What If??!! I usually discuss a non-Walleye species that swims the waters of Devils Lake on Wednesdays. I am going to talk about an ‘other’ species today, it just doesn’t swim the waters of Devils Lake. I have a confession to make: I have a Blue Gill fetish! I know, sick, right? I am consumed with the thought of going…
Tuesday’s Summer Water Conditions Report #3
Coming Along Nicely! Weekly Water Temperature This past week has helped us with some water temperature and the extreme East and extreme West ends of the lake are getting into that low 70’s temperature range by early afternoon. The southern bays are starting to touch that level as well. Some of the small bays, i.e. Doc Hagen’s, are lingering in…
Monday Fishing Report #3
Wind Wind, Go Away, At Least A Little Bit A little wind is good, a lot of wind is not so much. We have had an abnormal number of 20+ mph wind days here on the Big Devil the last month. Add to that, on some of the days, that strong wind abruptly changes, and it can make for…
Walleye Alert II
Switching Winds Causes Switching Tactics Wind was once again a factor today. After doing some work to locate some active Walleyes in a new location, the wind died and then switched directions and shut our new found fish down. Had the wind not changed directions I think that we would have finished out with 5 more. As it stands we…
Walleye Alert!
High Wind, Deeper Water, Similar Result! Attempted to both get out of the wind and avoid the Casino Tourney crowd today. Had bow mount prop issues, mainly that it struck a tree and sheered off, so were eliminated from the pitching game. Decided we would attempt to pull spinners in deeper water and see if any Walleyes had slid ledges…