the determination of short-term death rates. The data show bass hooked in the throat had poor survival odds. Evidently, largemouth bass took both lures and live bait fully into their mouths almost immediately. The bass pros' advice to strike without delay is important to reduce mortality. Angling techniques that delay hooksets should be avoided. Carolina-rig and worm combos likely killed more fish because the lengthy leaders prevented immediate detection of some strikes and flavored worms are easily swallowed or held in the back of a bass' mouth. Eighteen percent of bass taken on Carolina rigs with worms were throat-hooked. In contrast, Carolina rigs with live bait and live baits under floats caused less mortality, likely because live preyfish are often held in a bass' mouth for a few seconds, killed, and turned to be swallowed headfirst. This gives anglers a few seconds more to detect hits before baits are ingested. The decision to delay hits when live baits were used with floats and to strike immediately with Carolina-rigged baits likely caused the different mortality rates of these two techniques. Nevertheless, 10 percent of bass hooked on Carolina-rigged live baits were hooked in the esophagus. It is no surprise that crankbaits are less likely to be swallowed, as their artificial nature is immediately detectable to fish. When fisheries are managed primarily for C&R or trophy bass production, it may be appropriate to ban use of multiple rods to reduce delayed hooksets, or to limit lures to items unlikely to be swallowed. In any case, C&R sportsmen will want to avoid techniques that delay hooksets, like fishing with unattended rods. The TPWD study showed that bass hooked in the tongue and esophagus had about a 50 percent chance of dying, while bass hooked in the lips mouth, jaw, roof of mouth had 25 percent or less mortality. Interestingly, only 12.5 percent of gill hooked fish died. This finding suggests anglers who kill and eat or mount gill-damaged bass because "they are unlikely to live" are in error. TPWD also compared the survival of bass when they were bleeding and when leaders were cut and hooks left in the fish. Removing hooks improved bass survival when bass were not bleeding. But there was little difference in mortality when bass were bleeding or hooks were left in the fish. Then I read that some anglers removed hooks by working through the gill slits several years ago, I reacted negatively, assuming excess damage would occur. But, upon reflection on the normal function and resistance of gills to external damage, I decided to test the procedure for myself. In a private pond with barbless hooks I've now made over a hundred gill-slit removals of barbless hooks without any observed fish deaths or apparent bleeding or gill damage. Several individual bass with identifying marks have been caught again and again. Although some unobserved delayed deaths are likely, if the procedure was exceptionally hazardous, I likely would have seen several floaters. Despite their fragile appearance, the gills of bass are one of the strongest and most disease resistant structures of the bass, equivalent in resistance to skin of the lower jaw that we grasp so handily. After all, the gills are constantly exposed to outside influences. The prey the bass eats brush against them, and many prey are caught because they are sick and carrying diseases. Prey with spines cut and stab bass in the gill areas. With food, bass often ingest goop and disease laden muck from the bottom. Moreover, each breathing gill movement brings whatever bacteria, viruses, and dirt is in the water over the filaments. To function, gills must be tough. Still caution is needed. Gill filaments, the red comblike elements, are not reversible. Like a flag, they naturally stream with the flow. They never should be forced back toward the mouth by a tool or by reverse water pressure. Swishing a bass or any other fish back and forth to "revive it"can do more harm than good. If the fish need to be revived by more oxygen, move it slowly forward through the water. But, do not force water down its throat by moving it rapidly into a current. However, light contact isn't likely to damage gills or introduce disease. They are as resistant as the fish's skin to light contact. By using barbless hooks that reverse easily, an entry through the gill slit can often be used when entry through the mouth is impractical or impossible with typical tools. A small, narrow pair of long_nosed pliers should be used, so the tool can be rotated without putting pressure on the gill arches. If an angler is particularly clumsy, or careless, the procedure could cause significant damage, making leaving a hook and long leader in the bass a better option with higher odds of survival. Anglers practicing C&R rather than eat legal bass or legally abiding with a slot limit might note these findings. Fish caught with only superficial wounds are likely to survive release. Small, deeply-hooked, bleeding, and legally kept bass likely should be eaten, rather than released to die later. Slot bass must be released in as healthy a condition as possible. And lunker bass larger than 24 inches are so rare and valuable in any fishery that they should be immediately released, even if they are bleeding or deeply-hooked. Remove the hook if possible. Leave an 18-inch leader if you can not remove the hook. (Note: My articles on the BFHPs are protected by copyright, and may be reprinted for public use only with my written permission. However, I want the information in this article to get maximum exposure to other anglers, so reprinting of this specific article is authorized as long as the text isn't modified. Informing me of such re-use is appropriate. rmanns@peoplepc.com ) Kinda makes you think, doesn't it? Well, until next time, See Ya, Steve Editor in Chief OutdoorFrontiers |
| Subject: Bago | |
Author: Lance Busse [Edit] |
Date Posted: 18:12:21 08/09/04 Mon Went out Sat and Sun mornings, tried trolling davis point with only 2 small eyes, then headed south and trolled some of the reefs with shad raps and wally divers, we managed 15 walleyes, 5 between 15-17". Sat was better, with less wind and weeds to make the trolling hectic. Also managed one nice perch. Has anyone else had any luck on the north side of the lake? |
| Subject: 8/8/04 | |
Author: Atomic [Edit] |
Date Posted: 01:08:28 08/09/04 Mon Fished Haystack today from 2-7:30. Drifted and pulled jigs with half a crawler. Only picked up 3 walleyes ranging from 13 to 16 inches. It seems to be getting more tough as the days go by. Hopefully it picks up soon. Axl it looked like your neighbor kid was having the time of his life out there tonight. Which is always great to see. Atomic |
| Subject: 8/7/04 | |
Author: Atomic [Edit] |
Date Posted: 22:35:13 08/07/04 Sat Fished with a buddy and his dad today from 2-8:30. Drifted Haystack because of the wind and pulled 5 walleyes out of there ranging from 13 to 16 inches. Then moved just off of Wheeler point and got nothing but sheephead. We ran into Axl out on the lake and he gave us 3 walleyes ranging from 13-15. It's tough going right now on the west shore but there are fish there if you can find them. AND ONE OTHER THING ONE OF THE WALLEYES WE CAUGHT HAD A TAG ON IT. Ha Ha Ha Just thought I would rub it in Axl. Atomic |
| Subject: 8/5/04 | |
Author: Atomic [Edit] |
Date Posted: 22:53:53 08/05/04 Thu Took the Red Sled out of Jefferson today from 2-8:30. A little to windy to anchor so we drifted Haystack and only got 3 walleyes from there before we were overrun by 8 boats all wanting to fish the spot. Then moved to a different spot where we ended up with 4 more walleyes. We used jigs and half a crawler. All in all we really had to work for them but it was still better that working. Atomic |
| Subject: 8/2/04 | |
Author: Atomic [Edit] |
Date Posted: 02:28:01 08/02/04 Mon Axl I hate to hear that you got skunked even after we left with our 12. In the first 30 minutes we had 5 but then after we picked up my buddy from jefferson, we really had to work for the next 7. We where doing just like you told us, but after a while we had to drift and that is what gave us the last 2. One thing that I found is that the walleye don't like to bit after the sun goes down or 8:30p.m. you my get a few but it doesn't seem worth it because you can't see your line or anything. Oh well better luck nex time. Atomic |
| Subject: Red Rocket | |
Author: Axl [Edit] |
Date Posted: 01:14:49 08/01/04 Sun Atomic and the red rocket found some fish tonight, we did not. We fished hard, and even after you left, we went to haystack to try it, and cam e up with only sheeps, it was a bad night for nothin' but net! |
| Subject: 7/31/04 | |
Author: Atomic [Edit] |
Date Posted: 00:46:10 08/01/04 Sun Took the red rocket out of jefferson today. Hit the normal west shore reefs with a jig and half a crawler. Ended up breaking the streak of 11 fish and managed 12. A great victory for me and the boys. Axl it sucked that you were getting skunked but it happens to all of us. Hopefully you managed to pull out a couple after we talked to ya on the radio. Atomic |
| Subject: 7/27/04 | |
Author: I'M Hooked [Edit] |
Date Posted: 21:05:00 07/27/04 Tue First let me say that you have a great site here Axl. Ok, last Sat fished the West shore, first tried trolling and not much of anything so went to the slip bobber and anchored at many places. Took some time and a lot of moving but, did end up finding walleyes. After getting to the right spot it only took about 3 hours for the wife and me to have our fill of nice size eating fish. Sorry for the late report but, better then nothing. I'm Hooked |
| Subject: 7-24-04 | |
Author: Atomic [Edit] |
Date Posted: 22:22:49 07/24/04 Sat The red sled went out off of Jefferson today. We fished the west shore reefs. Picked up 11 walleyes ranging from 12-15". Plenty of smallmouth and shepard to go around. Axl it was good talking to you again, probly see you tomorrow out on the lake. good night to all. Joke of the day: I caught 3 mermaids and 1 shmelt.....HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA atomic and the boyz |
| Subject: 7-17-04 | |
Author: Atomic [Edit] |
Date Posted: 01:34:52 07/18/04 Sun Went out of Jefferson. Hit the reefs on the west side. Axl your advice was the greatest. 11 Walleyes ranging from 12'-16'. All caught on orange jig and half a crawler. Also caught 10 smallies under 8' except for 1, 12'. There were also plenty of sheephead to go around. Axl hope to meet up with you again. It was great BSin with you last night. Atomic |
| Subject: 7/16/04 | |
Author: Atomic [Edit] |
Date Posted: 00:32:09 07/17/04 Sat fished tonight 7/16/04 on the west side reefs. Caught two eyes one 8 inches the other was 15 inches. Kept the 15 incher. Also caught a tiny small mouth bass and 7 or 8 sheephead. Axl thanks for the hospitality tonight. Atomic |
| Subject: Fishing Report | |
Author: Rotormec [Edit] |
Date Posted: 18:05:57 07/16/04 Fri Fished 7/15/04 from about 10:00am till around 4:00pm. Caught 1 Walleye jigging chartruese 1/16 jig and half a nightcrawler along east shore by High Cliff. Decided to troll cranks. Caught another 5 trolling from Stevens reef straight out to the flats. Tried many different cranks but gold shad raps produced the best (3). Caught 2 with firetiger storm hotn'tots. Even caught 1 perch on a #5 perch colored deep diver. East shore pretty cruded up with algae. West side a little better but still will foul lines. Ended up with 6 walleyes 13" to 16" and 1 fat perch. |
| Subject: Report for July 15 | |
Author: R. Stephan [Edit] |
Date Posted: 09:48:05 07/16/04 Fri Fished on 7/15 from 10 a.m. to 3:00 on the westshore. Two 15" eyes and 5 sheeps - the sheeps are still swimming but the eyes aren't! Had to work hard for them. Spent half the time pitching jigs w/crawler and using a slip bobber with crawler -- caught nothing. Then drifted near the reefs dragging a crawler on a harness and a jig and crawler -- the only thing that produced was the crawler on a harness. |
| Subject: Fishing Report | |
Author: Mike Hoffman [Edit] |
Date Posted: 09:15:45 07/14/04 Wed Sorry for the late report. Went out Monday the 12th from 3:30 till 8:00pm. Water was as thick as can be with algae. I was on my favorite reef off fishermans rd which normally is highly productive for me with a jig and leech. Ended up with one 13" eye that is still swimming and a couple real short hits that was it. Definatly was not worth the hour drive to get there. I'm not sure if the algae had something to do with it or I heard reports of the mayflys hatching. Hopefully things clear up soon and get better. |
| Subject: Fishimg Report | |
Author: Boober Bob [Edit] |
Date Posted: 07:39:56 07/13/04 Tue This past weekend I fished both days on the Westside reefs and as Axl said "the reefs are not productive as they had been." But Axl, I went out last night(7-12-04) from 6:00pm to 8:30, drifted Stevens Reef and brought home 5 nice 'table fair' walleyes. Go figure ! |
| Subject: fishing report | |
Author: Jeff J [Edit] |
Date Posted: 10:09:08 07/12/04 Mon I went out Friday evening with two friends on the SW reefs. We were pulling rigs and ended up up 16w 1p 1bg and 4sh. WE were on the water from 4:30-8:30pm. Thanks Jeff |
| Subject: fishing report | |
Author: jeff j [Edit] |
Date Posted: 07:37:04 07/01/04 Thu Was out on Wednesday managed to boat 30 walleye, 3 perch, and 5 sheep head. All walleye were 13-14" long. The SW wind was blowing pretty good. Jeff |
| Subject: Fishing Reports | |
Author: Lance Busse [Edit] |
Date Posted: 21:41:15 06/29/04 Tue Went out on the north shore Monday night, the bite has slowed, the fish seemed to all be between 9 and 14 feet down, but caught all fish around 10 ft down. Biggest was 21", but had about 15 total. Has anyone else fished the north shore lately? |
| Subject: South End | |
Author: bearmike [Edit] |
Date Posted: 14:21:58 06/29/04 Tue Fished Sunday 11am-2pm on the south end. Fished in 12-14 fow trolling shad raps between 40-60 feet back. Fishing was very good We could not keep the fish off the lures for about 45 minutes. At one point I could not get the boards all the way back out on a couple of occasions before another fish would hit. Caught all eyes, no sheeps or bass. Was a great day, calm water, one of the more memorable day I have had fishing in a while. |
| Subject: 6/27/04 | |
Author: moose1 [Edit] |
Date Posted: 11:19:23 06/29/04 Tue 1 eye and a few whitebass trolling the mudd about 1-2 miles out from the north shore starting over near High Cliff. Only fished about 1.5 hrs then towed a stranded boater to shore in a gentle rain. Decided to go home instead of going back out after that. Be out there tonight maybe if the wind isn't too bad. Don't feel like battling waves tonight. |
| Subject: Report for Sat., 6/26/04 | |
Author: Renny Stephan [Edit] |
Date Posted: 08:46:49 06/29/04 Tue Pretty slow. Fished the west shore reefs for about 4 hours on Saturday, 6/26 and caught 3 eyes (13-15 inches), one very small smallmouth, and 3 sheeps. Even though there was a good chop, slip bobbers weren't producing for me so I switched to drifting the reefs and that produced. Using 1/8 oz. jigs with half a crawler. |
| Subject: large eyes | |
Author: mike kordus [Edit] |
Date Posted: 21:02:21 06/26/04 Sat boy what a year this has been.so far this year i have gotten 1- 25,2- 24,4- 23,3-22,3-21,2-20,1-19,and1-18.never had so many big fish in one year in all my life. now this is a true fish story.good luck to all.all these big fish are still alive and kicking.let the big ones go to keep this fisherey going strong.thanx. |
| Subject: fishing report | |
Author: jeff jasinski [Edit] |
Date Posted: 10:01:01 06/24/04 Thu Was out Wednesday evening before the storm hit. We boated 25 walleye in three hours trolling. All fish were 13-14" long. We only caught two sheep head. Jeff |
| Subject: boat for sale | |
Author: mike coppersmith [Edit] |
Date Posted: 15:13:46 06/23/04 Wed for sale; 2000 lund pro-v 1900 white/gold, 200 hp merc optimax, 2003 merc 9.9 4 stroke kicker, 2003 motorguide tour 82lb. thrust bow mount, 2003 lowrance lcx18c gps/sonar, lowrance x85, & lowrance x49, shorelander trailer, fish-on rod holders and brand new batteries. this boat is tournament ready. real nice! $22,000.00 firm. call me if interested mike coppersmith (920)982-4026 home (920)982 9869 work |
| Subject: Fishing Report for 6/22/04 | |
Author: Sleeper [Edit] |
Date Posted: 02:16:55 06/23/04 Wed Got 3 eyes off the dock tonight on the north shore. All small, but fun to be out again tonight without any rain. |
| Subject: Fishing reports | |
Author: Axl [Edit] |
Date Posted: 01:42:15 06/23/04 Wed please leave your fishing reports here. |
| Subject: Walleye | |
Author: Wyn [Edit] |
Date Posted: 17:32:53 04/12/05 Tue Fished for a couple hours Sunday. Started across from Rainbow park and got a nice perch then went just across the Butte des Mortes bridge to the left in the slack water and the guy I was fishing with landed a nice 25" walleye not 30 sec after we pulled in. My scale broke so I could not weigh it but it was a nice fish. It is still swimming. What a blast. I only had a small trout net for wading and could barely reach the water. Thought for sure I was going to knock it off. The first two fish in my new boat. Looks like great weather this Fri and Sat. |
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