WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
May 31, 2007

The double dose is the only option right now. I have had two weeks of fishing, with two sick dogs, trying to move into our new house and upkeeping of the two lawns, two lakes producing numbers of fish and two presentation working better each time out. And last but not least, two weeks before tournament time for me. So with the recent calm down of the winds, we have found Red Lake and the Hornets are what they have ordered. I hope everyone has had an opportunity to get out and enjoy some fishing, if not, look for both Winnie and Red to be my top choices for anyone for the next week or so.

I will be sending out some pictures next week as I have had a great two weeks of fishing. Two days were spent with Kent Hrbek filming shows on Winnie with Mark Parrish of the Minnesota Wild.

Walleyes, Crappies and Sheepshead. It has been a great couple of weeks and now we have made the trek to Red Lake to find the huge Crappies doing the annual spawn. Red Lake has not only been a treat for most of us over the last ten years, but the fishing is something that nearly everyone should experience. The Walleyes are found in unbelievable numbers in 4-7 feet of water, and along with those walleyes are the ever-so-fun-to-catch sheepshead.

We have found a number of presentations work, but for me the trolling of the Salmo Hornets takes top honors. The Walleyes on Red are in the chasing mood and those Hornets are right up their alley. We have found that the Blue dace and the Red tail shiner Hornets to be the best color producers for those Walleyes. As for the speed, look for 1.6 to 2.0 MPH to be the most productive.

The Crappies are now making their way into the spawing grounds and we have concentrated most of our time on the shallow rocks piles located throughout the South shoreline. Most rock piles that top out in the 3-6 foot of water are holding spawning crappies. Here, Lindy Frostees in a glow or glow/pink combination tipped with a fathead, fished under a bobber will out produce most options.

The Winnie report has continued to pick up speed with numbers of good fish coming in that shallow water ranging from 5-8 feet. We have seen the water temps hit 58-to-59 degrees. Those Walleyes are finally starting to chase, and it seems that each day out we are finding more fish interested in the Hornets. Between the active Northerns and Perch and Walleyes, the Hornets have been producing consistent action, but the top choice to the Winnie fish continues to be the silver shiners and parrot or watermelon MAXGAP jigs.

While fishing the shallow water on Winnie, look for areas of new weed growth to be better fish-holding areas. The shiners have made what looks to be the last run to the shallow water, and I would think that the deep lake humps and bars will be an option before long.

So as you can see, the fishing in the area is making for numerous options. Many of the others lakes in the area are producing good-to-great bites and I will get everyone a Pokegama report next week as I will be hitting Pokegama then.

Keep those lines tight,

Sean Colter
member of NMGL
seancolter@seancolter.com