whats the word on rice, heading up for a week

[pikeralhunter06]

hey guys this is my 25th year going up to rice lake staying at the same resort with the whole family...we always target pickerel but they always make us work for them, we stay in roseneath and I was curious how the fishing was and what's been working as of late. We've had success using hot n tots and other chartreuse diving lures trolling around points of islands and edges of weed beds... If anyone has any info on how its been and what's working it would be greatly appreciated, I really want my 4 y/o son to hook into a nice pic lol

I plan on doing a full report when we get back


thanks again guys. Thight lines

[sniperlee]

I was there a couple of weeks ago. Did ok trolling with chartreuse coloured cranks also. Smaller cranks seemed to work better than the bigger ones. Nothin rip jigging. Couldn't buy a bass over a pound though. In my defense, it was windy as hell and we had to hide behind islands to get away from the white caps. Good luck.

[bluenote]

I've found Rice to be harder to fish this year than past 2. However have heard that generally slower / tougher for everyone.

Recent weeks lots of evenings with high winds from the south or east! For me - generally best when from west or no wind.

This past Friday I did catch 2 walleye - wind from west.

I'm still sticking with jigs and trigger-x walleye baits. Occasionally switching to rapala husky jerks when loosing too many tails.

Weed beds are not in same areas as past years! Meaning need to change locations.

My perspective - the lake is quite different this year with the late ice and high waters.

Thanks

[pikeralhunter06]

Thanks guys didn't make out to well this morning its getting really hot. We caught four Walters yesterday am big one was 28 incher and two in the slot and one under

[pikeralhunter06]

Had a great time up at rice lake, the fishing was pretty good lots of wind and over cast last week which made it ideal for some pickerel, the first fish on the first morning was a 28 incher with four more smaller ones two in the slot two released. Got one the next morning after only quick outing(kids eh) we,didn't get out,on Wednesday because of a family golf,tournt called the greater dink open and bevies consumed the next,two days were just as good as the first landing 8 more the biggest being a 22 inch and a few more in the slot , my girlfriend caught a 13.5 inch perch from the dock and another two lb smallie, my dad and I trolled a ledge and didn't still fish at all. These fish were very aggressive the last 4 pickerel we caught had the both trebles barrier in each side of the mouth just hammering from the side I'm assuming, we picked up a nice 19 inch smallie and lost another big one while trolling.

we were using chartreuse hot and tots and Wally divers , there were a few people slaying fish all week with Canadian wigglers,

we had a great time and can't wait for next,year,to do it all again I will post pictures at home because my phone won't upload them

thanks everyone for the tips and the read

[Fishsniffer]

Cool read . Glad you guys go into some fish .


I fished it Saturday . Landing three Pickerel . Biggest was at 22 inches released . Kept the other 2 . Caught 3 jumbo's and 2 crappie to mix into the fry . Lost count on how many bass I landed . Surfaces lure sucked for bass fishing . Switched over to soft plastics drop shooting, with awesome successes.

Saturday was also wind from the west . Trolling North and South over weed beds is when I landed the three .