Sounds like you guys got it going on. Those are quality fish. Is there anything more fun than staying in a fish camp with some buddies and walking down to the boat in the morning? And then getting to do it all over again the next day.....and the day after that! Lotta fun :)

I've got a few things you might try. We used to go to lake Minnitaki and stay at a fish camp every year in August. That is up near Sioux Lookout not to awful far from Red Lake.

Anyway, while our canadian counterparts were inching along backtrolling with lindy rigs we were speed trolling and absolutely whackin the big walleyes. I'm talkin between 6 and 8lbs. At the end of the day there were people waiting at the dock to see what we had caught. I'm not talking just going quick I'm talkin throwin a big wake. Our boat would be about 3/4 wide open, throwing a big wake and sitting in the water at a 45 degree angle with our rods bent over really tight. We used deep diving bombers (shaped like long "A"s) with the big lip in the rainbow trout finish. They were pretty big. Put the bombers in your wake and watch them. When you reach the point where they want to wash out and then snap back in place for a few seconds you have the right speed. They are a searching, erratic kind of lure under high speed and don't track true. We often would not relate to any structure but rather would blast right down the middle of the lake. We typically would try and stay in 40 ft but I bet the lures were probably only down 20.

There is tremendous strain on the rods and line when you do this so make sure the drag is set very lightly. I will never forget when one of the Canadians came up to us one day back at camp and in a halting stuttering sort of way asked us if we were trolling. It was obvious disbelief. Of course our results spoke for themselves and I was always puzzled why nobody else imitated our success.

Now I don't know how that would work in stained water. Minnitaki is clear. That just occurred to me. :P

When those ciscos are up high have you ever run in line boards to get your lures out away from the boat? I bet a yellow bird would be light and compact enough to take. Tis a thought. I bet that motor is pushing them off to the side when they are up top.

BTW thanks for the info. Not sure what to expect up there. [smiley=dankk2.gif]