Why mono for chubs, Open water burbot, Walleye happy hour

It’s 9/11 tomorrow. Trying to forgive but will never forget.

> If you’re getting Target Walleye for the first time, a friend probably signed you up! <

Love me some #FishFlopFriday! Was sent this one from Jeremy Maslowski who straight-up posterized his girlfriend Linnea Thomas – although I’ve gotta say she did a GREAT job of keeping her composure…most folks look like they’ve just seen a ghost when in the middle of the flop:

Jeremy and Linnea have been whacking ’em on MN’s Lake Vermilion with a dialed-in shallow-water leadcore program. 👊 Couple quick details from Jeremy:

> Working depths of 12-20′ on rock-to-mud transitions and over mud flats…running 2.2-2.8mph with mostly #5 Berkley Flicker Shads and #5 Rapala Shad Raps.

 

> “The thing hit like a 25-lb Chinook salmon on a wire Dipsy Diver on Lake Michigan.”

Hahaha love it. Btw Linnea picked up that ^ healthy 25.5-incher on a #5 Flicker Shad in the “speckled gold shiner” flavor, which lookey like this:

Thanks for the pic and details, Jeremy!

This happy hour was courtesy of a Buschhhhh “Helsinki shad” color #7 Rapala Jigging Rap – Taylor Webb caught the dueling 15-inchers 🤤 while fishin’ with Ryan Traxler of FishTraxx guide service in central MN:

#Goals!

Lot of folks hopped on the braided-line bandwagon and never left…BUT there’s times when mono can out-produce, out-catch and out-kick braid’s butt (lol).

Here’s tourney-nut Jake Caughey talkin’ why he runs mono when soaking big redtails and creek chubs for fall walleyes:

If anyone can make that slimy magic happen, it’s Adam and Sean Konrad (aka @fishnggeeks) and their bud Wesley Kyle (@fishingwithzephyr).

If you didn’t know, Sean actually holds the all-tackle world record burbot with a 25-lb 2-oz behemoth caught outta SK’s Lake Diefenbaker. So if anyone is going to target – and actually catch! – open-water burbs on purpose, it’s this crew hahaha.

Few recent magnums!

Snagged some details from the @fishnggeeks themselves:

> In the fall when temps drop, they start to move and feed more during the day. I like finding main-lake humps…even near where they might spawn in March. I fish around the edges in depths around 50-70′ – preferably on a gradual flat near a steeper drop.

> Anchor-lock and try for 5 mins in a spot – then move. They don’t school up like in March so you need to pick them off one by one and constantly move a bit…not far, just 20-30 yard bumps. Pound bottom with 1.5- to 2-oz tube jigs (white, chartreuse or silver) tipped with a piece of sucker belly. Sometimes adding a flasher [blade] on the end of the tube can work great.

These fellas didn’t catch the world record by thinking inside the box…so of course they even get creative when cooking ’em up. #BaconWrappedBurbotBalls

Okay, now I have got to get out and try this!

European fish that is…and zander aren’t the only ones that grow to stupid-big-dumb sizes…. @Westinfishing post:

1. OH: 2021 Lake Erie walleye hatch 5th largest recorded…

…over the past 35 yrs.

2. MI: DNR stocked nearly 2.9 mil walleye in ’21.

In more than 75 waterbodies.

3. MN: Lake Bemidji “Derby Dash” is happenin’ Sep 25-26.

The 2-day walleye tourney will be a CPR format = registering your longest 6 fish thru Tourney Angler’s app/site. Hit up Northwoods Bait & Tackle (218-444-BAIT) for more info.

4. NY uses drop-boxes to stop water pollution from meds.

‘Cuz wastewater treatment plants weren’t designed to filter out flushed drugs:

5. Theron Asbery is now with Revital Outdoors.

Was marketing at Yo-Zuri and American Tackle.

6. Reminder: Kolo “Jeff” Kolodozinski is doing a 24-hr fish for 9/11.

Kolo (great guy!) works for Humminbird/Minn Kota. Every year he tries to catch a world record number of fish in 24 hours and has set that record multiple times. But this year he’s gonna try to catch 2,977 fish in honor of each life lost on 9/11. 🙏 Amazing.

He’s raising $$$ for the Fishing for Life charity, or you can watch/donate from his website and FB page where it’s going down LIVE = lines in starting at 9:11pm tonight.

Do your thing, fishing brother! 👊 And thank YOU.

Fall walleye locations on a new lake (map breakdown).

Pretty sure fishing YouTuber Tom Boley gave up so much info he turned his cup of Joe into iced coffee. Gotta warn you, it’s a long one at 37:32…but can for sure help save you time on the water when it comes to tracking down a limit of fall tasties:

“Quite the portage for even the hardiest of paddlers.”

– Line from this post on Minnesota Conservation Officers Association’s FB page after an officer bumped into Evan Hansen while on his “Portage for a Purpose.” Check this out:

> “Recently while patrolling for goose and teal hunters CO Andrew Dirks (Worthington) came across an unusual sight, a man carrying a canoe down a quiet country road. While in most parts of MN this may seem insignificant, but Dirks knew that they were roughly 10 miles from the nearest body of water. Quite the portage for even the hardiest of paddlers.

> “Dirks stated that curiosity got the better of him and stopped and spoke with the traveller. Dirks learned that Evan Hansen was on a mission. Hansen noted that he was carrying his canoe from the SD/MN border to WI to raise awareness for suicide prevention [his original goal was to portage the entire 300+ miles of the superior hiking trail but had to adjust due to wildfires].

> “Hansen noted that his travels through southwest MN had initiated numerous contacts, with many names of those lost to suicide being added to his canoe. During the contact CO Dirks was invited to add Conservation Officer Ed Picht’s name to Hansen’s canoe as well. Picht died by suicide in 2018 and is missed by many.”

Sept 5-11 is National Suicide Prevention Week. If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis there is help.

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK(8255)
• MN Crisis Text Line: Text “MN” to 741741

Windshield? Jeff Andersen don’t need no stinkin’ windshield!

Lookin’ pretty bite-y out! Good luck this weekend if you’re getting out.

National Professional Anglers Assoc. 

MN-FISH