weird day at norway lake

[herbc69]

went to norway today had 17 flags- 8 stolen bait and 5 bait completely tore up im guessing it was brown trout anyone care to give some ideas we did manage one 17 inch salmon

[smeltshack]

Was that your green truck out on the ice i saw this morning by the green shack?
Glad to see you getting some flags. I wanted to fish there this sunday but its gonna have to be next sunday now. Hopefully the fish will co-operate.

[slt]

Must be the moon phase thing they were talking about on the other thread. My buddy and I were fishing a trash pond today for Crappie. 2, crappie , 2 LM bass, 1 pickeral, 1 yellow perch lots of stolen bait, missed flags and ultra light taps on jigs. Never seen it so slow on that piece of water.

[herbc69]

Was that your green truck out on the ice i saw this morning by the green shack?
Glad to see you getting some flags. I wanted to fish there this sunday but its gonna have to be next sunday now. Hopefully the fish will co-operate.

no i was fishing down the lake a ways from all the shacks  would have been nice to have a shack wind was a little much

[boooshka]

Between 3 of us fishing we had 12 flags with the bait just hit. 6 of the were from 6am to 7:15am.

[Webbicefisher]

Hey cant beat 17 flags.  Junk ponds are a good moral booster when the trout and salmon arent biting. 

[Hoppes]

Might try hooking the bait in the lip instead of the dorsal fin.  That many damaged baits I would have.  Not that it would have resulted in more hooksets.  Fish tend to take the bait headfirst.  Bummer to have that many flags without a fish coming through the hole.  Still, chasing flags is better than no flags!
Hoppes

[Backwater_]

Are you fishing with heritage lakers?  If so, you may want to file down the point on the wind guard for your tripper mechanism.  Sometimes the tension that causes can be too much for a light biting fish like a brown, or a fast hitting fish like salmon can be.

[rude the dude]

I would have to say you had a chub messing with you. They will Mash your bait

[nitro04106]

possible small brookies, went out last week had 30 flags , 17 brookies, and plenty of empty hooks and no flags, and some mangled bait with no flags only other fish in pond is bass and picks.......small brookies are awesome at stripping minnows off no matter where you hook em........

[skidooguy]

i was not on norway, but you are not the only one who had a day like that today. i had a lot of flags that had let out four or five inches of line. and my bait was getting mangled too. though i never so much as felt a fish. thats strange.

[wickedgoodatv]

crayfish

[pfd168]

Could have been anything...check what you are using for hooks I use Daiichi they Work!

[rude the dude]

chubs 8)

[herbc69]

Are you fishing with heritage lakers?  If so, you may want to file down the point on the wind guard for your tripper mechanism.  Sometimes the tension that causes can be too much for a light biting fish like a brown, or a fast hitting fish like salmon can be.

no i have jack traps

[boooshka]

Hey cant beat 17 flags.  Junk ponds are a good moral booster when the trout and salmon arent biting. 

No junk fishing. Browns and Salmon.

[ricsess]

i might try norway tommorrow    not sure yet