MN_Bowhunter4
Well-known member
Nope, never even heard of it!Ever shoot Chilkoot, in Wisconsin?
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Nope, never even heard of it!Ever shoot Chilkoot, in Wisconsin?
Pretty good 3D shootNope, never even heard of it!
Looking like a seasoned vet already!Wife and I hit another local lake this afternoon. It was pretty dang weedy, but ended up pulling out a decent number of fish. Best of the day was this northern. I really need to get a tape measure! I’d guess this one was around 24-26” or so. Decent girth and it just smashed the lure.
View attachment 184023
There is nothing to it and plenty of videos on YouTube to walk you through cleaning a bird. Those older mature birds are still quite active right now and it may be your best time to get after them. Good luck!If I had the time, I would. I am a fairly new hunter, so I have never plucked or cleaned a turkey.
Got into the smallies on Friday with my good friend. Unfortunately, back in the Mississippi heat until mid-July.Wife and I hit another local lake this afternoon. It was pretty dang weedy, but ended up pulling out a decent number of fish. Best of the day was this northern. I really need to get a tape measure! I’d guess this one was around 24-26” or so. Decent girth and it just smashed the lure.
View attachment 184023
Are you working the smallmouth bite? I was surprised at how many of them had already hit the beds and were underneath the docks. Use a ned rig and cast just in front of the shadow of the dock or bot lift. Worked like a charm for me last weekend.I fished Saturday AM and this morning. Both days were pretty slow, but I landed a few fish each day. Saturday I caught 2 smaller bass and a sunny. It was really slow until the wind picked up and I started a drift.
Today I hit a smaller local lake. I was surprised to see a half dozen other boats already on the water when I arrived at 5:45! Took a long while until I got into some fish but finally hooked up on a 14” largemouth on the back side of the lake. I drifted that whole side and caught two more dinks in the 8 inch range. As I rounded a point I hooked up on a bigger fish, what turned out to be an 18” bass. Pretty slow all in all but better than nothing!
All the lakes I’ve fished so far don’t have smallmouth. Just largemouth.Are you working the smallmouth bite? I was surprised at how many of them had already hit the beds and were underneath the docks. Use a ned rig and cast just in front of the shadow of the dock or bot lift. Worked like a charm for me last weekend.
Some good eating right there!!!!Wife and I hit another local lake this afternoon. It was pretty dang weedy, but ended up pulling out a decent number of fish. Best of the day was this northern. I really need to get a tape measure! I’d guess this one was around 24-26” or so. Decent girth and it just smashed the lure.
View attachment 184023
That first one is a baby tiger musky!Fished this morning before work at the little largemouth hotspot near my house. The day started slow, but I picked up one smallish pike after about 45 minutes. Second fish hit relatively quickly, and it hit hard. It was fighting like a pike and as I pulled it out the words “huh, it’s a small tiger muskie. Those aren’t supposed to me here.” were muttered. Just a little guy, but he hit like a tank!
Fish 3/4 were both bass. First one being nearly 19” and the second one a solid fighting 14”. Not bad for a pre work run.
I’ve really, really been enjoying these esox that I’ve gotten onto this summer. I’m starting to think how to start targeting them a little more than just incidental catch. Pike is doable (although I’ve never specifically fished for them on purpose) and I might need to go to a heavier line if I get serious about it. I don’t see myself ever really chasing muskie exclusively, but my second one in less than a week definitely had me doing a bit of googling. Such pretty fish!
View attachment 184746View attachment 184747View attachment 184748
Yeah I think that was a bucket biologist move. They don’t stock them in that lake according to the state.That first one is a baby tiger musky!