I am going on a fishing trip next month

[it'sHuskers4me]

I am heading to Mille Lacs Lake in Minnesota with 4 friends. We are getting a free place to stay for the week thanks to a gracious host and will get to fish some other surrounding lakes as well. I might post some pics if (a) I can land some fish and (b) I figure out how to post them here. Is anyone else planning a fishing trip this year?

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

I am heading to Mille Lacs Lake in Minnesota with 4 friends. We are getting a free place to stay for the week thanks to a gracious host and will get to fish some other surrounding lakes as well. I might post some pics if (a) I can land some fish and (b) I figure out how to post them here. Is anyone else planning a fishing trip this year?

Oh yea. Going to get offshore and do some fishing for mahi and kings and cobia this spring and summer. Got another trip planned for a weekend up at Lake Murray for stripers in July. Then going to do some catfishing on Lake Marion for a week in July too.

I'm fortunate enough to live near so many bodies of water that I get to go fishing pretty much anytime I want. I'm about 45 minutes - 1 hour from many saltwater rivers and the Charleston harbor. I'm 10 minutes from my brother's place which is on a 45-50 acre lake. My mom lives on a freshwater river about 15 minutes away. My dad lives up on Lake Murray (55,000 acres), that's about a 2 hour ride. Santee-Cooper lakes (Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie - 110,000 acres combined) are about 45 minutes - 1 hour away. And then there are about 3 or 4 other lakes within a 3-4 hour drive. Life is good!

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

What kind of fishing do ya'll do up there? Musky and Walleye mostly? How do they eat? Are they good?

 

[H2S]

What kind of fishing do ya'll do up there? Musky and Walleye mostly? How do they eat? Are they good?

Walleye, am assuming...
morning noon night.
Lake is 320sq miles @ average depth of 40'?...
walleye heaven!
(walleye is the Perfect Fish - fun to catch, easy to clean, few bones, taste sets the standard of deliciousity)

this, from the MN DNR, however, was somewhat disconcerting:

This lake has special fishing regulations that differ from statewide or border water regulations for those species identified below and take precedence. Unless otherwise mentioned all general regulations, seasons, limits, possession, transportation and border water regulations apply.

Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass: Bass season opens and closes with the walleye season. Combined possession limit is six, with only one Smallmouth Bass over 18".

• Northern Pike: Possession limit is ten, except only one may be over 30". However, two northern pike less than 30" taken that same day must be in immediate possession before harvesting one 30" or greater. The angling season for northern pike extends through the last Sunday in March.
• Tullibee (Cisco): Possession limit ten.
• Walleye: All less than 19.0" or greater than 21.0" must be immediately released, except one 28.0" or greater is allowed in possession. Possession limit one.
• Night Closure for the period beginning at 10 p.m. on May 11 and ending at 12:01 a.m. on December 1, the following restrictions apply: From May 11 to June 7, no one may fish for any species or possess fishing gear on the lake from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. From June 8 to December 1, fishing equipment may be in possession, but may not be used to fish except (a) while muskellunge angling, muskellunge may be targeted with artificial lures longer than 8" or sucker minnows longer that 8", no possession of tackle or bait not specifically used for muskellunge, no possession or targeting of species other than muskellunge, or (b) while bowfishing for rough fish, no possession of angling equipment, and only rough fish may be in possession

wtf? one? uno? you kiddn me? bullfucknshittothat!

 

[jonvi]

wtf? one? uno? you kiddn me? bullfucknshittothat!

That's why shore lunches are popular. I stretch my shore lunches into Breakfast, Brunch, Elevenzies, Btween Games, dinner and desert.

But yes....only one for the cooler.

 

[Skerpokes]

We are going on a trip to Sutherland Reservoir out by North Platte later this spring. Gonna do some camping and lots of fishing. Bass, crappie, walleye and catfish at night hopefully.

 

[H2S]

But yes....only one for the cooler.

sorry, but that just sucks massive ass.
I'm spoiled silly.
walleye/perch/muskie heaven, actually, is our Michigan house's back yard (St. Clair River/Lake St. Clair) - eye limit is 6/day, year-round.
General Hook & Line Regulations | Michigan Fishing Guide | eRegulations.com

 

[Skerpokes]

Heading out tomorrow morning for weekend fishing trip in Western Nebraska. All I have packed is my fishing gear, toilet paper, cheap beer and a bottle of Jim Beam. Let's do this.

 

[DHoey]

I fish a lot. In May I take a trip on the ocean for bottomfish, in July I fish sockeye on the Columbia, in September I try and fish steelhead on the Snake, on Thanksgiving weekend I fish with my dad for silvers on the Skookumchuk, Christmas weekend we fish the cowlitz for steelhead, and then jan-march i make a couple trips for trout on Lake Roosevelt. Sprinkle in a few other trips for trout and bass, and a spring chinook weekend in May and that's about it.