Calling Lake Trip

elkhunter11 · #1 06-25-2022, 08:37 PM

Myself,sns2 and another friend headed to Calling Lake for the day, and we did well on walleye to 58cm, but a friend reeled in a 41-1/2" pike. As sns2 got it in the net, the hooked straightened out and came out.

OL_JR · #2 06-25-2022, 08:41 PM

Excellent nice work!

Talking moose · #3 06-25-2022, 09:10 PM

Nice. 40” is pike benchmark.

curtz · #4 06-26-2022, 12:41 AM

Nice, we're camped out here this weekend. Had a good day at Volkswagen, fish fry, beer and crib after.

sns2 · #5 06-26-2022, 01:28 AM

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Nice, we're camped out here this weekend. Had a good day at Volkswagen, fish fry, beer and crib after.

Shoot. Too bad we never knew. We were in the red Lund that was drift fishing.

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58thecat · #6 06-26-2022, 07:09 AM

That’s a beauty pike!

HuyFishin · #7 06-26-2022, 09:28 AM

Beauty fish!!

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SNAPFisher · #8 06-26-2022, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by sns2

Shoot. Too bad we never knew. We were in the red Lund that was drift fishing.

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Was that you that was drift fishing because of a mishap? We were the two in the black and cream colored bottom crestliner. The one you were near when you started "drift" fishing due to a mishap. If it was you, sorry for all the noise. We were pretty rowdy but having a great time. And on no substances either...just high on life and great fishing

I was jigging with a flyrod and sinking line. Landed a 27.5 incher, 27, 26 at least 2, 25, 24.... etc. Most were in the slot. Neither of us kept.

We slammed easily 250+ walleye. 7 tubs of minnows gone. Last year we did 300+ 8 tubs of minnows and plastics. I'll be lobbying to get the limit up to two in the slot. There are two many walleye and skinny. They should raise the limit up for a few years and then drop it back down. Just my honest opinion.

SNAPFisher · #9 06-26-2022, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by elkhunter11

Myself,sns2 and another friend headed to Calling Lake for the day, and we did well on walleye to 58cm, but a friend reeled in a 41-1/2" pike. As sns2 got it in the net, the hooked straightened out and came out.
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Nice! We managed only 3 pike and they were hammer handlish. I.e. annoying

Cheers!

curtz · #10 06-26-2022, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by sns2

Shoot. Too bad we never knew. We were in the red Lund that was drift fishing.

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Yah would have been nice to meet. Wifey kicked my butt today.

58thecat · #11 06-26-2022, 01:39 PM

Dam you guys are killing it out there, congrats!

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sns2 · #12 06-26-2022, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by SNAPFisher

Was that you that was drift fishing because of a mishap? We were the two in the black and cream colored bottom crestliner. The one you were near when you started "drift" fishing due to a mishap. If it was you, sorry for all the noise. We were pretty rowdy but having a great time. And on no substances either...just high on life and great fishing

I was jigging with a flyrod and sinking line. Landed a 27.5 incher, 27, 26 at least 2, 25, 24.... etc. Most were in the slot. Neither of us kept.

We slammed easily 250+ walleye. 7 tubs of minnows gone. Last year we did 300+ 8 tubs of minnows and plastics. I'll be lobbying to get the limit up to two in the slot. There are two many walleye and skinny. They should raise the limit up for a few years and then drop it back down. Just my honest opinion.

We’re you in the blue shirt???

sns2 · #13 06-26-2022, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by curtz

Yah would have been nice to meet. Wifey kicked my butt today.

She was doing damn good. You guys were right on top of our GPS waypoint. LOL. Glad we were beat to that spot by good folks. It’s a public lake and no one owns spots.

tirebob · #14 06-26-2022, 02:28 PM

Man, I am jealous boys! My kinda day...

SNAPFisher · #15 06-26-2022, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by sns2

We’re you in the blue shirt???

Yeppers!

My fore arm is sore today. Cramped up pretty bad by the end of the day. That fly rod gives a good fight on any size

Positrac · #16 06-26-2022, 03:39 PM

You guys could have had yourself a little AO fishing derby.

Looks like a great day. Luvin the pics!

Hunter Trav · #17 06-26-2022, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by SNAPFisher

Yeppers!

My fore arm is sore today. Cramped up pretty bad by the end of the day. That fly rod gives a good fight on any size

It looked like you were battling giants all day long, but you definitely could tell when you had a real lunker on the line...

Oh and sorry to all those around us for all the noise and rowdiness...lol

P.S.- Everyone get up to Calling and give a starving walleye a good home please...lol

elkhunter11 · #18 06-26-2022, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by SNAPFisher

Was that you that was drift fishing because of a mishap? We were the two in the black and cream colored bottom crestliner. The one you were near when you started "drift" fishing due to a mishap. If it was you, sorry for all the noise. We were pretty rowdy but having a great time. And on no substances either...just high on life and great fishing

I was jigging with a flyrod and sinking line. Landed a 27.5 incher, 27, 26 at least 2, 25, 24.... etc. Most were in the slot. Neither of us kept.

We slammed easily 250+ walleye. 7 tubs of minnows gone. Last year we did 300+ 8 tubs of minnows and plastics. I'll be lobbying to get the limit up to two in the slot. There are two many walleye and skinny. They should raise the limit up for a few years and then drop it back down. Just my honest opinion.

Yes the drift fishing was the result of me not securing the anchor line properly, I looked back just in time to see the rope disappear.lol

We were drifting way too fast near you, so we went back to where the wind wasn't as bad, and we did much better, picking up fish on every drift, including the pike. You guys caught more than anyone else by far, but we still did okay, especially considering the circumstances. A boat beside us landed a 74cm walleye shortly after we caught the pike, so there are definitely some good fish around.

elkhunter11 · #19 07-09-2022, 08:48 PM

Back to Calling Lake today, over 60 walleye caught, two 71cm, and one 68cm.

roper1 · #20 07-09-2022, 09:41 PM

Great day on the water!

curtz · #21 07-10-2022, 01:14 PM

Wifey got a 72 before I even got a hook in the water this morning.

EZM · #22 07-10-2022, 01:38 PM

You guys are all a bunch of yahoo's - partying it up, loosing monster fish out of the net, loosing anchors ..... er .... wait .... when's the next get together!!!!! I can show you guys how to look rods, pliers, glasses over the side of the boat !!!! I'd fit right in !!!

elkhunter11 · #23 07-10-2022, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by EZM

You guys are all a bunch of yahoo's - partying it up, loosing monster fish out of the net, loosing anchors ..... er .... wait .... when's the next get together!!!!! I can show you guys how to look rods, pliers, glasses over the side of the boat !!!! I'd fit right in !!!

We didn't lose any fish out of the net either trip, we landed the big pike, when the hook straightened and the big walleye, when the hook broke yesterday. We seem to be doing well with netting fish, which is a good thing considering that we tend to buy cheap hooks.

The only mishap yesterday was a blown fuse on my fishfinder, which for some reason had a 1 amp fuse, instead of the 3 amp fuse that it should have had. The fishfinder has actually been a real pain, but at least the issues appear to have been resolved.

guru fisher · #24 07-10-2022, 04:36 PM

jigs and minnows the usual what they are biting on ?

elkhunter11 · #25 07-10-2022, 04:50 PM

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jigs and minnows the usual what they are biting on ?

All that I use is a painted jig head, and half of a minnow. By the end of the day yesterday, I had caught around 30 walleye on the same hook, and half of the paint was missing. The boys were teasing me to throw it away, and use a new one after it started losing paint, but I kept using it, and the fish kept biting.

sns2 · #26 07-10-2022, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by elkhunter11

All that I use is a painted jig head, and half of a minnow. By the end of the day yesterday, I had caught around 30 walleye on the same hook, and half of the paint was missing. The boys were teasing me to throw it away, and use a new one after it started losing paint, but I kept using it, and the fish kept biting.

Based upon Elk’s irrational aversion to changing something that really needed to be changed yesterday while on the water, and one is led to believe that it is a statistical certainty that he changes his underwear no more than 3x per year. Just puttin that out there.

BTW, he had many of the same jig heads in his tackle box. Again, just puttin that out there.

elkhunter11 · #27 07-10-2022, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by sns2

Based upon Elk’s irrational aversion to changing something that really needed to be changed yesterday while on the water, and one is led to believe that it is a statistical certainty that he changes his underwear no more than 3x per year. Just puttin that out there.

BTW, he had many of the same jig heads in his tackle box. Again, just puttin that out there.

I don't like to change what is obviously working, that jig caught more fish yesterday, than anyone else did, and it wasn't new yesterday. Lol

guru fisher · #28 07-11-2022, 07:41 AM

Where you guys been fishing? out front? volks, r island river ? heading up for Friday morning

elkhunter11 · #29 07-11-2022, 07:43 AM

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Where you guys been fishing? out front? volks, r island river ? heading up for Friday morning

Volkswagon.

guru fisher · #30 07-11-2022, 09:33 AM