Balsam full moon..Muskie..Walleye.., June 10th and 11th

Tuesday night slight west wind, warm and lots of bugs. A few small and a few medium size walleye. Another big muskie and a small mouth bass. Sorry no fish pictures, too hard to take photos in the dark handling fish in the boat. Very dark out until the clouds left.

Clouds rolled in and out, just a beautiful night. Nothing like watching the moon reflection gliding along the surface of the water. It's not as bright as it looks. When fishing at night it's dark, and a bit dangerous. Life jackets are always on. I bring 2 flashlights and 2 headlamps nothing is ever left to chance. There is always a possibility of something going wrong. A log or some other debris floating in the water. Rocks are always a hazard, and can damage your boat or motor. Losing your balance is easy to do when you can't see well, with little or no light etc. Stay safe.

Wednesday night was a bit windy with some big gusts, so fished from my friends dock. No bugs with the wind and cooled down to 13 degrees. Fish were active again with quite a few walleye caught. No crappie or muskie last night, just rock bass and walleye. Kept one big walleye, everything else swam away for another day/night.

Tuesday night was fishing a bit deeper than usual in 10 to 12 FOW. This is what caught all the walleye and the muskie. It's about 3.5 inches long and the blue looks more like black in the water. It runs about 3.5 feet under the surface with a slow retrieve. I usually am fishing 18 to 24 inches under the surface in 4 to 6 to 8 FOW.

This was the sky Wednesday night. Crank baits and Jokers on pink quarter ounce jigheads caught all the fish. Fished from 8pm until around 5am both nights. Saw a huge carp swimming around when I was packing up. Thought it was another muskie until it turned, then I could see it's profile. That's it until next time. Stay safe.

Weather is starting to cooperate.

Yes, the fishing will be good this weekend and into the week. Too bad I used up all my luck for this week. Can't get back out there for a bit. Good luck, should be fun on the water.

What make is that blue and yellow crank?

Nice pickerel James and you managed to moon us three times....lol.

Arnie

They are made by Mako. My friend gets them for me to try at night. I just started using the four on the left. Most of the lures on the right are the same company. Not all of them are available in Canada. Bought my first one at Walmart, but they don't carry them anymore. Started using them about 5 years ago, and they work great. Those lures have caught hundreds of walleye and crappie at night as seen in my posted pictures. Almost all my posts mention one of those crank baits. They have been very lucky lures for me. Lost a gold and black one last year and have yet to find another to replace it.

Thank you Arnie, it was a beautiful and lucky two nights of full moon fishing. Lots of fish and one annoying muskie. I don't mind catching muskie but they do scare the walleye and crappie away sometimes. That's fishing at night though, you just never know for sure what monster is lurking in the black water. Or what huge spider is crawling up your leg, all the way up to your neck. I love fishing at night, but hate spiders.