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Species
Walleye
Season
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Live Bait Rigs
Structure
Ledges
Species
Walleye
Season
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Spoons
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Species
Walleye
Season
Summer
Technique
Trolling 0-9'
Structure
Ledges
Trolling with #5 “frosted” shad rap 8-9ft off the break line
Charlie Janezich
Bronze Ambassador
2/24/24
Species
Walleye
Season
Winter
Technique
Ice Fishing Spoons
Structure
Baitfish
Water Temperature
32°
Species
Walleye
Season
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Perch
Deep flats in the early morning was the best time to get bit by walleye. Jumbo perch would hit periodically throughout the day.
Species
Walleye
Season
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Spoons
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
35°
First time getting out to Red Lake late ice. Had a tun of fun and caught my limit fairly quickly. Caught my fish in around 14ft of water. There was about 25in of ice when I went out. Fish were still very aggressive which surprised me as it is late ice. Caught my fish on a Clam Leech Flutter Spoon and a Clam Tikka Minnow(3/16oz). Work the baits aggressively as that what they seemed to like. I also caught a 22in walleye on an I Fish Pro which was cool cause you don't catch a lot of walleye 20+ inches on Red Lake.
Species
Walleye
Season
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Tip-Ups
Structure
Reef
Was on red for 5 days. Hopped around on reefs and leadges. Caught 5walleye 4 pike, 3 golden eye, 1 crappie, couple perch (pink glass eye or white hook... any flavor of minnow) hot time 330 to 8pm. Occasionally at 8am
Species
Walleye
Season
Ice
Technique
Vertical Jigging 10-19'
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
34°
Fishing wasn't too bad on Red lake. Fish moved a lot and we marked a lot of them but they did not want any jigging or sudden movements. The best way to fish these walleyes and perch was to deadstick a fathead minnow on a the smallest tungsten or plain hook you have in your tackle. You can hook it through the mouth, tail, or dorsal, they all produced equally from what I seen. Leaving it at multiple depths from 1ft, 2ft, and 3ft off the bottom. Most of the fish bite at 1ft off the bottom.