Post by: 270Flat on July 24, 2018, 06:14:15 PM
Post by: Ridgeratt on July 24, 2018, 06:46:56 PM
Post by: dscubame on July 25, 2018, 08:11:16 AM
Post by: 724wd on July 25, 2018, 08:17:58 AM
Post by: dscubame on July 25, 2018, 08:22:09 AM
man, two weeks ago the water was HIGH!!!! :o not a speck of beach to be seen! :yike: might make a trip back out there if the water is dropping. the kids like to play on the sand.
Did you check out the fire across from Seven Bays when you were there two weeks ago? It was raging good. Early 20's guy started it with fireworks then apparently tried to get out of dodge and was caught at the hawk creek boat launch. Beaches are out your kids will be on the sand. :tup:
Post by: rasbo on July 25, 2018, 08:26:10 AM
Post by: meathunter on July 25, 2018, 09:21:26 AM
It's nice out there now,no smoke knock on wood
Will be there for a few days for some boat in camping. I like to hear what Rasbo is saying 8)
If anybody has any tips on smallies let me know
Post by: rasbo on July 25, 2018, 09:59:05 AM
Post by: meathunter on July 25, 2018, 10:52:10 AM
Post by: dscubame on July 25, 2018, 01:36:42 PM
The water level is still high enough to be your friend however.
With Porcupine Bay road closed and campground inaccessible by vehicle due to landslide I have been thinking that bay would be nice now that there are many less folks there with the closure.
Post by: meathunter on July 25, 2018, 02:16:02 PM
Post by: rasbo on July 25, 2018, 02:21:32 PM
Post by: dscubame on July 25, 2018, 02:26:20 PM
Post by: meathunter on July 25, 2018, 02:54:13 PM
Post by: 270Flat on July 25, 2018, 06:56:44 PM
Post by: rasbo on July 25, 2018, 07:19:25 PM
Post by: Huntin Hounds on August 07, 2018, 11:44:49 AM
Post by: swanny on August 07, 2018, 03:57:21 PM
Heading to Roosevelt tomorrow. Anybody have any tips on trout or walleye from a boat? I would like to get my boys on some fish. Any tips appreciated.What part of the lake are you fishing? It's been all small net pen fish mostly this summer and slower than winter time fishing for sure. We generally troll a fly in pink, orange, or green tipped with power corn with 12-16" of leader going to a silver or gold flasher. Works year round pretty well over there.
Post by: C-Money on August 08, 2018, 06:21:37 AM
Post by: swanny on August 08, 2018, 08:35:11 AM
Had some friends fish last weekend and did ok on rainbows. They said the eagles are getting good at catching the redbands that are tossed back. Also said the yellow jackets are unbelievable. Everyone was stung multiple times, including the dog. Man, It did not sound fun with those evil little things constantly harassing...
Heard the same thing on the bees. My dad said traps are sold out everywhere over there and to be on stand by for picking some up around here.
Post by: bearpaw on August 08, 2018, 08:43:34 AM
Had some friends fish last weekend and did ok on rainbows. They said the eagles are getting good at catching the redbands that are tossed back. Also said the yellow jackets are unbelievable. Everyone was stung multiple times, including the dog. Man, It did not sound fun with those evil little things constantly harassing...
Heard the same thing on the bees. My dad said traps are sold out everywhere over there and to be on stand by for picking some up around here.
Bees are insane this year, we had thousands in our yard, bee traps were all sold out locally, I ordered 6 traps online, we have to empty them every other day! Been many years since I've seen the bees this bad, we are fretting the bear opener and trying to gut and piece out a bear on the mountain!
Post by: Ridgeratt on August 08, 2018, 08:55:09 AM
Says they have 143 as of today. When I dump the yellow jackets I refill the lower unit with Honey ham and its reloaded. The bee guy where I used to work that's all he used in the traps said it worked better than the attractant.
There is this guy as well. Thinking of building this and sitting it in the pasture and walk away. A cheep plastic tote and a soda bottle and some duct tape.
Post by: C-Money on August 10, 2018, 09:11:42 AM
Looks like it is doing some great work though!
Bearpaw, you guys may need to invest in some bee suits for gutting and skinning during early seasons...
Post by: baldopepper on August 10, 2018, 09:33:12 AM
I ordered a bunch of "make your own" off of Amazon. Basically can use any 2 litre plastic bottle and punch the funnel trap into them. Little apple juice, drop of dishwasher soap and teaspoon of wet cat food brings them in like crazy. Much cheaper than the ready made traps and work just fine. I usually put out about a dozen or more when the yellow jackets are bad.Had some friends fish last weekend and did ok on rainbows. They said the eagles are getting good at catching the redbands that are tossed back. Also said the yellow jackets are unbelievable. Everyone was stung multiple times, including the dog. Man, It did not sound fun with those evil little things constantly harassing...
Heard the same thing on the bees. My dad said traps are sold out everywhere over there and to be on stand by for picking some up around here.
Bees are insane this year, we had thousands in our yard, bee traps were all sold out locally, I ordered 6 traps online, we have to empty them every other day! Been many years since I've seen the bees this bad, we are fretting the bear opener and trying to gut and piece out a bear on the mountain!
Post by: bearpaw on August 10, 2018, 10:14:19 AM
I ordered a bunch of "make your own" off of Amazon. Basically can use any 2 litre plastic bottle and punch the funnel trap into them. Little apple juice, drop of dishwasher soap and teaspoon of wet cat food brings them in like crazy. Much cheaper than the ready made traps and work just fine. I usually put out about a dozen or more when the yellow jackets are bad.
@baldopepper
I wondered about those "make your own" but someone said they don't work that well, maybe they didn't use the right bait? I'd sure like to hear how these you just ordered work, and if you have a link to where you bought them? I could use more traps around my place so I don't have to clean them out as often.
Post by: baldopepper on August 10, 2018, 10:33:32 AM
I ordered a bunch of "make your own" off of Amazon. Basically can use any 2 litre plastic bottle and punch the funnel trap into them. Little apple juice, drop of dishwasher soap and teaspoon of wet cat food brings them in like crazy. Much cheaper than the ready made traps and work just fine. I usually put out about a dozen or more when the yellow jackets are bad.
@baldopepper You can find them on Amazon under Wasp Trap funnels. Little more expensive than they used to be but still cheaper than the ready to use traps. I got the bait formula on line some years ago, but basically it's just a mix of apple juice, drop or two of dishwasher soap and about a spoonful of any wet cat food. Exact ratio doesn't seem to be too critical. They work very well just be carful when you make your cuts in the 2 litre bottle to make sure the funnels fit in securely. We've found that if we start putting the traps out very early in the year we catch much larger yellow jackets and suspect it might help keep the numbers down later in the year. Ive been putting them out around the house for a couple of months now and frankly we're not having any real problems at all. (I put out about a dozen bottles but lately have been finding only a few in each trap)
I wondered about those "make your own" but someone said they don't work that well, maybe they didn't use the right bait? I'd sure like to hear how these you just ordered work, and if you have a link to where you bought them? I could use more traps around my place so I don't have to clean them out as often.