BarryBobPosthole
07-25-2019, 12:51 PM
I don’t have a lot of pics but will post what I have over the next few days.
I drove up to Moscow Mills, Mo on Thursday (11th) to my bro in law’s house to pick up him and we lit out Friday morning for Hibbing, Mn. we stopped in Minneapolis to pick up Lenster (long story) and got into our buddy’s house (formerly known here as Studs Mahone) 8ish that evening. He had brats waiting and a big cooler of what has now become a tradition when we get to his house, Grain Belt beers. We stayed up way too late that evening and got up feeling milky Saturday morning to buy groceries and make the last fours hours to Dogtooth.
Fishing was tough this year. We backed up our dates a bit earlier to catch the full moon and it bit us as the baitfish and the walleyes weren’t in the deep basins but were hugging shorelines on ledges in 15-20 feet of water. So after three days of almost useless crankbaiting we changed tactics and dragged some nightcrawlers with spinner rigs and finally managed our limits on Friday night. We did manage a few big fish but the big lake was tough, as she is known to be. The bass were moderately active and all were puking up crawdads and had big fat bellies.
We did find, to our dismay that Dogtooth now has a new invasive species, spiny water fleas. It remains to be seen what effect on the walleye fishery there will be but as it severely impacts baitfish the future doesn’t look good. When trolling we had them on our lines every time.
It was a great trip and we had a good group! The owner of the cabin stayed with us and we had a good time getting to know him better.
More later as I remember it. I may have had a brain injury.
BKB
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I drove up to Moscow Mills, Mo on Thursday (11th) to my bro in law’s house to pick up him and we lit out Friday morning for Hibbing, Mn. we stopped in Minneapolis to pick up Lenster (long story) and got into our buddy’s house (formerly known here as Studs Mahone) 8ish that evening. He had brats waiting and a big cooler of what has now become a tradition when we get to his house, Grain Belt beers. We stayed up way too late that evening and got up feeling milky Saturday morning to buy groceries and make the last fours hours to Dogtooth.
Fishing was tough this year. We backed up our dates a bit earlier to catch the full moon and it bit us as the baitfish and the walleyes weren’t in the deep basins but were hugging shorelines on ledges in 15-20 feet of water. So after three days of almost useless crankbaiting we changed tactics and dragged some nightcrawlers with spinner rigs and finally managed our limits on Friday night. We did manage a few big fish but the big lake was tough, as she is known to be. The bass were moderately active and all were puking up crawdads and had big fat bellies.
We did find, to our dismay that Dogtooth now has a new invasive species, spiny water fleas. It remains to be seen what effect on the walleye fishery there will be but as it severely impacts baitfish the future doesn’t look good. When trolling we had them on our lines every time.
It was a great trip and we had a good group! The owner of the cabin stayed with us and we had a good time getting to know him better.
More later as I remember it. I may have had a brain injury.
BKB
10822
10823
10824
10825
10826
my 28”er