Wheels Rolling… Slammin Salmon or Bust!

  • Art Green
    Brookfield,WI
    Posts: 733
    July 25, 2014 at 11:51 am #1441990

    I am glad I am not the only one getting anxious!

    4walleye
    Central SD
    Posts: 109
    July 25, 2014 at 11:59 am #1441991

    I really wanted to make it out to catch some salmon and trout. I’m retired and still have to work around other obligations. Hope that this might become an annual event??

    Dave Ansell
    Rushford, MN
    Posts: 1570
    July 25, 2014 at 12:40 pm #1441993

    Anxious does not describe it – maybe part of that is just looking forward to a break from my desk… One more meeting at 1:00 and then I am out of here.

    Let’s get the wheels spinning.

    See you in the morning Joel
    Dave

    Joel Ballweg
    Sauk City, Wisconsin
    Posts: 3295
    July 25, 2014 at 1:03 pm #1441997
    Dave Ansell wrote:

    Anxious does not describe it – maybe part of that is just looking forward to a break from my desk… One more meeting at 1:00 and then I am out of here.

    Let’s get the wheels spinning.

    See you in the morning Joel
    Dave

    See you guys at the South Shore launch!

    Randy Wieland
    Lebanon. WI
    Posts: 13297
    July 25, 2014 at 1:27 pm #1442001

    Hotel Wieland will be in operation in a few hours, couple guys staying here, so lots of anticipation and we’re still 45+minutes away from the pond.

    I dug out some old archive spoons I had…from the looks of the orange, 1989/1990 is happening all over again. My 6 spoon spread from 1989

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    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18924
    July 25, 2014 at 1:43 pm #1442003

    Ben’s on a roll with the runts!

    Two minutes before this giant Ben had a 10″ brown.

    The rain has started but it is more of a steady drizzle than anything. The bite was dead slow for us from 11am until 1pm but it is picking up now off Fox Pt.

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    Randy Wieland
    Lebanon. WI
    Posts: 13297
    July 25, 2014 at 2:17 pm #1442007

    Looks like a perfect grill sized snack

    Mudshark
    LaCrosse WI
    Posts: 2973
    July 25, 2014 at 2:32 pm #1442008

    A stuffer for sure )

    Chuck Melcher
    SE Wisconsin, Racine County
    Posts: 1966
    July 25, 2014 at 3:11 pm #1442010

    As much as it sucks knowing this is going on and I can’t enjoy it… it is so COOL keeping track of it all here. The thread is great for living through it.

    Have fun out there this weekend everyone!

    mxskeeter
    SW Wisconsin
    Posts: 3578
    July 25, 2014 at 3:30 pm #1442012

    Couldn’t make it this year because of previous plans but hope to next year. Give em hell guys. Strain Lake Michigan and keep some grillers.

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18924
    July 25, 2014 at 4:20 pm #1442018

    It took awhile but we finally found bait. I think everyone knows what happens next…

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    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18924
    July 25, 2014 at 4:23 pm #1442020

    Ben gets a more respectable king the first pull through. Hopefully we can keep tabs on the bait until prime time.

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    Ben Brettingen
    Moderator
    Mississippi
    Posts: 605
    July 25, 2014 at 5:01 pm #1442026

    Wait that’s not right!

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    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18924
    July 25, 2014 at 5:06 pm #1442029

    Definitely not what I had in mind.

    Randy Wieland
    Lebanon. WI
    Posts: 13297
    July 25, 2014 at 5:20 pm #1442030

    What’s fishing without a non-targeted species?

    Ben Brettingen
    Moderator
    Mississippi
    Posts: 605
    July 25, 2014 at 5:26 pm #1442032

    Koonce just sent this one on over, Josh ‘ s first!

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    eyecatchum
    Milwaukee WI
    Posts: 270
    July 25, 2014 at 6:58 pm #1442037

    Glad to see people connecting with some nice fish right off the bat! Staying in tonight so you all can have FRESH (was swimming less than 24hrs ago) smoked salmon tomorrow. Hope somebody’s hooked up on a big screamer right now!

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    Art Green
    Brookfield,WI
    Posts: 733
    July 25, 2014 at 7:29 pm #1442047

    First one of 2

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    nhamm
    Inactive
    Robbinsdale
    Posts: 7348
    July 26, 2014 at 12:16 am #1442064

    Keep it coming folks, those fish are stunning pieces of nature right der!!
    I know I’d be staying pretty close to Nathan’s smoked salmon boat tomm……competition is on, friendly or not, good luck y’all!

    Ben Brettingen
    Moderator
    Mississippi
    Posts: 605
    July 26, 2014 at 6:02 am #1442066

    We’re on the board day 2! Got a later start and headed up to Fox Point with James and Randy. Didn’t take long and we smacked a Steelie on a white spoon on 5 colors right around 60 feet. James follows with a laker..

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    Gregg Pfeifer
    Fort Atkinson, WI
    Posts: 889
    July 26, 2014 at 6:29 am #1442068

    One five pound brown a half hour ago. We went south.

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18924
    July 26, 2014 at 7:42 am #1442070

    I’m off the lakers for the day, finally! This king came on 7 color lead core + 75 extra feet of line to pull some extra depth. 70′ of water north of Fox.

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    Gregg Pfeifer
    Fort Atkinson, WI
    Posts: 889
    July 26, 2014 at 10:28 am #1442078

    5.5 Brown on glow mardarin orange pro king 61.5 fow.

    Randy Wieland
    Lebanon. WI
    Posts: 13297
    July 27, 2014 at 5:45 am #1442134

    GOOD SUNDAY MORNING

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    Randy Wieland
    Lebanon. WI
    Posts: 13297
    July 27, 2014 at 11:33 am #1442153

    Nice brown

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    Joel Ballweg
    Sauk City, Wisconsin
    Posts: 3295
    July 27, 2014 at 7:47 pm #1442175

    Tough fishing but great group of guys and a fun (sleep deprived) trip.

    Learned a lot as always. Mostly that I need to continue to make changes to my program. Especially the flasher/fly portion of my program. What had been working so well for the past couple of years with my flasher/fly’s is clearly not working anymore and needs to be changed.

    My riders, Dave & Dennis Ansell were great a great pair to share time on the water with. They clearly enjoyed being out on the water and were willing to do whatever they possibly could to help put fish in the boat and to keep the boat organized.

    It was also nice to put a face to a few more IDO’ers. Great to meet you all!

    Special “Thanks” to Nate Kaminski for all that you did. Thanks for your hospitality Nate!

    Finally, I can honestly say I’m already looking forward to doing it again next year.

    Dave Ansell with a 10-1/2lb Steelie.

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    eyecatchum
    Milwaukee WI
    Posts: 270
    July 28, 2014 at 2:16 pm #1442508

    No problem Joel! Was pleasure to do what I could to help facilitate this, and I also would do it again in a heartbeat. Also, anytime you’re in Milwaukee, you’ve got an open invitation to stay at my house. Or, should I say, sleep in your truck in my driveway… )

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