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Very nice !! Great pics and report. Lunch looks tasty !!!!!!!! If you're slow trolling I wonder if you try my Rice Lake new favourite Lure the Lucky Strike 1 1/2 inch blade Victor Spoon and get same or better results. You can put a glob or whole worm on as well. Got me three yesterday,not the usual limit .
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I actually made a lure last spring that was almost identical to that lucky strike victor spoon. It worked very well for me in the spring I found and the aggressive walleye loved it (I hacked up a terminator jig and used one of the willow leaf spoons and made a custom lure...much like the victor spoon). I have heard from various peeps fishing nip that a worm harness also is a killer tactic when slow trolling...but you don't get that bottom bounce...something that I think attracts the fish to your line (perhaps the sand kicking up on the bottom bounce?)
I have tried minnows and cannot discount them. My personal experience is that minnows catch you fewer, but larger fish and typically I have luck with minnows in the deeper water. I don't ice fish, but if I did, I would definitely use minnows then as you are vertical jigging and need all the action you can get. I may drill a hole or two this winter as I live a few blocks away from the lake and can easily walk there with an auger and bucket full of stuff.
And the nickname SKRAMO...well that's kind of a weird one...it's sort of a made up family word...you must all have some of those...lol. Kind of like your own personal word for something that only your personal friends and family understand when you use that custom word. For me, we were sitting at a buffet restaurant once, and for some reason I randomly blurted out "ok I am getting hungry....bring on the skramo"....and we laughed for days over that one. The name stuck to me.
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Wow...some nice old gals there Cranman...I might just have to drop a few lines this winter and give it a try. I have heard the fish are awesome out of the ice...better tasting than in the summer.
One funny observation I noticed last winter, the "usual deep spot on a point" wasn't so popular (aside from the outfitters there) and calander bay and out from the kings landing dock had more shacks than previous years. I wonder if the walleye are moving out of the more common spots...or perhaps a new batch and breed of walleye are showing signs of different preferences for spots to hang out in?
Well, it's been perhaps 15 years since I pulled a fish out of an ice hole...so I will definitely give it a shot this winter! I got this funny little fishcam from one of the local hock shops and I think that would be a blast to try out when ice fishing. I will watch for your awesome machine and flag ya down if you don't run me over first...hahaha.
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Thanks for fixing the pic!
Agree with the changing of the spots...key is finding isolated humps/shoals with little fishing pressure.....I find most when musky fishing...return during hard water season with usually pretty good success... Let me know how the camera works...I have one but the stained water makes it tough, at least for my model.
I do find the flasher so key...I am shocked at how long a walleye will follow a jig up and down and not hit...I have worked a fish for 20+ minutes without it biting...
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Skramo,
great report and the advice is really appreciated. The first 2 posts I put on here were never answered. I am going up soon to Callander and as before will also share my techniques and advice if I'm sucessful. I was wondering if anyone knows(again just generally )where the walleyes and pike are in early October. I'll also try for some muskies. Cheers to all and good fishing as well.
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Look for Muskie on mid lake rock shoals moving closer to shoreline structures as the fall progresses. The weeds are starting to die as the water temps are dropping so most of the pike and muskie may have started moving out of the summer weed locations. The really big muskie are following spawning baitfish species (Whitefish & Herring) this time of year and these species are starting to spawn (as the water temps continue to drop) on rock and gravel shoals out in the lake and then eventually along shoreline structure. Herring for example can form spawning schools and the muskie follow these groups as the fall proceeds. Large diving minnows baits........whites, light green or olives and light blue colors patterns work well this time of year...........and with the ever increasing numbers of perch in the lake...perch and firetiger patterns work well throughout the year. Large pike can display similiar predation patterns. Wind sweep rock shoals are my all time favorite to fish this time of year. As far as walleye?............check the commercial nets......still seems to be fish there.
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