Here is a little fun stemming from the debate over the lack of deer vs. wolves and the DNR in the U.P., which spun off into the illegal netting in Little Bays De Noc this year and the lack of walleye this summer...thought you guys might get a kick out of this...I did!!
Quote:Exile (LBDN)
All I have been hearing is how bad the fishing is down there.. Is there any truth about this? looks like no trips to the bay this year..
Quote:The Bait Shop Guy, Re: (LBDN)
First answer me this, "How's the fishing been this year where you normally fish?" If you're like EVERYONE I've talked to from all over the midwest this open water season, I'll bet it was down. The A#1 reason for the poor fishing this year was the weather. Period. Yes, we had issues with the illegal netting last year, but that's not the reason - just a convenient excuse for a lot of people. The netters weren't taking bass, perch and salmon. And they weren't netting in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Illinois - so it wasn't just us. Everything has been running 2 to 4 weeks behind normal the entire open water season. Walleye fishing was PHENOMENAL in September, south of Escanaba. That bite normally happens in August. Fishing SUCKED most of October! That said, do you remember how windy, wet, and cold it was - especially on the weekends mad The weather started to mellow at the end of October and most of November. Remember how nice it was and how it messed up the deer hunting! It was great for fishing. The night bite has actually been quite good since the end of October. We've seen and heard of more fish in the 12 pound class this fall, than ever before. I think that if we ever get a winter, the ice fishing will be good, too.
Only time will tell. Don't give up on the bay just yet.
Quote: Finook, Re: (LBDN)
Let's not beat around the bush, BSG. We all know the wolves are eating all the walleye. My buddy seen two wolfs swimming across the bay just last weekend carrying 47 walleye in their mouths. They didn't even eat them. They just killed them and let the float away unused. My other buddy has trail cam pics on the Whitefish from last spring showing wolves swimming under water and just going on a killing spree taking thousands of walleye just for fun. Clearly the DNR planted wolves in our rivers and lakes back in the 80's as a way to diminish the population to the point where no game wardens would ever be needed(Can you say TONS of illegal netting). Now another buddy of mine got a friend who seen his other buddy's trail cam pics of a mountain lion riding on a wolves back (you know, cause cats can't swim) out into the bay while another wolf was tossing walleye up into the air and the cat was eating them as they fell. He said he never seen no walleye this year, but he heard wolves every trip out on the bay. It's only a matter of time before we can't even ice fish out there without wolves swimming up through the holes in the shack and pulling us under. You watch, I betcha it happens this year.:lol: