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THE BAIT SHOP GUY


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Now that we have some decent ice and are finally starting to get a little busy, we'll start opening earlier. New hours are everyday 7 to 5.

Made my first trip of the season tonight. I saw that there is ice south of Gladstone now, (everything north of the Gladstone harbor is iced up.) Made my usual first trip out to the first dropoff south of Gladstone. Found anywhere from 3 1/2 to 7 inches of ice, depending on if you were on the black ice or the shove ice. Very little snow on the ice, so creepers are a must unless you like slipping and falling a lot.

Got a late start, but managed to catch a couple walleyes and make the voices in my head go away, (I haven't been fishing in a month and have been tweekin' pretty bad, waiting for a fix!eek.gif) Anyway, I set up in about 30 FOW, and started marking fish right away. I caught a dink on a #9 clown Rap, and a 18 incher on a #2 clown Shiver Minnow. I had three fish on the graph when that one hit. Unhooked that fish, and dropped the bait back down quick and missed a second fish after just a few jigs of the bait. Thought things were going to be really hot, but that was the last fish that bit for me, (had a lot of lookers, though.)

The other two guys fishing with me both caught fish, too. Ray caught an 18 and a 20 incher, and lost a couple keepers at the hole. Nick landed a 18 incher. Both were jigging with assorted jigging Raps. No action on the tip-ups tonight.

Temps already down near zero in Gladstone as I type this. Making good ice!

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Steve L


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I have to ask...  is the general consensus to tip the the baits with minnow heads and such or more relying on finessing them?

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It depends mostly on who you talk to. Most guys tip swim baits like Jigging Raps with a minnow head, some with a whole minnow, and some fish them bare. I mostly fish them bare these days. I don't know what Ray and Nick were doing with theirs, last night.

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I never tip swim baits, never will, I always tip spoons with a minnow tail...haven't had as much luck with heads on a spoon.  Heading out Sat. a.m., can't wait!!!  My brother and his wife are out right now...I'm jealous, I'm sure he'll post a report when they get back in.  I think they were going to try a spot at the north end. 



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Capt. Ken is the one that turned me on to fishing them plain. It took me two winters to get confidence in the technique. After landing my personal best walleye, (32 inches,) on a naked Nils Master Jigging Shad, I was sold.

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