Forum: Wisconsin, IA, N/S Dakota, Canada

My father and I fished clear lake friday night. We fished about 3 hours and caught a dozen yellow bass and 3 dink walleyes 9-10 fow. Most of the fish hit a jigging spoon with a minnow head or waxies. We were able to get fish to come in till past dark, but not much was hitting then. There is...

Well, I finally had the right combination of no family plans and good weather so I could get my boat out. This was the first time I had the boat out since vacation due to poor weather and a broken throttle cable and handle helix. I got the parts and fixed the motor and my repairs worked well as...

Just spend the last 3 days in NW WI fishing a few different lakes. The bite on pike and panfish was great saturday morning before the w/e storm started and dumped rain, sleet, then 10 plus inches of snow on everything. Panfish still bit ok but the pike and walleye bite was very slow sat and...

Spent the whole day on the ice yesterday with mixed results. Caught lots of fish but didn't find many that were worth knocking the sides off! Fished 2 spots near Lansing along the dike. 6-8 feet of water were where the "better" fish were found (better being 6 inch gills) and a few crappies. ...

Got off work early this morning and headed for Rock Creek for a day on the ice. It turned out to be an enjoyable day with over 100 crappie and gills caught between four of us. I had thirty on the ice in a little over an hour! What a blast! :D We had 6-1/2"-7" of ice in the morning and by late...

Had alot going on this weekend so only made it out for a little while. Crappie-Attitudes oldest got married this weekend so I had to make the best use of time I could. He was so busy he couldn't join me but I made sure to get a pic to show him what he was missing:D. Wish you were here Crappie!! ...

Anyone have any ice reports for the backwaters around La Crosse and Onalaska? I'm headed down to La Crosse for business next week and wondering if I'm good bringing the portable with me. In the past, I've hit the areas around the airport. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks.

Went fishing Friday after work on Trumbell buddy get 3 dinks. Saturday A.M. went to Fleet Farm and got me a Fish TrapX2 Wife said it was Birthday and Xmas gift . Then put it together and got done after church on sunday and my buddy wanted to break it in so we went to Pat lake East of Gilmore 45min...

Some good things happened this weekend. IAriverrat and his wife had a baby, we found some ice and a buddy whacked a coyote while he was deer hunting at the farm. IAriverrat and his wife welcomed their new addition Friday evening and all are healthy, congrats Rob!! I ventured out onto the farm...

Well saturday I got out on a pike lake on the south edge of Burnett county that has a one fish limit that I have caught some nice fish on before. A friend and I spent about 5 hours and not a bite. We did watch a lot of snow fall of course. There was about 6 inches of great ice. Then we left and...

I plan on going Ice fishing this weekend if I can get away from my wife she thinks it's to thin. A little guy like me should not fall through. The rest of the state will be hunting deer.

A few friends from Ohio joined me to chase some birds this weekend. I spent Thursday doing some scouting and found a few scattered around in some waterways and wet spots a few farmers had left some crops in. Almost all of the crops are completely out in our area and it was a noticeable difference....

I got out of work a couple hours early so I decided to do some ice season conditioning:D I headed to the dam downtown and had high hopes as there were alot of 'gulls picking shad out of the water. Fished there for an hour with nothing and then went down stream to try another spot with a good...

I made it out on the river from 9-11 today in search of some steelhead. The water was low and clear and cold. I landed a decent brown right away on a spinner but that was it for me, no steelhead. I did see a few salmon that were still alive, but not many and they were nearing the end. I talked...

Since you couldn't make it down to hunt this weekend we decided to hit the good spots:D:D Jokes aside, we did have a good hunt this weekend. I met Tom Herman and his Dad Dave in Gilmore City Saturday morning and we started the search. Most birds were holding tight with the cooler temps this...

I cant wait til this weekend for the Iowa opener for ditch chickens as Pat would say!:D See you on fri little buddy and make sure you have a captain ready for me.

Well got out about 11 when we got there and the bite was really slow.. But managed to get teh 17" Bass on a spinner bait skipping acrossed the lilly pads.. That was fun.. One guy caught a 14" Walleye .. All were released. The craqppies were tough.. Caught the most on a beetle spin with a black jig...

IAriverrat and I got out this weekend along with his dad and another buddy of ours. We wanted to work Trumble Lake and see if we could find some perch. We started on the north end and had some action on small fish so we moved alot to see what we could find. Not alot going around the south end so we...

Weatherman said it was supposed to be a great day, other than some wind, so I thought it would be good to get the boat out again before cold really sets in. Wife and daughter went with me, but they didnt bring any luck. The cold front that had brought in the winds that hit around 30mph had the...

Time Fished: 10:15a-1:00p, 1:30-2:30p Water Clarity: 3" visibility and stained Water temp: ???? Species Sought: Any Fish caught: Eric: 20 crappie, 17 gills, 2 bass /"Bert": 12 crappie, 4 gills, 2 bass /"Ernie": 20 gills, 2 bass I have been doing a fishing group all summer at work with...

Had our last CIA (Central Iowa Anglers) Trophy outing/tournament this past weekend at Big Creek. I took friday off as an excuse to look for fish and spent most of the day on the water, and then fished most of the day saturday in the outing. Both days were similar as far as the fishing goes: Lots...

I went out for a little catfishing Sunday afternoon and picked up one small cat and had a few other runs that just wouldn't commit. Fished in the Humboldt area and tried only a few of the deeper holes. I also tried throwing some crankbaits for walleyes without any luck. Surface temps were in the...

Well this weekend was like no other in the fact that we set out for some more duck and goose action. The difference was that this weekend was cold, really cold. We left NDSU friday around 1 and our destination was a small town north of Lake Socakowea called Garrison. We recently purchased a camper...

Well Friday, September 21st led me and two buddies from the NDSU hunt crew "Bleeding Feathers" into the field in search of some hot waterfowl action. After classes were over at 1 pm Friday we left NDSU and headed west about 30 minutes past Jamestown. Upon arriving we scouted the area for about an...

Our lake temps have been hanging on to the low 60 degree to the upper 50's. With decent 40 - 60 degree weather predicted for the coming days, not expecting any major changes to water temps. The leaves are now near full colour and everyone in the area is enjoying the boat, bike or vehicle rides,...

We went out Sunday in the pooring rain and got one limit of slabs back trolling worked the best with a jighead and tipped with a minnow. Then yesterday got up early and went for bass with a spinner bait and cuaght 2 15" and 1 16" and lost a few .. ALso caught one 4lb pike. ANd themost interesting...

Well, the first day was extremely WINDY and COLD. Fingers were starting to get numb. The rest of the weekend calmed down a bit. We were slaughtering the White Bass out there. For some odd reason, they just get so damn abundant there and man are they big. I'd say we ran into a handful of...

Slow bite for me this weekend on Big Spirit. I marked fish holding on a break going into the main basin of the lake and couldn't turn them on for anything. I tried some shallow rock points on Sunday evening and managed a white bass and a sheephead:head: on Lindy rigs and crawlers. On Monday morning...