Brings back fond memories 😊. We were lake-front cottage owners at Grandview Beach on Last Mountain Lake (aka “Long Lake”) from 1980 to 2005 and had the good fortune to be able to fish this beautiful body of water daily from May to September every year. We definitely got to know the hotspots on the lake for Walleye, Perch, and Pike. Our favourite and most successful way of catching walleye was with bottom bouncers that we made ourselves!! I actually caught an 11 pound beast right in front of our pier while in my little paddle boat - a memorable experience that will never be forgotten ❤ Forgot to add: we always practiced “catch and release” and removed the barbs from all of our hooks. Unfortunately the 11 pounder did not survive the 30+ minute battle (it was actually dragging our paddle boat around!!). We did everything we knew of (short of mouth to gill resuscitation 🤪 and CPR) to revive the beauty. It has been mounted on my garage wall (with the tiny hook still visible in its lip) since 2005. … a true tale👍
Fun video, Jason!. Although I won't drive the 575 miles from my home to LML, your tips are really helpful. Especially liked the run down you gave from about 5:16 to 8:18 - really helpful! You do this in almost all of your videos and I really learn a lot from those. Thanks!
We did the best with crawlers that particular day but it was a pretty severe cold front where we really had to slow down. Most days I think the Eye Candy or Gulp would probably work better than crawlers.
When you're releasing fish caught from 25-30' and deeper, do they experience little to no baro trauma when released fairly quickly? I know there subjected to that trauma when there caught and kept and put in a livewell from those depths. Just wondering if those fish recover well?
From our experiences, when we catch fish deeper than about 33 feet, fish like walleye, panfish and bass almost always show signs of barotrauma. At times, we do see barotrauma in fish from 25 feet but that specific depth seems to move or change. My theory is that when fish spend time deeper like forty or fifty feet and than move up and get caught at 25 feet, that is a when we see that barotrauma in shallow fish. I can remember one specific fish that had barotrauma from fifteen feet. Usually but not always we seem to be safe out to about thirty feet and past thirty feet is usually pretty consistent for barotrauma. If I am fishing and seeing signs of barotrauma, I simply quit fishing the spot unless I am in a catch, kill and keep situation. They seem to have the same affect when you release them quickly and can’t see a big difference when reeling fish up slow. Also skeptical of fizzing as when eyes are bulging out of head, that is serious brain trauma which fizzing does nothing for.
Gripping the gill plates of bigger walleye, pike and musky is the safest way to grip these fish where you have control and don’t drop them while not hurting the fish. If you grip the gill plate, your fingers are not touching the gills with these particular fish. This way you don’t drop the fish in the boat. There is a lot of bad info about how to hold fish that comes from the trout world where you correctly shouldn’t hold smaller trout by the gill plate if you plan to release. You can thus immobilize and hold a trout by gripping the base of the tail. Different fish however call for different methods of handling. Many of the recommendations for handling trout don’t work for other fish and vice versa.
That handsome fella in the thumbnail is the incomparable Rob Schulz of G&S Marina Outfits!
Brings back fond memories 😊. We were lake-front cottage owners at Grandview Beach on Last Mountain Lake (aka “Long Lake”) from 1980 to 2005 and had the good fortune to be able to fish this beautiful body of water daily from May to September every year. We definitely got to know the hotspots on the lake for Walleye, Perch, and Pike. Our favourite and most successful way of catching walleye was with bottom bouncers that we made ourselves!! I actually caught an 11 pound beast right in front of our pier while in my little paddle boat - a memorable experience that will never be forgotten ❤
Forgot to add: we always practiced “catch and release” and removed the barbs from all of our hooks. Unfortunately the 11 pounder did not survive the 30+ minute battle (it was actually dragging our paddle boat around!!). We did everything we knew of (short of mouth to gill resuscitation 🤪 and CPR) to revive the beauty. It has been mounted on my garage wall (with the tiny hook still visible in its lip) since 2005. … a true tale👍
Thanks for sharing! A special lake for sure.
No boats out there. Welcome to Canada. We are blessed.
Glad to see you at LML Jason! Ice fishing can be awesome on this lake too. Lots of big Walleyes, Pike and Burbot.
Yes we will be back
Fun video, Jason!. Although I won't drive the 575 miles from my home to LML, your tips are really helpful. Especially liked the run down you gave from about 5:16 to 8:18 - really helpful! You do this in almost all of your videos and I really learn a lot from those. Thanks!
Great show Rob!
Man, I need to get over to Last Mountain one of these days!
Truly awesome fishing!
Nice video. I like last mountain lake. There are so many big walleyes.
Have got to try that Lake!
@@robertmaloney567 truly a phenomenal drive to walleye fishery.
Awesome Vid buddy keep ‘em coming
We appreciate you watching!
@@JasonMitchellOutdoors always buddy never miss it!!
enjoyed and they were nice walleye
Lk13...good fishing brother
Got any lake August walleye fishing tips for Devils Lake eastbay area??
Nice video
Did you guys try any imitation crawlers?... Eye candy ect..
We did the best with crawlers that particular day but it was a pretty severe cold front where we really had to slow down. Most days I think the Eye Candy or Gulp would probably work better than crawlers.
When you're releasing fish caught from 25-30' and deeper, do they experience little to no baro trauma when released fairly quickly? I know there subjected to that trauma when there caught and kept and put in a livewell from those depths. Just wondering if those fish recover well?
From our experiences, when we catch fish deeper than about 33 feet, fish like walleye, panfish and bass almost always show signs of barotrauma. At times, we do see barotrauma in fish from 25 feet but that specific depth seems to move or change. My theory is that when fish spend time deeper like forty or fifty feet and than move up and get caught at 25 feet, that is a when we see that barotrauma in shallow fish. I can remember one specific fish that had barotrauma from fifteen feet. Usually but not always we seem to be safe out to about thirty feet and past thirty feet is usually pretty consistent for barotrauma. If I am fishing and seeing signs of barotrauma, I simply quit fishing the spot unless I am in a catch, kill and keep situation. They seem to have the same affect when you release them quickly and can’t see a big difference when reeling fish up slow. Also skeptical of fizzing as when eyes are bulging out of head, that is serious brain trauma which fizzing does nothing for.
Why did you grab it by the gills, especially if you planned to release.
Gripping the gill plates of bigger walleye, pike and musky is the safest way to grip these fish where you have control and don’t drop them while not hurting the fish. If you grip the gill plate, your fingers are not touching the gills with these particular fish. This way you don’t drop the fish in the boat. There is a lot of bad info about how to hold fish that comes from the trout world where you correctly shouldn’t hold smaller trout by the gill plate if you plan to release. You can thus immobilize and hold a trout by gripping the base of the tail. Different fish however call for different methods of handling. Many of the recommendations for handling trout don’t work for other fish and vice versa.
is he driving backwards?
Back trolling… great way to control the boat and speed in strong winds.
Nice