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Devils Lake (Overview) - Tuesday, June 14, 2011

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Going up to Devils Lake Thursday through Sunday - hopefully the weather will cooperate. Any idea why Ed's hasn't updated since May? Is the fishing really that bad? I will post a report Monday on the action. We are staying at Westbay Resort so access should not be too big of an issue.
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RegisteredUser

Joined: 01/08/2003
Location: ND, USA
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by on 06/14/2011 3:55 PM | Reply #1 "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
Reports are hard to come by right now because nothing is the same day-to-day. There is no real consistant bite going on. One day there here, next day there not. Really friggin annoying!!! LOL

I have seen fishing coming out of 20 FOW and out of 3 FOW. Tactics are the same, cranks one day as they are active, slips the next because they are so lathargic.

Base your fishing off of water temp, that is what we are doing right now. Look for water 65 degrees and warmer and start there. East end of the lake has put up the higher temps right now.

Wish I had more to offer but we hit the same 10-12 spots everyday and each day it is different.
 

Good Luck and Good Fishin'

Eric T



RegisteredUser

Joined: 04/29/2009
Location: MN, USA
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by on 06/15/2011 07:45 AM | Reply #2 "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
BC,

I would advise to keep an eye on the wind. Water temps and weather are manageable but high winds turn a good day of dry fishng into a soaking wet.

Walnut may have the key for why reports are scatter. Nothing are consistant as weather/wind changes daily. You may catch boat loads fish from a particular spot one day and close to nothing the next. 

With the high water, the approach that worked for us this past weekend was to select a series of locations to hit and cycles around those location. I have noticed that fish will moving in and out through out the day, no one particular spot is the honey hole. The more spots/areas you cover, the better your odds of catching fish.

From those that we cleaned, these fish have nothing inside of them other than a few small (wild??) leech and shrimps.

RegisteredUser

Joined: 01/08/2003
Location: ND, USA
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by on 06/15/2011 08:09 AM | Reply #3 "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
Staying at West Bay???? Enjoy the ramp, there were quite a few of us that spent a VERY long day welding and putting that thing back together and in the water so everyone could use it, better not wreck it!!!! LOL J/K
 

Good Luck and Good Fishin'

Eric T


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