Sunday, Terry came up from Bemidji and we spent a few hours working on a deer stand. It’s kind of late with deer season only a week away, but better now than not at all. About four o’clock we put the boat in the river and joined the crowd. There were a lot of fishermen out braving the cool temperatures getting in on some of the last days of fall fishing. It appeared that most were having pretty good success. Most were anchored up, but a few were drift fishing. Those anchored up were out towards the middle of the river, maybe in about 19-21 feet of water. Terry and I fished for less than two hours and caught twelve nice walleyes. We kept our eight and released four that included one 20″. I told Terry that it was a good thing he didn’t catch a big one because I forgot the camera. We both hope that Wally doesn’t get to upset because we were out prefishing some of those deer season walleyes.
Archive for October, 2006
October Walleyes
October 30, 2006November in October
October 26, 2006In November we would expect the weather that we’ve been having in October, rain, snow, wind and cloudy. Certainly not very nice for fishing and bird hunting.
Wednesday, I took advantage of one of the few nice days that we’ve had lately. In the morning, I headed for the forest and walked a couple of my favorite walking trails. I had the woods to myself as I didn’t see another vehicle all day, although I did hear a couple of shots in the distance. I was lucky and got a limit of partridge and was back in town by 3:00 p.m., just in time to visit my mother. I then took the boat, fished the river for a short time before dark and caught three nice walleyes in the 14″-16″ range. It was a good day.
I am hearing more and more good fishing reports with many fish in the 28″ to 30″ range being caught.
Tamarack turned gold and dropping their needles
Fishing in Snow Showers
October 21, 2006If a person didn’t know better you’d think this was November and not October the way the weather has been. Where is that Indian summer?
This is probably the busiest fall weekend for fishermen in the area; the river is a busy place. Fishing reports are mixed with some doing well and others just so-so. Late Thursday afternoon I fished for a couple hours and caught three small walleyes and a sauger. Also released a couple of little saugers and a 25-1/2″ walleye, a nice fish. Friday I fished in the snow showers for an hour and caught two nice walleyes and a sauger.
A 25-1/2″ Walleye, still in the river to be caught another day.Â
Not Great, but OK
October 17, 2006A friend that I grew up with in my younger years, Chuck Koch, was back in Minnesota to visit family and came to Baudette for a couple of days. We managed to fish both days without getting rained on or blown off the river. We fished up river by Hattie’s, anchored up in about 17 feet of water. On Sunday WE caught (Chuck caught most of them) seven nice walleyes in the 14″ to 16-1/2″ range, we just couldn’t get that eighth one. There we a lot of people out fishing, but I don’t think there was much catching being done. On Monday, we kept six walleyes, released a 22″ walleye and a 48″ sturgeon. Fishing wasn’t great, but after the week of weather we just had, maybe it was ok.
Chuck with October Walleye
Arvid with 22″ walleye
Chuck with six nice walleyes
Arvid with 48″ sturgeon
Columbus Day
October 10, 2006Terry came up from Bemidji and after spending half the day working on a deer stand we decided a walk in the woods to look for a partridge would be the best way to spend the afternoon. It was a nice day after a very windy weekend and most of the leaves were off the trees and brush. We were lucky and found some birds. Both of us were tired after a long walk.
Terry with three ruffed grouse
From First to Worst
October 3, 2006The great Green Pepper contest for 2006 is over and a new Queen has been crowned. The weigh-in and coronation party were a lot of fun. We even had a writer from the Grand Forks Herald at the weigh-in and our story and pictures were in the September 23rd edition. Nyla O’Connel blew everybody away with a pepper that weighed 525.08 grams. For me, it’s back to the drawing board. I went from Pepper King two years ago to seventh place this year. That’s almost going from first to worst.
It’s October and the garden season is about done. It was a surprisingly good garden for as hot and dry a summer that we had.
Pepper Queen Nyla and Her Prize Winning 525.08 Gram Pepper
The Potatoe Crop
A Walk In The Woods
October 2, 2006On Sunday, I took a ride down into the forest area and walked a couple of my favorite trails looking for a partridge. That’s what we call a ruffed grouse. It was a breezy day and there is still a lot of leaves on the trees and brush which did not make for ideal bird hunting. I saw four birds and got three of them. The other ran and I never did see it again. All the birds were singles which leads me to think that the coveys have split up.
The fishing reports have not been very good and I can attest to that. Sunday I fished the river for a couple of hours before dark with not much success. I caught one nice 15-16″ walleye, two little saugers, a perch and a 38″ sturgeon. It’s not very good for October 1st.
Early Fall Partridge
