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x2jmorris
06/08/2019 08:35AM
 
Going in tomorrow... expect a lot of fish.
 
PikeEatPike
06/13/2019 01:11PM
 
Just came out of Big Moose EP 8, 6/1 - 6/9. Usually that 1st week of June is hot any where. My 3rd worst trip for fishing in 20 years. 2 to 5 walleyes a day, no Pike until Wednesday, and then we only caught 2 but both were nice size if you want eater pike 3 to 5 lbs. Smallies were snapping and could catch those rock rats all day, if that's what you're into. A buddy was the the same area the week before us, in for 7 days, 1 walleye, no pike, all the smallies you wanted. Leeches on spinners and jigs. Very color critical fishing. If you didn't have the right color on for that day, and it changed every day, you didn't catch anything.
 
naturboy12
06/17/2019 08:48AM
 
Just got back on Saturday from the LLC/Iron Lake area. Lots of walleye on shallow reefs and anywhere near moving water. Normal amount of pike mixed in. Very few SMB, which is just fine with us, as we moved our trip earlier than normal to hopefully catch more walleye. Trip report coming soon for more details.
 
smoke11
06/17/2019 08:08AM
 
Just got back from lake three. We caught plenty of northern and fair amount of walleye but the bass bite was the slowest we have ever experienced.
 
CanoeStew
06/06/2019 02:36PM
 
As the title says, just curious how the fishing has been in the BW area so far this year. Going up in a few days and hoping for the best!
 
Bearpath9
06/13/2019 06:34AM
 
Just back from Hegman lakes, and we didn't catch squat. Maybe 5 bass, and a couple of walleyes for three days. Leeches worked the best, though I did get one bass on a yellow beetle spin.
 
burrow1
06/17/2019 11:08AM
 
we came out on Saturday fishing was slow at best caught fish on Monday afternoon fast and furious on Brule until about 7:30-8:00 and shut off completely only caught one 28"-29" Northern on Wednesday
 
bwcasolo
06/08/2019 06:42AM
 
should be red hot.
 
cossefoort22
06/13/2019 02:19PM
 
PikeEatPike: "Just came out of Big Moose EP 8, 6/1 - 6/9. Usually that 1st week of June is hot any where. My 3rd worst trip for fishing in 20 years. 2 to 5 walleyes a day, no Pike until Wednesday, and then we only caught 2 but both were nice size if you want eater pike 3 to 5 lbs. Smallies were snapping and could catch those rock rats all day, if that's what you're into. A buddy was the the same area the week before us, in for 7 days, 1 walleye, no pike, all the smallies you wanted. Leeches on spinners and jigs. Very color critical fishing. If you didn't have the right color on for that day, and it changed every day, you didn't catch anything."


Shoot, that bites, that is usually a hot time to go. I hope things turn around for my trip coming up. We head in to Big Moose on July 6th for a week. Any suggestions would be appreciated for fishing and campsites. TIA
 
Johtyll
06/17/2019 10:27AM
 
Just paddled out from the paddle only area on Basswood yesterday. We found plenty of eater (and smaller) walleyes on points but had better luck on the mid lake humps. The larger females seemed to have moved out to them post spawning. The small mouth bite was just like other posters have said, sporadic and slow. We would find one or two smallies then not catch another one for another hour.
 
The Great Outdoors
06/17/2019 09:57AM
 
Water temps still very cold for this time of year, which will slow the fishing down.
Rain and cooler weather is predicted for the rest of this week, then a warming trend at the end of June that will make the fishing pick up.
The greatest result of cold water may cause the Bass not to spawn in many lakes!! :)

 
cyclones30
06/17/2019 02:16PM
 
We just got back from a week in the Knife area. Pretty cool and slow compared to other trips and what people say Knife can be like. Had good quality but had to work for them and only caught a few of each species each day.