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Fall walleye jig-pitching tips. 🎯
Rigging big minnows + slinging Jigging Raps = gets all the glory in fall 'cuz it's THE ultimate 1-2 punch...but there's a 3rd uppercut you need to have in your fall walleye fishing rotation:
Proof bass will eat ANYTHING.
I follow this dude on Instagram whose name is Kamden Glade, a grad student at Bemidji State University who's studying fish diets in MN...or as he likes to call it: #fishpuke hahaha. Check out this pic and caption he posted yesterday about a largie that had a rather interesting appetite:

> Kamden: "We've seen lots of interesting diets throughout this project, ranging from common (fish and bugs) to unique (small mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles). However, this has to be the weirdest yet! The largemouth bass that gave this sample went through the buffet line and got a fish (tadpole madtom), a small snapping turtle, and a DANG CHICKEN LEG. Just when you think you have fish figured out, they go and do stuff like this. Just another reason that I absolutely love my job!"
Quite the combo! But who am I to tell Mr. Bass that those foods don't go together...? I can think of a few other combos I'd run from, but others will tell you are the deal!

  • Apple pie and cheddar cheese (sorry dad! πŸ˜‚)
  • Peanut butter and mayo sandwich
  • White rice and ketchup
  • Pizza and bananas
  • Chocolate and avocado

These people ^ walk among us hahahaha!
I'll take "Creepy things at public boat ramps" for $500, Alex.
Had a tough day on the water the other day...knew I should've just turned around when I saw THIS on the dock:
And no I didn't pick it up...I've seen how that movie ends.
Got me thinking....
What's your biggest fishing superstition? πŸ€”
Good or bad, something you HAVE to do or something that's not allowed in your boat....
I'll go first:

The first cast curse! I think it's bad luck to catch a fish on your first cast of the day. First cast at a new spot? Sure! But definitely not on the first of the day or it's all downhill from there. πŸ˜‚πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

Drop a comment on our Facebook or Instagram pages and please keep it PG at most. We're working on a little something for an upcoming Target Walleye email....
More tan lines you've gotta earn.
Q: How many days per year does guide Brad Durick spend on the water?

A: All of them...
Impressive! Somebody please buy Brad this sticker for his boat:
I've got some pretty solid Birkenstock lines running...but not sure I can convince myself to have a picture of my feet available on the interwebz lol. Maybe one day.
News
Hate to hear it. πŸ˜”πŸ™ Prayers to the family.


Great dude [!] and obviously a walleye fishing hammer. That link ^ is a video recap from right after the championship. And here's a few quotes from the NWT's Insider Report:

> Drake: "First and foremost I want to thank my wife for letting me go chase my dreams. Coming into this tournament, I honestly didn't know if it was possible. But I love this lake. I'm just ecstatic – it's an awesome feeling.

> "I've looked up to these guys for years. To finally give it back to them feels awesome. With 4 top 10s this year I can't complain one bit. It's been an awesome experience. I couldn't be happier."

Found out that winning AOY also means Drake "receives paid entry into each of the 4 qualifying events of 2022 season." Pretty cool. πŸ‘Š Big congrats, bud!
> "...concentrated on locating specific fish, using Lowrance's Active Target, moving slowly as to not spook them out of the shallow, clear water of Cass Lake. A simple jig/minnow combo pitched at each fish seen on the electronics produced enough to secure the win. It wasn't a numbers game the duo played, it was more so a methodical execution of each move, knowing they didn't need many bites, but only a few of the right ones."

Huge props, fellas!


Lake City, MN.


On Gull Lake. Sounds like they've got 114 teams signed-up and swinging for the fences trying to claim the 1st-place payday of $15K. Good luck, all!


Grayrocks, Hawk Springs and Wheatland reservoirs. The walleye were raised in outdoor ponds at the Garrison National Fish Hatchery in ND...so you know they're gonna grow fast and be catchable on artificials up shallow all year long lol.


...legal-sized walleye (>15") than Kittanning and Templeton pools.


More stocking is always a good thing πŸ‘Š but I had a tough time focusing on the info in that write-up 'cuz the dude who wrote it called 'em "walleye fish" and also said they're "known for their dark eyes" lol.


Some sort of a prototype crankbait that can even catch 'em out of a barn lol:

Since Rapp is under 500 acres, the DNR doesn't stock it so:

> In the spring, the county's conservation dept asked the public for donations to purchase walleye from the state hatchery to establish a population at the lake north of Shenandoah. Conservation director John Schwab says the county will spend $1,512 to purchase 550 walleye between 6-8" long.



Shoal Lake.


Well deserved!
Headline of the Day

Talking about McKeever Dahlberg who had mathematically ruled himself out of the race...but then found out his algebrateria (lol) was off and he had actually won NWT's Co-Angler of the Year. Congrats dude!
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Tip of the Day

Whether you're wrapping up your open-water season now, or in 2 months when some folks are walking on water, these are some useful tips from from Wired2Fish's Ryan Dechaine:
Quote of the Day
"...a decades-long argument between walleye and bass anglers, a state with a Great Lake and 60,000 miles of rivers and streams still doesn't claim a state fish."

- From this write-up talking how OH is just 1 of 3 states (IN and IA are the others) that don't have a state fish. They have a state gemstone, fossil, prehistoric monument, you name it...BUT lawmakers can't agree on which fish to name the state fish LOL.

Here's some actual leaked footage from the last time they tried to debate on it:
Today's 'Eye Candy
How about "Walleye Will" Pappenfus getting his Leech Lake chubbin' on?! Posted on @2b.fishing's IG. Looks cold but for sure worth it!
Dude is ALWAYS on 'em.
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