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Well waited all year to go to Banks with my buddy and my kid. Got over there on Thursday morning and launched and got blasted by 6 foot waves all morning. The bilge pump broke and had to head in to get a new one. The next day Friday we headed back out and caught about 15 walleye and about 45 smallmouth and my son caught a monster perch. On Saturday we headed out on the lake and came around the north side of Steamboat rock and I spun my hub on my motor managed to get a couple hours of fishing in and caught about 20 more smallmouth and a walleye. It only took about an hour getting back to the boat launch at 3 miles per hour and the motor making some good noises all the way back. Good fishing bad luck and had to cut the trip short. So I think I am going to have to stick to lakes for the rest of the year where I can get away with using my trolling motor. Hope you all have better luck than me the rest of the year.

Anonymous

8/24/2008 3:55:00 PM

nice smallie!!!looks like you had fun!!!!

fishingboy

8/24/2008 4:57:00 PM

how do you sumbit a report? Like you did for Banks lake

Mike Carey

8/24/2008 8:27:00 PM

Top menu links, Reports - "Submit Report", just follow the form and hit send.

Keith

8/24/2008 8:48:00 PM

Yeah we were having alot of fun until I spun the hub on my motor.

chad s.

8/24/2008 9:15:00 PM

how deep and what tactics worked for your bigger fish?
Good Report and Good catchin

Keith

8/25/2008 5:11:00 AM

Drop shot 15 to 30 feet off shore away from rocks.

Fishin Musician

8/25/2008 8:49:00 AM

Nice! Take away the boat problems and it sounds like a great time. My brother and I fished the south end of Banks Saturday and Sunday morning. Caught walleye both days, but they were small. 1 keeper for every 10 in the boat both days. We each had one incidental smallmouth that hit our worm harness. Mine was about 5 lbs. They are fun fish. Nice weather though, Sunday the lake was smooth as glass most of the morning.

lemagoat

8/25/2008 5:10:00 PM

Other then the boat probs sounds like a great couple days, 45 sm, now that's a day, you should have been tired, did you keep any of the walleye? I kept a couple when i got some at camas and man they we sme of the best eating fish i've ever ate! where is the pic of the huge perch? would love to get into some of those, got anywhere you could take me? we are gonna rent a house boat on lake rosvlt. next summer.

Keith

8/25/2008 6:48:00 PM

We only caught one walleye that was over 16 inches so I threw it back. I can't really figure out the perch on that lake I have seen huge ones come out of there but have never been able to locate more than a couple a trip. But I have the smallies figured out and believe it or not that was a slow trip. I never really got tired but have some nice bruises on my arm from setting the hook so much. Lemagoat American has some huge perch in it that day a couple weeks ago the kid and I were out there we caught 15 all over 13 inches.

lemagoat

8/25/2008 7:11:00 PM

yeah I was in american drop shotting for sm and did catch a few perch I dont have a big enough boat for there.

lemagoat

8/25/2008 8:06:00 PM

yeah I was in american drop shotting for sm and did catch a few perch I dont have a big enough boat for there.

Keith

8/25/2008 8:40:00 PM

When I get my boat fixed we can meet at American and take mine out.

lemagoat

8/25/2008 8:48:00 PM

yeah I was in american drop shotting for sm and did catch a few perch I dont have a big enough boat for there.

lemagoat

8/25/2008 8:54:00 PM

what the heck happened? I didnt post 3 times, anyway keith yeah that would be cool. just let me know.

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