I've fished it once about 10yrs ago Ice fishing from fishermans wharf....caught one perch in 3 days......Go figure lol.
I was thinking about trying the lake once again with my wheel house..but it looks to be shut down. I had just talked to a guy from the Mille lacs area last winter at upper red, and he said the lake was great and it was the best he'd had for large fish ever on the lake. So I thought about trying it.
I did did some reading and seen quite a few different views on the issue with the lake. The one I found most compelling and seemed to make the most sense after reading and looking at data was the view of a walleye population being mismanaged with slots, allowing for way to many large fish that have basicly eaten themselves out of food with the baitfish they prey on. Which in turn turned them into predators of their own young walleye. Hence the collapse of the walleye is starting. I also read that the baitfish is extremely low & since the shortage of forage the walleye are skinny. I've also read the limited forage caused the fishing to actually be pretty good since the walleye are all hunting for such limited food sources and feeding on what they can find.
It will be interesting to see what this next consultant comes up with from the data....sounds like he worked with Lake Erie on the walleye.
