Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Fishing Forum :: Baits for early August EP 16
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OMGitsKa |
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Cvandeb |
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Nigal |
Cvandeb: "Hi everyone, I'm rather new here but have been surfing around the site for a while. My girlfriend Joey and I will be going in at EP 16 and going through Agnes and maybe spend a night there depending on if the bear and Cubs are still around. Then we will be going to Iron lake for possibly the next 4 days. Its Joey's first time doing something like this and I don't want to scare her or make her disinterested by doing too much traveling initially. If anyone has recommendations on fishing Iron lake this time of year or any close lakes worth making a day trip to fish would be much appreciated. Also what are some good baits and colors to use. We are open to all species. You simply can not go wrong with leaches. Very easy to travel with and keep alive and deadly on bass and walleyes. Most bait shops in Ely should have them. |
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rayljr1 |
#1: Leeches (make sure to have a good container, change their water, and keep them cool. They will last your whole trip, and they are cheap to buy. #2: Worms/Night crawlers: They always work You should bring some slip bobber rigs and maybe a regular bobber too. Walleye , bass and pike will all eat leaches (as well as other species). My recommendation is don't get too caught up in having to catch walleye, as they can be difficult to find, and you might bore her to death. Don't be afraid to target some bass and smaller fish in shallows. Have fun! Catching a whole bunch of smaller fish is much more fun than spending all day trying to find a walleye. |
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Durza |
Bring 1/8 oz and 1/4th oz jig heads in chartreuse / pink and slip bobbers. Bait the jigs with leeches if you're bringing live bait and maybe bring some twister tails in case you run out. Use the 1/8th oz jigs normally and 1/4th oz jig heads in current or wind. I feel this approach is a decent mix of versatile and lightweight as it lets you pitch jigs, vertical jig, and slip bobber without being over packed on tackle. You might also want to consider baits that will help you find where the fish are such are deep diving tail dancers or inline spinners. |
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AmarilloJim |
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Moonman |
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Cvandeb |
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lyontyl |
This allows you to fish your cranks at 5 ft-10 ft for shallow trolling and then you can clip a 1 oz weight onto the three way swivel for mid day deep trolling to get that crank down deeper. It's likely that a lot of fish could be 20-30 ft deep at that time of year in the middle of the day and this prevents you from having to buy all kinds of different cranks baits with different diving depths. This worked real well for us when we were on Perent a couple weeks ago. The order of tying this setup is: primary line -> Three way swivel -> 3 ft leader -> crank bait |