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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: Ripper on June 22, 2015, 07:13:12 AM

Title: Fun at Banks Lake
Post by: Ripper on June 22, 2015, 07:13:12 AM: We spent 5 days at Banks last weekend and had a blast. We caught well over 100 walleye between the 3 of us and got a few keepers along the way. 23" was our biggest eye. A few small moth were caught and released also. The walleye and a bunch of good sized perch were caught while trollinfg smile blades in chrome or green with regular hook set ups or slow death hooks. Crawlers or gulp worms both caught fish. 1.0-1.4 mph in 12-28 feet was the ticket.
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Post by: MLBowhunting on June 22, 2015, 07:15:27 AM: :tup:
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on June 22, 2015, 09:04:15 AM: Real nice report! :tup:
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Post by: Bill W on June 22, 2015, 09:19:39 AM: Two thumbs up. Sounds like you had them dialed in.
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Post by: LabChamp on June 22, 2015, 10:23:14 AM: It's been awesome fishing over there. Well done
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Post by: Curly on June 22, 2015, 02:26:20 PM: 8) Good job :tup:

What did you catch the largemouth on?
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Post by: C-Money on June 22, 2015, 05:07:40 PM: Very Nice!!
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Post by: MtnMuley on June 22, 2015, 05:14:01 PM: Quote from: Curly on June 22, 2015, 02:26:20 PM
8) Good job :tup:

What did you catch the largemouth on?

Largemouth? ............. ;)
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Post by: Curly on June 22, 2015, 05:17:45 PM: Quote from: MtnMuley on June 22, 2015, 05:14:01 PM
Quote from: Curly on June 22, 2015, 02:26:20 PM
8) Good job :tup:

What did you catch the largemouth on?

Largemouth? ............. ;)
Looks like a LM on my phone. Maybe I need to look at it on my computer.
Title: Re: Fun at Banks Lake
Post by: lokidog on June 23, 2015, 11:59:53 PM: One of my favorite lakes, and it's been over five years since I've been over there. Why throw back the smallies though? They taste good to me. :dunno:
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Post by: Ripper on June 26, 2015, 01:36:57 PM: Our biggest smallmouth was caught while trolling the smile blades for walleye. Others were caught on DC-13 cranks and senko's.
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Post by: Russ McDonald on June 26, 2015, 01:47:22 PM: Can't wait for 7/23. Guided fishing trip I got in a live auction. Nice fish BTW. I would keep the smallies for sure good eating but nothing beats walleye :drool:
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Post by: Ripper on June 29, 2015, 01:36:27 PM: Cool Russ, is it over at Banks? If so I'll have to pick your brain afterwards for spots and idea's.
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Post by: Russ McDonald on June 29, 2015, 01:40:44 PM: Quote from: Ripper on June 29, 2015, 01:36:27 PM
Cool Russ, is it over at Banks? If so I'll have to pick your brain afterwards for spots and idea's.
Yup Banks. Skillet is the good one to pick his brain. I got a map he marked all up for me too but I will share for sure.
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Post by: Ripper on June 29, 2015, 01:41:56 PM: I've talked to skillet a lot, cool dude, full of good info.
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Post by: Russ McDonald on June 29, 2015, 02:09:42 PM: Quote from: Ripper on June 29, 2015, 01:41:56 PM
I've talked to skillet a lot, cool dude, full of good info.
:yeah: :tup:
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Post by: zike on June 29, 2015, 07:58:52 PM: Great fishing at Banks lake, in 3 days we caught 165 walleyes and a few were keepers. Five to be exact and the biggest was 16 1/2. The mosquitoes were biting good too. We then went to Roosevelt and the fishing was not so good. The water temp was 83 degrees on Sunday.
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Post by: Ripper on June 30, 2015, 05:48:18 AM: Oh man, the skeeters were relentless. I only fished one evening, the rest of the time was mornings and days only.
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Post by: bearhunter99 on June 30, 2015, 06:48:37 AM: Good looking fish!
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Post by: lokidog on June 30, 2015, 02:52:10 PM: Quote from: zike on June 29, 2015, 07:58:52 PM
Great fishing at Banks lake, in 3 days we caught 165 walleyes and a few were keepers. Five to be exact and the biggest was 16 1/2. The mosquitoes were biting good too. We then went to Roosevelt and the fishing was not so good. The water temp was 83 degrees on Sunday.

Wow! That's a lot of fish but the percentage of keepers seems very dismal.
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Post by: Angry Perch on June 30, 2015, 03:05:03 PM: [/quote]

Wow! That's a lot of fish but the percentage of keepers seems very dismal.
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That will all change tomorrow!
Title: Re: Fun at Banks Lake
Post by: zike on June 30, 2015, 06:40:13 PM: Its sad, I had reservations for another 3 days but I decided to bag it. We fished a number of different spots and different depths. We started with smile blades and went to hard blades. I even tried plugs with no luck. We fished all around Steamboat rock and Barker Canyon. Maybe it was better at the south end of the lake.
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Post by: Bill W on July 01, 2015, 09:11:48 AM: The average weight of the fish entered in the May walleye derby was 2.5 lbs. Mind you that these fish were culled for the heaviest bag weight. I think they didn't fish in the small fish areas but skipped around until they found bigger fish.