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We are chasers of trophy fish (Leviathans if you will). We devote as much time as we can to the thrill of the hunt, the success, and the failure of fishing the waters of Northern Minnesota. We are stewards of the land and water. Conservation is a top priority to us because the future of tomorrow is what we decide today. Catch-Photo-Release is practiced along with selective harvest.

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Whirlwind Week

This last week and a half has come and gone so fast, so let me get you up to speed.
 Roughly 10 days ago fishing the Bemidji area found the bluegills and crappies in pre-spawn, fish were shallow and sight fishing was the preferred method. Alot of  crappies and a few gills but the gills were of quality size.Pitching 1/64th oz. jigs tipped with plastics was the ticket most days.We didn't get any double-digit ( inches) gills but alot just under.
  Memorial Day weekend found me in the Grand Marais (MN.) area, trout fishing.
Mother Nature was less than cooperative, making our fishing time extremely limited.The truth is we fished roughly 5 hours in 4 days!!The Lake Trout in that area had already moved into the depths and only smaller fish were up shallow. By the time we concluded this  Ol' Mom Nature unleashed a downpour that drove us off the lake.The following day was not much better with 30+MPH winds making downrigger fishing virtually impossible.
 After some deliberation, we decided to fish Brookies, (Brook Trout) only to find a heavy mayfly hatch had happened upon us making the bite difficult at best . We decided to troll small baits slowly to see if we could connect on fish location only to find the bite was inconsistent.The few brookies we did catch were VERY heavy bodied, but spitting up large amounts of insects.Then Mother Nature came for another visit and fog forced us back to the portage,AAARRRGGGHHH!!!
 The rest of the weekend found us in a heated battle of cribbage.
 I am heading back up to the Grand Marais area tomorrow a.m. for another 4 days,knowing a little better what to expect.We will be heading to a different area this time with a little more variety of fish species on the agenda.I have a little wager with one of my fishing partners that I find rather tempting.
 The goal is for one of us to catch limits of 4 different species on 4 different lakes in 1 day!The species included are Brookies,Rainbows,Splake,Lakers,Walleyes,Smallmouth,Northern,Crappie and Bluegill..All fish have length minimums in order to count and documentation (photos) required! I will check in with you all later this week to let you know how it goes,until then, get fishing!!LATER!!!
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