Official Fishing Thread

Boundry Waters (MN-Canada Boarder) have been closed by the Forest Services, due to Wild Fires.
Closed until at least Friday.........

Dampers some people canoeing in the BWCA plans....... :(
 
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I caught a 34.5 inch walleye when I was in high school. My dad was running the boat and my brother and I were pulling crank baits. Our lines crossed while turning around so we traded poles. Not 10 seconds later this fish was on his pole in my hands. Dad forgot the camera.

It was tied for the largest caught in Manitoba that year according to the master angler database.
 
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I caught a 34.5 inch walleye when I was in high school. My dad was running the boat and my brother and I were pulling crank baits. Our lines crossed while turning around so we traded poles. Not 10 seconds later this fish was on his pole in my hands. Dad forgot the camera.

It was tied for the largest caught in Manitoba that year according to the master angler database.
That's a giant. Where at in Manitoba?
 
Tramping lake. Stayed at wakusko falls lodge.

My cousin caught a 36 inch there the following year.
We go to Tramping every year, amazing lake. Testing a theory I've had, were both caught on in the little lake on the north end? Looking back through our records, I've noticed we catch more 28+ down south but more of the bigger 31+ come from the north end.
 
I get fed Ad's on FB for various fishing report tracking apps etc. Anything good people use?

My son and his friends use Fish Brain but it’s more of a flex on your friends or seeing if anyone caught anything in a certain body of water type thing. There are better apps out there for tracking spots and catches. It really depends on what you want to use it for.

I don’t use any of them because I usually end up wherever the kids decide we’re going that day.
 
My 13 yr old has really become passionate about getting out this summer. We are in Ankeny, and he hits the local ponds pretty hard and actually has some success due to his patience.

I'm usually too dismissive about wanting to go with him (he is still asking to go every 90+ degree day). The kid has drive though. He has practices that will go until about 8 at night, and when I pick him up he still asks if I want to go out. I finally gave in last night. The kid pulled in a nice bass and a huge bluegill out of one of the small park ponds. I didn't even get a bite. Ha, that was karma!

We’re usually fishing Ankeny ponds at least once or twice a week. The “better” ponds seem to rotate because word gets out so quickly when fish are hitting. Ankeny and the DNR do a really good job at maintaining them though.

We have one this year where bass have been hitting like crazy so 9 times out of 10, that’s where we end up at.
 
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We go to Tramping every year, amazing lake. Testing a theory I've had, were both caught on in the little lake on the north end? Looking back through our records, I've noticed we catch more 28+ down south but more of the bigger 31+ come from the north end.
I caught mine on a spot they called the mud flats. The other was caught on a hump my uncle spotted not far from there.