Green Bay Trip 10/22

[196champ]

50 minutes ago, bobby b. said:

Thanks for the info - curious if you duck hunt around here - although I like bass fishing, duck hunting has always been my No. 1 thing - been duck hunting from the Dakotas to Corpus Christie but not the Big Lakes

Bobby - my duck hunting days have really tapered off the last several years, i love to go but access and time have put a damper on that.

I am on the hunt for a deer lease if you know of anything!  Even a small piece for 1 or 2 people would work, its tough going knocking on doors these days.

[bobby b.]

6 hours ago, 196champ said:

hunt for a deer lease

I'm sending you a PM

[curtisce]

Been ther a few times but not this  late. Where did you launch out of foer the smallmouth trip? Late season They say they catch the big ones on big live bait. The tackle store in Strugeon Bay said you had to reserve bait. How did you guys catch them. Toughest part of those trips up north is that you gota plan on losing some days to bad weather. When you go out in layouts are you tucked in behind an island with some wind break or are you out in the open?

[Targa98]

Looks and sounds like an absolute blast!! My yearly fall hunting trip begins next week. Tues, hauling the camper a little north to set up and hang stands. Hunt til noon Fri, then head up to South Daktoa to pheasant hunt for 3 days. Then back down to Mo mon to bow hunt another 4 days. Then back down here Friday in time for sat rifle season opener. Rifle hunt til Monday then back home to the wife and kiddos to grind out another 5 or 6 month of work before our annual Big Bass Tour fishing week outing!

[dtrs5kprs]

Mercy. What a bunch of beautiful brown fish.

[196champ]

4 hours ago, curtisce said:

Been ther a few times but not this  late. Where did you launch out of foer the smallmouth trip? Late season They say they catch the big ones on big live bait. The tackle store in Strugeon Bay said you had to reserve bait. How did you guys catch them. Toughest part of those trips up north is that you gota plan on losing some days to bad weather. When you go out in layouts are you tucked in behind an island with some wind break or are you out in the open?

We launched in Ephriam.

Mainly fished a swim bait and tube but did have a few on suckers.  That bite hadn't really come on just yet as all of our big fish came on artificial.

 

The layout boat hunts are usually out in the bay, protected by nothing as this is where the birds typically are.  Good thing with the layout is it disappears about anywhere with a little chop.