Hey Brian -

Never noticed and correlation with moon phase....but, I've never looked for one either. Could very well be one.

After fronts? Most definitely. After a cold front or after a storm is when I seem to see it most often. The night I described above is a good example. A fairly hard t-storm rolled through, then it got flat calm and sunny afterward, and there were fish porpoising all over the lake.

Cheers,
Rob Kimm

Trowbridge is mostly a panfish and bass lake. Not much for walleyes, but there are a few along with tons of slimers. The crappies and sunfish are decent sized if that's what you're after.

Got out last night with Watersguy! Had a heck of a fun night, we caught some crappies, some absolute beefy northerns . Actually they were some of the smallest northerns I have ever seen, but the crappies were pretty decent 10"-11". watersguy caught the only walleye of the night but we had more fun shooting the bull maybe next time I'll keep my mouth closed long enough to actually catch some fish !!!!

Hey Leechbait, an old high school classmate of mine came up this weekend and is staying until Tuesday. I will be able to fish with him on Monday and he wants to fish up north. I don't know if you know him but he coached Mahnomen to state in basketball years ago. Anyway, I fished White Earth and Tamarac Lake last week with limited success. Lots of mayflies on WE and the bass ran smaller than I have caught in previous years. He would like to try smallmouth, walleyes and/or muskies.
Thanks

Juggler and Long lost are the best smallie lakes around my area. The bugs are out on Tulaby now, so it slowed quite a bit.. As far as Muskies go they have been stocking the hell out of Many Point for the last 5 years w/muskies, even with adults. I haven't heard any reports on them or haven't tried for them my self out there yet.

Got out yesterday on a lake I have not fished in the summer yet and we got into the crappies pretty good. Found them in 7-10 fow just out from what looks like a good spawning area. The wanted a set bobber 4 feet down and some meat on the hook so crappie minnows were the choice. Fish averaged about 11" with some up to 12.5". We were pushing the fish down the shoreline and once we started catching smaller fish, we'd move down the shoreling 30 yards and started getting bigger ones again. We made 3 moves until we got pushed off the lake by lightning and rain. My 4 year old son is becoming quite the fisherman; he's been practicing his casting skills a lot and caught a lot a fish by himself yesterday. I even taught him to put is own minnows on yesterday so now I don't have to do it anymore!!

YOu better watch out Peter, before you know the boys are going to be asking for the keys to the boat all by themselves.

Thanks Leech, Juggler is definately on the list. He is also leaning towards Elk for the long critters. I'll bring up Long Lost and see what he thinks. I think he had Tulaby in the back of his mind, so good to know about the hatch. Little Elbow is also a possibility for largemouth. I'll post results early next week.

REPORT- On the way up to Elk, he remembers a little lake that he bass fished in the past. I think the name is Pickeral, it's on Pine Island Lake Road. Some would call this an adventure, it was plain goofy. The road back to the public access is flooded and there is a stretch where you are actually driving in the lake to get back there. We only caught a few bass and had some sunfish hit our buzzbaits. We headed out for Juggler about 1:00. Caught 16 largemouth between the two of us and two northerns and one rock bass. He outfished me, so there was a bit of chirping going on in the boat. Saw one smallmouth, but didn't catch any. I think with the weather we've had lately, we needed to fish deeper and maybe on some sharper breaks for them, but we were having fun with the buzzbaits.

Nice report Cicada, so you WERE able to get back to the lake on that landing road at Pickeral? I wussed out when I seen it a month ago, I switched lakes and scored big time that night. I may have to try my luck out at Pickeral but for a different species!!!! Any follows on Elk?

Never got to Elk. Pickeral was a late thought that couldn't miss. Funniest moment was when we pulled up the the little island with the tall pine trees, there was a hawk's nest on the corner. As we approached, they circled screeching and generally going nuts. One lands in the tree and is giving us "whats for" when it decides to make sure we are not welcome. It blows a big load out it's butt, plays the wind perfectly, and paints my buddy, his trolling motor and the front half of his boat with little white specs. He has no sense of humor in the first place, but he did crack a little wry smile as he cussed.

Got out today a for a few hours on Melissa to chase slabs. Found them relating to deep cabbage and managed about a dozen with the biggest being about 12". The wind became non-existent around 2pm and the bite got tough. I'll be out all day tomorrow chasing slabs on a couple lakes, If anyone is out and see's me out in my Triton tiller, stop over and say hello.

Hilarious Cicada,

Well we made it out on Big Bass last night chasing some slabs ourselves. We found that they were off the first shoreline drop off of the islands out there, they were suspended over the deeper water and than moved in towards dark. We probably caught 30 or so but the avg size was 8-9 inches. Caught a couple foot longers and one of the bigger walleyes of the season. Didn't have a tape but she was over 20". I've got my nieces Bday party tonight so that puts the kabosh to any fishing for me this evening, I might make it out in a bhit to try for some delicious bass and some snot rockets!!!!

Made it out this weekend a few mornings before the pleasure boaters took over. Was pleasantly surprised. Fished Big D one morning and Sallie the next. Simple lindy rig and leeches are still producing walleye. Quite a few shorties but enough eaters to keep our interest up. Along with the usual assortment of northerns, bass, sunnies, perch. Make sure you bring plenty of bait along.

Paceman- Without giving away your secret spot how deep were you finding the walleyes? Thanks

I vowed not to put many fish photos up this year to help keep pressure off the Big D and such, but I am very proud that my little sister Natalie from Phoenix finally got the muskie off her back and hit a nice one after dark last night. My brother had to help hold it for her! Not that long at 49 but a nice big head and belly. Now she can head home to the desert and price replica mounts to blow her savings. For Scoot and Brett, suspended fish over secondary break into deep water. Been seeing that alot this year for some reason. Maybe just wasn't observant enough in the past.