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Awesome June Fishing on Knife Lake
by BWfishingfanatic12

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 06/12/2021
Entry & Exit Point: Seagull Lake (EP 54)
Number of Days: 6
Group Size: 4
Day 5 of 6
Wednesday, June 16, 2021

_Mid 60s, Sunny 6-9mph wind. -Our last day of fishing on SAK was another beautiful one. We were very blessed on this trip for weather. One couple hour rain/ storm during the day and overnight once but that was it. The wind flared up a few times but nothing too crazy. Very enjoyable temperatures as it was mostly mid-60s to mid-70s for temperature. It got into the low 80s a couple times and was pleasant at night for sleeping.

We did not want to fish all the same water again so for our last day Brad and I decided to try some new water and see of we could find some new structure and good spots. For the morning bite we elected to troll lindy rigs around points and structure. We picked up a few walleyes here and there over several hours but nothing too productive.

We tidied up around camp and consolidated our gear and got things ready for our travel day out the following day towards the entry point. We had some lunch and did some relaxing around camp for a couple hours. Even as young men the time in the canoes was taking a toll on our backsides so we elected to wait to go back out until after an early dinner.

Brad and I were tempted to go down to our evening spot for a 3rd straight night but knew what we have in that spot and decided to try some new water and look at different spots for the future. We have always heard that people troll for big walleyes so figured we would try a few different things to cover water our last night. We have caught some fish trolling but have never done that well besides a couple occasions tolling shallow diving rapalas around islands in the evening for walleye. However, we decided to try to troll some for a chance at some big walleye or if we were lucky lake trout. After an hour of trolling rapalas and only catching one little Smallmouth we went to trolling lindy rigs and dragging jigs for the last couple hours. We Caught around 10 walleye total but sporadic and inconsistent again. Zack and Tyler fished their underwater hump again and caught a few walleyes and smallies once again.