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Today’s Top 4
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Fish blizzard of the week!
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GIANT “greenbacks” still can be caught outta Lake Winnipeg and the Red River in Manitoba. Here’s a few caught this season already by @burbotbros:
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Tip-up “setting” hacks you’ve probably never tried.
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Guide Pat Kalmerton has a few tricks up his sleeve to set tip-ups for panfish (yup), or when using BIG sucker minnows, or in gusty wind:
Those are the Frabill Classic Hardwood Tip-Up (left) and Pro-Thermal Tip-Up (right), which you probably already have in your garage…use ’em!
Of course there’s all sorts of tip-up accessories on the market now: phone apps, lights, pagers, beepers, buzzers and zingers…. Couple cheap alternatives I’ve been doing/adding to my tip-em-ups since before all those new gadgets were a thing:
> Clipping a bell onto the flag to instantly hear when it goes off. Cost hardly $1 a piece, just make sure the little dinger doesn’t freeze to the inside of the bell.
> Also, a little square of reflective tape goes a long way. Can pick up the shine with your headlamp from an easy 50+ yards away.
Simple, cheap, effective, and the batteries never die (lol).
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Our old friend “Merp” the walleye was caught again — this time somewheres in NoDak. Jon Heidorn tricked ’em using a Northland UV Buck-Shot Spoon…must’ve been in the “merple tiger” color? Lol:
See you next time little buddy!
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Pros: tungsten vs. lead jigs.
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Don’t throw away all that old lead stuff! Tungsten rocks, but sometimes the different shapes, movement and fall of lead jigs can be the deal. Some crazy-big names speak their mind in this AnglingBuzz vid:
How’d you like to be a fly on the wall in that room? Sheesh.
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News
5. New Vexus boat brand.
From the founders of Ranger Boats, Forrest and Nina Wood (sold the company in 1987). Word is they’ll have aluminum and fiberglass rigs coming out this spring, but no pics on their website yet.
Ice is starting to form on the main lake.
Have a shot at winning all this Rapala loot, including some hard-to-find colors in the Ultra Light Rippin’ Raps! That’s BIG panfish candy right there. Same as before: Just enter your email addy, then share the link you get for more chances to win. Good luck!
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TargetWalleye.com Highlights
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Tip of the Day
1. The most popular way to rig a spoon is with a minnow head hooked through the skull. It’s a tried-and-true method that catches fish.
2. When fish are dormant and extremely difficult to catch, I’ll pinch off just the tail of the minnow and put the rest of the body on the hook. Once again, hook the minnow through the skull. This keeps the swim bladder in the middle of the fish full, holding the bait in a horizontal state.
> I’ve had a ton of success with this setup when the bite gets tough. You still have the triggering qualities of the spoon, but you also have the ability to really slow down and let the minnow hang right in the face of the walleyes.
3. On days that you need to be ultra-aggressive…consider ditching minnows for plastic baits. They’re more durable and won’t fall off when you’re working the bait aggressively…you can catch several fish without re-baiting.
> A couple of my favorite plastics are the Maki Mino Head and Spiiki. Both have long tentacles that provide consistent, enticing movement. The Makis are great because they’re hand-poured, which makes ’em extremely soft and supple.
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Meme of the Day
How’s that weekend honey-do list looking?
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