Calvin Svihel
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With the recent drop in air temps I knew the Mille Lacs fall trolling run has to be getting started soon. Bigfife and I decided that tonight (09/30) was the night to give it a try.....Good news water is cooling off. Bad news was the wind. The Lake is stirred up very well. Once again all wind/weather reports said 10mph ESE wind....Well I think they were off by about 10 mph. Its very tough to predict what the weather will do on Mille Lacs, so I like to personally drive up to the lake check out conditions and make my decision where to fish based on what the lake looks like at that time. Using the resources of the internet to gauge where your going to fish on Mille Lacs can often times lead you the WRONG side. We choose the Red Door as our launching place, with the protective harbor (thank you). We were greeted with a fishable direct east wind and waves, a quick glance at the 60 degree water temps told me that this fish still may want the bent lips or stick baits. Started running stick baits, tried to keep my speed around 1.8-2.0 mph but with trolling with the wind made it difficult. After 1 quick pass with the wind I knew I wasn't going to be able to dial in the speed the best so I switched to a #9 SSR bent lip. Wind started to blow more and more, which made keeping a constant speed very difficult. We finally hooked up with a solid 18.5" fish that crushed the bait, which turns out to be our only walleye of the night. We battled for about 3.5 more hours. In between we landed 2 very respectable pike, 33-35" in fish. After a while of fishing in the 3 foot waves we decided that that was enough. I was dissapointed in the weather conditions we were faced with, however that is fishing and you have to fish according to the elements mother nature gives you. We are not very far away from the fantastic bite everyone is waiting for, however I do hope this weather stabilizes a little bit otherwise this fall bite will be over before it even starts.
It was still a fun night fishing with someone from IDO, that I never fished with before. Thanks again Bigfife. 
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Jon Jordan
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Yep, whenever they say 10-15 I just add the 2 numbers together and that's what you usually end up with! 
-J.
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Bigfife
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Thank you. I hope I lived up to Extreme Netman standards.  That stupid Northern really went crazy in the net.
What Cal forgot to mention is he gave me the option to try a new spot or go home and I chose the later.  I probably shouldn't have done that, as its not too often I get to ride anymore and let someone else try to battle the waves and hold a steady speed.
Any word on what the lights were on the South end? It looked to me like search helicopters.
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Just call me Dr. Walleye...lol
Team Fife Fishing
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FishinDoc
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Any idea what the water temp. was?
Troy
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bigcrappie
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I am sure lots of people will report after this weekend.
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Calvin Svihel
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Any idea what the water temp. was?
Troy
60
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Everts Resort
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Thanks for the update guys....I am sure the "bite" is verrrry soon to come.
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Dean Marshall - Everts Fishing Resort
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Lip Ripper
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I like to personally drive up to the lake check out conditions and make my decision where to fish based on what the lake looks like at that time.
Very good tip that seems easy, but often over looked. I have drive n full circle around the lake before deciding.
Thanks for the report Cal! This year reminds me of the quick water temp drop of a few falls ago.  The lake never recovered IMO and the bite was a little flat after that. The good news here is there is more time for it to recover.
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Lip Ripper (aka Rob Stenger)
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drifter295
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the smaller the better right now.....I'm kinda like Goldilocks right now.....9 is too big.......7 is almost there......5 is just right......you don't need anything else
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Mike W
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Thanks for the report Cal. Sounds like step one towards that bite taking off is working. The water temps are coming down. Now step 2. Giving the fish a little time to adjust to the changes. Hopefully enough time is only a couple of days because we will be there Friday night looking for them. I have a feeling the following weekend things will have set up pretty good by then.
What channel is everyone going to be on this weekend?
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Mike Westman - www.HomeTownplumbing.net
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JakeH
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What channel is everyone going to be on this weekend?
No channel for me, but you got my mumber if ya find em Mike. I will be up all weekend.
Thanks for the update Calvin.
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Jon Jordan
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I'll be on channel 651-343-9318 
-J.
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Chris Tuckner
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JJ, I'll call ya from the squirrel stand.
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big G
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Stop in for a coldie JJ, well be there 
big G
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Jack Naylor
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Thanks for the report Calvin,
Good luck this weekend.
Jack
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Bigfife
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I'm looking forward to some reports. I might have to make a Sunday night trip. 
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Just call me Dr. Walleye...lol
Team Fife Fishing
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Mille Lacs Trolling Report
