Lake Minnetonka

Hit Tonka with the kids yesterday for the opener.  Can't find the bass.  Did anyone have any luck? ​

I have been out three times in the middle of November and caught nothing! I did some trolling in deeper water and saw a number of fish on my Hummingbird but never caught anything. At the end of October I caught a number of Pike in deep water and even more in September.

Another GREAT day of fishing! This is why they call them Bucket Mouths, and they are hitting on EVERYTHING!

Another GREAT day of fishing on Minnetonka! The ​Bass and Northern were hungry, the sky was clear, not much ​wind, and there is ​NO reason to go up north to see the colors!

A couple of showers and a little bit of mist made for a good day ​of fishing, A good day to leave the wife at home. Not once did I hear "its cold, its raining, its to windy, I want to go home". The colors on the Islands is breath taking!!!!

If we could get a few more months like today, not to hot or to cold, gentle breeze, over cast, and the fish were biting. A Pike hit my orange Styrofoam float and bit threw my 20lb braided, another first for me! I have had them bite threw my braided, but I never had a fish hit my orange foam float before.

Fishing has been good for me so far this Sept. The Jitterbug 2.0 is a blast for a top water bait. It creates a lot of splash and has a great movement if you are just reeling it in. I'm not sure about the hook layout, it seems there is enough hooks, but i had a number of hits that didn't get hooked at all? Over all I will use it a lot in 5' ​of water or less.

Early Morning fishing was good on Cooks, Phelps and Spring Park Bay. I didn't catch anything after about 11AM but I got some good photos by the Island in Spring Park Bay.

Fished the east side of Minnetonka for crappies. Water was 52 degrees on main lake. Found crappies in there usual spots for this time of year, but it was a bit slow on the bite. My new pup did great in the boat so it was a enjoyable evening.