Lake Minnetonka

[FlippinBass]

I know most of you always fish the river, but I would like to share some info about Tonka if any of you are int he area. I recently went out there and found that there are some good fish shallow and we found some good numbers in the 10 ft range with scattered coontail. I was throwing a rebel A crank that was red, and we would rip it out of the taller grass and receive some good reaction bites. IF you are a deep water fisherman, look for the coontail to go as deep as 25 ft. and fish it with a taco jighead and a straight tailed Zoom Finesse worm. Good luck fishing.

[adloos]

Hey Flippinbass,
Thanks for the switch up,,, Tonka is a blast to fish and thanks for the update. I am not sure what a taco jighead is? You will have to fill us river guys in on what that is. Did ya get any big pigs on Tonka, that lake is loaded with them.

[eyecatcher]

hey flippinbass,
have you been catching any smallies on the lake? Havent been up there in a while, but last time was a blast. You should really take up walleye fishing up there though..... :D

[FlippinBass]

Last year I was fishing a rockpile in about 12-15 feet of water for bass with a big red Storm Mag wart. I caught one eye that was 27 inches and I was just amazed, While I was unhooking him I drifted off the spot. When I got back to the exact angle I caught another one that was 28.5. I have never encountered something like that, probably because I never fish for them. But I will say, loading up a cranking rod on those two was so much fun. For Smallmouth, I usually don't see for another two-three weeks. However last month I was prefishing for a tournament I was catching a bunch of smaller ones on docks on the West side of the lake. There are huge ones out there, I just think they suspend over such deep water that they're really hard to catch during the summer.

Good Fishing!

[FlippinBass]

HEy ADLOOS,
I dont know where to exactly get them, I was given them not to long ago but I can find out. After using them a couple of times I truly beleive they might be one of the best jigworming jigs there is. I know they are very popular down south for spots.