MTs tips: fall deep water float fishing for bluegill
When ever I am having success out on the water, I will be posting what worked best for me here. enjoy!
Last week I was fishing bluegills in 24 feet of water. they were around 2 feet off the bottom, with some crappies mixed in, but the crappies were mostly suspended higher. I was targeting the bluegills, since they were averaging bigger than the crappies.
They were hitting artificials but adding a waxie or three would cause them to hold the bait longer making it easier to detect the bite.
I was using a Thill Mille lacs center slider, one of my favorite floats for deep water fishing. it will support enough weight that I can get down deep fast, yet sensitive enough to detect the lightest strike.
I like to rig my float so the water covers all of the yellow portion. that makes it easier for finicky panfish to pull down, and if one bites "up", and pushes the float up by removing some weight, I will see that yellow part pop up and know to set the hook! See my drawing below!
Until next time, happy casts and best fishes!
MT
Wisconsin Buck Could Set World Record
Associated Press
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - A Wisconsin man says he has his fingers crossed and he's saying his prayers as he waits to find out if the buck he shot last week is a world record.
Michael Gregoire of Sheboygan Falls took the deer with a bow and arrow Thursday on his brother's farm just west of Sheboygan Falls.
The 12-point buck weighed 240 pounds and the rack has been unofficially scored at 217 5/8 inches. A 60-day drying period must first pass before an official score is granted.
The Boone and Crocket Club Web site says the world record for a typical whitetail rack is 213 5/8 inches, shot with a rifle in Canada in 1993. The state record is 206 1/8 inches.
Now, all Gregoire can do is wait for the day drying period to elapse and for three licensed, random scorers to render their verdict.
More pics here at http://www.sheboyganpress.com/apps/pbcs ... 805&Ref=PH
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Information from: The Sheboygan Press
Deer loses head-butt with Wisconsin lawn ornament
This 640-pound concrete elk statue lies on its side in the backyard of Mark and Carol Brye s home in rural Viroqua. The dead buck lies about 20 feet away. (Courtesy Brye family via the LaCrosse Tribune)
By Bob Lamb
La Crosse Tribune
A love-struck buck ran out of luck a week ago.
The seven-point buck was killed when it rammed a 640-pound concrete statue of an elk in the backyard of Mark and Carol Brye's home in rural Viroqua, Wis.
Bucks often fight during the breeding season, commonly called the rut. Dominant bucks defend breeding territories and female deer by sparring with subordinate bucks. Antler battles sometimes result in the death of one or both deer, but usually end with the biggest buck winning and the smaller buck high-tailing it out to another area.
Mark Brye, who owns Brye Plumbing in Viroqua, was still laughing about the suicidal buck he found near his elk statue last week.
Brye said his morning ritual is to rise early and look out at the life-like statue about 40 yards from his home.
"Our son and daughter gave it to us for Christmas four years ago because we like to hunt elk," Brye said. "The elk is a nice thing to see every morning. It looks pretty cool, especially on a foggy morning."
Brye said he knew exactly what happened when he saw the statue tipped over. Although they were about the same height, the statue weighed at least three times more than the 180-pound deer.
He didn't realize the buck lay dead a short distance away.
"I could tell the buck poked the statue a couple of times by the chipped paint on it," Brye said, adding that the buck eventually rammed it like a mountain goat.
The buck apparently staggered about 20 feet and fell....Brye claimed
World's Original Ice Fishing Contest Returns to St. Paul
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The "World's Original Ice Fishing Contest" will return to the St. Paul Winter Carnival this year, if Mother Nature cooperates.
The event once drew up to 10,000 people to White Bear Lake for a cold day of fishing and prizes, and a chance to be listed on the contest's traveling trophy.
However, the contest was shut down in 1982. But now a fishing-contest organizer from Wisconsin plans to resurrect the White Bear event as part of the 2010 carnival.
He's David Praschak, a teacher and a coordinator of the Bass Lake Ice Fishing Contest in Somerset, Wis.
About a year ago he approached carnival organizers about bringing the contest back, and they bit.
Praschak wants to hold the event Jan. 30, toward the end of the carnival's run, to have the best chance for thick ice.
Information from: St. Paul Pioneer Press, http://www.twincities.com
GEM backwaters fishing action
I got out with Jack and Dave for a Gem kids outing. the only thing missing was the kids, we has a lot of last minute cancellations. oh well, we still went, and had lots of fun, with crappie, bluegill, yellow perch, and largemouth bass willing to bite jigs tipped with plastic minnows in 1 to 5 ft of water.
http://mtbucket.blogspot.com/2009/10/mg ... y-and.html
I got out for some more backwater action last Saturday. with the colder temps and snow, the bass really got active and provided steady action on various plastics casting around shore cover. Crappies were biting too, but harder to find this week, I got my slabs on plastics and a 1/32 oz leadhead 3 to 10 ft down.
http://mtbucket.blogspot.com/2009/10/mo ... 10-10.html
Ice safety
Info taken from Mn DNR website at http://www.dnr.state.mn.us
Since 1976, almost 200 people have died falling through the ice and a large portion of them were ice fishermen. The DNR and other public safety agencies often receive calls from people wanting to know if the ice is "safe" on a particular lake. Of course, that is a very difficult question for us to answer, since ice is never 100 percent safe. Even during the coldest winter, ice conditions can vary greatly on the same body of water.
We recommend folks check with someone who is near the particular lake for information. Bait shops are a valuable source for ice condition updates, since they deal with people out on the ice every day who are drilling holes and checking the thicknesses.
Spiny waterfleas discovered in Lake Mille Lacs
(Released September 22, 2009) Source of information from http://news.dnr.state.mn.us
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Aitkin Area Fisheries staff discovered spiny waterfleas in Lake Mille Lacs last week. The discovery of this invasive species is the first outside of Lake Superior and the U.S.-Canadian border waters, such as Lake of the Woods, Rainy Lake and Namakan Lake.
Spiny waterflea impacts to lake ecosystems are largely unknown. The waterfle as compete with small fish for food called zooplankton. While larger fish eat them, tiny fish may not be able to consume this invader. In certain types of lakes, they can change the species and numbers of zooplankton, which may harm those lake ecosystems.
However the waterfleas can collect in masses, sticking to fishing lines, downrigger cables, and anchor lines. The masses can resemble gelatin or cotton batting with tiny black spots, which are the creatures’ eyes or eggs. Individual animals are difficult to distinguish without magnification because they are only 1/4 to 5/8 inch long.
The spiny waterfleas in Lake Mille Lacs were first observed collecting on fishing lines in the water. The find was later confirmed from water samples collected by the DNR.
More on this story at http://news.dnr.state.mn.us/index.php/2 ... more-43244
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When ever I am having success out on the water, I will be posting what worked best for me here. enjoy!
Last week I was fishing bluegills in 24 feet of water. they were around 2 feet off the bottom, with some crappies mixed in, but the crappies were mostly suspended higher. I was targeting the bluegills, since they were averaging bigger than the crappies.
They were hitting artificials but adding a waxie or three would cause them to hold the bait longer making it easier to detect the bite.
I was using a Thill Mille lacs center slider, one of my favorite floats for deep water fishing. it will support enough weight that I can get down deep fast, yet sensitive enough to detect the lightest strike.
I like to rig my float so the water covers all of the yellow portion. that makes it easier for finicky panfish to pull down, and if one bites "up", and pushes the float up by removing some weight, I will see that yellow part pop up and know to set the hook! See my drawing below!
Until next time, happy casts and best fishes!
MT
Wisconsin Buck Could Set World Record
Associated Press
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - A Wisconsin man says he has his fingers crossed and he's saying his prayers as he waits to find out if the buck he shot last week is a world record.
Michael Gregoire of Sheboygan Falls took the deer with a bow and arrow Thursday on his brother's farm just west of Sheboygan Falls.
The 12-point buck weighed 240 pounds and the rack has been unofficially scored at 217 5/8 inches. A 60-day drying period must first pass before an official score is granted.
The Boone and Crocket Club Web site says the world record for a typical whitetail rack is 213 5/8 inches, shot with a rifle in Canada in 1993. The state record is 206 1/8 inches.
Now, all Gregoire can do is wait for the day drying period to elapse and for three licensed, random scorers to render their verdict.
More pics here at http://www.sheboyganpress.com/apps/pbcs ... 805&Ref=PH
___
Information from: The Sheboygan Press
Deer loses head-butt with Wisconsin lawn ornament
This 640-pound concrete elk statue lies on its side in the backyard of Mark and Carol Brye s home in rural Viroqua. The dead buck lies about 20 feet away. (Courtesy Brye family via the LaCrosse Tribune)
By Bob Lamb
La Crosse Tribune
A love-struck buck ran out of luck a week ago.
The seven-point buck was killed when it rammed a 640-pound concrete statue of an elk in the backyard of Mark and Carol Brye's home in rural Viroqua, Wis.
Bucks often fight during the breeding season, commonly called the rut. Dominant bucks defend breeding territories and female deer by sparring with subordinate bucks. Antler battles sometimes result in the death of one or both deer, but usually end with the biggest buck winning and the smaller buck high-tailing it out to another area.
Mark Brye, who owns Brye Plumbing in Viroqua, was still laughing about the suicidal buck he found near his elk statue last week.
Brye said his morning ritual is to rise early and look out at the life-like statue about 40 yards from his home.
"Our son and daughter gave it to us for Christmas four years ago because we like to hunt elk," Brye said. "The elk is a nice thing to see every morning. It looks pretty cool, especially on a foggy morning."
Brye said he knew exactly what happened when he saw the statue tipped over. Although they were about the same height, the statue weighed at least three times more than the 180-pound deer.
He didn't realize the buck lay dead a short distance away.
"I could tell the buck poked the statue a couple of times by the chipped paint on it," Brye said, adding that the buck eventually rammed it like a mountain goat.
The buck apparently staggered about 20 feet and fell....Brye claimed
World's Original Ice Fishing Contest Returns to St. Paul
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The "World's Original Ice Fishing Contest" will return to the St. Paul Winter Carnival this year, if Mother Nature cooperates.
The event once drew up to 10,000 people to White Bear Lake for a cold day of fishing and prizes, and a chance to be listed on the contest's traveling trophy.
However, the contest was shut down in 1982. But now a fishing-contest organizer from Wisconsin plans to resurrect the White Bear event as part of the 2010 carnival.
He's David Praschak, a teacher and a coordinator of the Bass Lake Ice Fishing Contest in Somerset, Wis.
About a year ago he approached carnival organizers about bringing the contest back, and they bit.
Praschak wants to hold the event Jan. 30, toward the end of the carnival's run, to have the best chance for thick ice.
Information from: St. Paul Pioneer Press, http://www.twincities.com
GEM backwaters fishing action
I got out with Jack and Dave for a Gem kids outing. the only thing missing was the kids, we has a lot of last minute cancellations. oh well, we still went, and had lots of fun, with crappie, bluegill, yellow perch, and largemouth bass willing to bite jigs tipped with plastic minnows in 1 to 5 ft of water.
http://mtbucket.blogspot.com/2009/10/mg ... y-and.html
I got out for some more backwater action last Saturday. with the colder temps and snow, the bass really got active and provided steady action on various plastics casting around shore cover. Crappies were biting too, but harder to find this week, I got my slabs on plastics and a 1/32 oz leadhead 3 to 10 ft down.
http://mtbucket.blogspot.com/2009/10/mo ... 10-10.html
Ice safety
Info taken from Mn DNR website at http://www.dnr.state.mn.us
Since 1976, almost 200 people have died falling through the ice and a large portion of them were ice fishermen. The DNR and other public safety agencies often receive calls from people wanting to know if the ice is "safe" on a particular lake. Of course, that is a very difficult question for us to answer, since ice is never 100 percent safe. Even during the coldest winter, ice conditions can vary greatly on the same body of water.
We recommend folks check with someone who is near the particular lake for information. Bait shops are a valuable source for ice condition updates, since they deal with people out on the ice every day who are drilling holes and checking the thicknesses.
Spiny waterfleas discovered in Lake Mille Lacs
(Released September 22, 2009) Source of information from http://news.dnr.state.mn.us
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Aitkin Area Fisheries staff discovered spiny waterfleas in Lake Mille Lacs last week. The discovery of this invasive species is the first outside of Lake Superior and the U.S.-Canadian border waters, such as Lake of the Woods, Rainy Lake and Namakan Lake.
Spiny waterflea impacts to lake ecosystems are largely unknown. The waterfle as compete with small fish for food called zooplankton. While larger fish eat them, tiny fish may not be able to consume this invader. In certain types of lakes, they can change the species and numbers of zooplankton, which may harm those lake ecosystems.
However the waterfleas can collect in masses, sticking to fishing lines, downrigger cables, and anchor lines. The masses can resemble gelatin or cotton batting with tiny black spots, which are the creatures’ eyes or eggs. Individual animals are difficult to distinguish without magnification because they are only 1/4 to 5/8 inch long.
The spiny waterfleas in Lake Mille Lacs were first observed collecting on fishing lines in the water. The find was later confirmed from water samples collected by the DNR.
More on this story at http://news.dnr.state.mn.us/index.php/2 ... more-43244
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