Pinehurst

[perchfinder]

has anyone been to pinehurst in last couple days? im thinking should still be alright for driving a truck on?

[Paul C]

Pinehurst is a solid 30 inches plus of ice. The road to the lake is greasy but is good in the early morning. I was there on saturday. Bring your sun tanning lotion. Good Luck :D

[AxeMan]

Hey Paul, the fishing was sure good there, eh? It was just the catching part that we had a bit of trouble with. :lol: There were quite a few people at the entrance to snug cove but it looked like most were just getting smaller pike like us. We left in the afternoon and headed to Elinor to check out the perch. Was anyone else from the board at Pinehurst on Saturday and how did you make out?

[o.w.l]

has anyone been to pinehurst in last couple days? im thinking should still be alright for driving a truck on?

my brother and nephew are out there as i type this and they are driving on. they said there is about 10 trucks out there

[perchfinder]

thanks for the updates, how did you do at elinor? that lake has attitude at times!

[whitetailman]

buddie went out to pinehurst caught a 23 and 26 pounder in 1 day!

[AxeMan]

Timing is everything on Pinehurst. My brother was there for a couple of days about two weeks ago and got a couple over 20 pounds as well. Pinehurst is a crazy lake, the bite can go from nothing to full on in a matter of hours and then off again for a couple of days.

Elinor was lots of small perch. We were near the mid lake hump. The perch were in 20-25 FOW.

BTW, there are a ton of whitetail deer in that Elinor Lake country. No exaggeration, Paul C and I saw at least 80 deer last Saturday around there.

[perchfinder]

yeah pinehurst is a finicky lake; i usually don't fish it because a few years back i'd usually get skunked so i just stayed away from there. looks like i'll still be staying away with the new tag system there also. as for elinor; the north end was ok for perch at times.

[trampywinter]

My dad and a few friends of his where there on Sunday and brought home a 17.11lbs, 22.7 lbs and a 28.7 lbs

[perchfinder]

wow those are some hogs! going fishing tomorrow but have a tough time deciding where... especially after reading some of these posts i might have to give pinehurst a try. will post where i went with an update.

[perchfinder]

back from fishing.............. slow! putting the auger away today and time to start dusting the boat off for the open water season.

[Paul C]

Timing is everything on Pinehurst. My brother was there for a couple of days about two weeks ago and got a couple over 20 pounds as well. Pinehurst is a crazy lake, the bite can go from nothing to full on in a matter of hours and then off again for a couple of days.

Elinor was lots of small perch. We were near the mid lake hump. The perch were in 20-25 FOW.

BTW, there are a ton of whitetail deer in that Elinor Lake country. No exaggeration, Paul C and I saw at least 80 deer last Saturday around there.
That area near lac la biche is loaded with deer, at time there was groups of deer feeding on farmers field. :D

[AxeMan]

Here is my brother Duane's 2 big pike from Pinehurst about 3 weeks ago. He figures both were pushing 20 pounds. Both were released.

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[Safety D]

Good to see the hens go back !!!!

[highwood]

I havent seen Duane in years....Ill have have a 'sner with him one of these days...

[AxeMan]

I havent seen Duane in years....Ill have have a 'sner with him one of these days...

Lol, that's funny, highwood. He still drinks that Pil stuff to this day.....poor boy.

[highwood]

A few 'sners and grilled cheese sammies on that cast iron pan while watching the tip ups....home made ones at that. Those were the days!