Reports

Got out for around 5.5 hours today. Beautiful day out there! The forecast called for steady south winds so I grabbed my salmon rods – leaving the pike gear at home. Sure enough, the weather people were wrong and winds were blowing out of the west, then calm, then light out of the north.

Throughout the fall and winter there have been good numbers of lake trout north of Millican. The fish turned on last time I was on the north end of the lake, so I was hoping these “southerly fish” would be aggressive. After an hour of fruitless salmon fishing I checked on some lake trout areas. First drop with a jig and I landed a nice 26″ fish. Within another 5 to 10 minutes I got a 27″er. Then they stopped chasing as intently. The winds at this point died, so it definitely affected the bite. I kept fishing for another 3 or 4 hours and lost 2 more fish. I had lots of interested fish (on the sonar), but few grabs. Lake temps were 39 to 41. Fish were in approx. 88′ to 110′. Lake level is still high (for the winter) but would be considered low in general.

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