Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 9/7/08-9/16/08
Group: Shuey
Report: Arrived at Otatakan morning of 9/7/08, stayed 9 days. Weather was bad most of the time with wind, rain, and cold. However, the fishing was awesome with large numbers and some nice fish caught. Below is our daily count and time of fishing. This was one of the best trips ever. It was 3 total people. Largest walleye for the trip 26 inches, largest northern just over 40 inches. Which we caught 3 northerns at or just above 40 inches.
9/7/08, Day 1, Rigged up after we flew in the morning, fished 4 hours. Rain and windy. 94 walleye, 2 northern
9/8/08, Day 2, 7 hours of fishing. Wind and some rain. 146 walleye and 3 northern. Caught 26 inch walleye
9/9/08, Day 3, 8 hours of fishing. Wind and sunny. 136 walleye and 11 northern
9/10/08, Day 4, 8 hours of fishing. Windy, Windy, and cloudy. 173 walleye, 5 northern
9/11/08, Day 5, 8 hours of fishing. No Wind and Sun. 139 walleye, 25 northern
9/12/08, Day 6, 7 hours of fishing. Sunny and very windy, hard to control the boat out in the wind. 91 walleye, 7 northern. Caught 2 pike 40 inches
9/13/08, Day 7, 5.5 hours of fishing. Sun and rain mix, again very windy. 101 walleye, 5 northern, caught a 40 inch pike
9/14/08, Day 8, 6 hours of fishing. Cloudy with windy, cold, temps in the 40's. 147 walleye, 4 northern
9/15/08, Day 9, 2.5 hours of fishing. Sunny with wind and warm. 70 walleye, 3 northern. Larry and Shane flew in to do some camp work, they stayed for a fish fry.
9/16/08 Flew back home, had a great time
Total numbers for the trip for the 3 of us. 1097 walleye and 62 northern

Sunday, September 7, 2008

Lake: Wright
Dates: 8/31/08-9/7/08
Group: Rose
Report: Another great L & M trip. Some pike over 41 inches, many over 35 inches. Plenty of walleye for fish dinners. Good action on buzz baits, chapper baits, and yozuri's. Shallow rivers this year. Cabin, boats, and all equipment great.
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 9/2/08-9/7/08
Group: Kidwell
Report: Fishing is great as always. Have to quit bringing my wife because she always tells everyone she catches more than I do. Great time and very nice accomodations. Saw lots of bald eagles too.

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 9/2/08-9/6/08
Group: Mayer
Report: From Gerry Roaldson, Dennis Mayer, Don Lichte, and Jerry Dorow. Walleye fishing was fantastic, fish size ranged from 16 inches to 28 inches. Northern pike activity slow, the Adams Family took great care of us and the treated us to great accomodations.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Lake: Dobie
Dates: 8/27/08-9/2/08
Group: Berendes
Report: Caught walleye everywhere particulary in the northern end of the lake. 17-19 inch walleye was the norm with some in the 20-23 inches. The fishing was great. The accomodations were excellent
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 8/30/08-9/2/08
Group: Tiffany
Report: Walleyes on every point and on the humps in 15-20 feet of water. Lots of "accidental" northerns too. Another great time at Fawcett lake with L & M.
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 8/26/08-9/2/08
Group: Bonnema
Report: Water was alittle low, fishing was good. Largest fish, 37 inch pike. Lots of bugs. Had a good time.
Lake: Wright
Dates: 8/24/08-8/31/08
Group: Hoferle
Report: Northern fishing, caught big ones. Top 3 pike, 44 inches, 42 inches, and 40 inches. Several 20-30 inch class. Walleye fishing so so. Biggest was 21. We worked to get the walleye but they were there.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 8/23/08-8/30/08
Group: Flowers
Report: Wind!!! 6 out of 7 days, 2 of the days up to 4 foot waves. Inspite of the wind avg 70-80 fish per day for our party of 4. Last day 125 plus fish. Caught bigger pike and walleye this year though on Fawcett compared to previous years. We are coming back.