Chassell Bay Extreme Fishing

[sseppanen]

caught 2 huge pike about 25 inches long a great day on the ice

[bigmike7272]

that's not really huge but it's a good thing you got your limit

[huntandfish]

that's not really huge but it's a good thing you got your limit

Thats what she said!

[acrawfor]

Thats what she said!

lol, nice

[green hornet]

what is so extreme about this?

[sseppanen]

Smelt or sucker which is best for portage lake northerns

[bigmike7272]

you got me there huntandfish
i would use suckers the bigger fish go for them

[BiG ARN]

thats like saying....I caught some huge 15" walleye!    sorry i had to type this.   i just couldnt classify a barely legal fish as huge

[Keweenaw Angler]

I take it nobody ever caught a fast-growth before.

[ricksbuddy]

Well - It appears we have some portage cry babies on this chat!  Portage Lake is a wonderful lake with arguabley the best trophy fish opportunities in the UP!  That does not mean that it is easy!  It is a tough lake to fish in open and hard water!  I have spent the better part of 15 years fishing portage lake (chassell bay) and have been rewarded and kicked in the balls.  I have taken walleyes over 30 inches -  pike over 40 - once caught 48 wallyes in the month of December.  With all that being stated!  This year I have managed to ice only four walleyes. 

I remember back in the early 2000's I walked to the humps at least 10 times to fish - not a walleye to be had.

What is the message:  Portage Lake is great and it sucks - you need to put more than a few trips on it the receive the rewards it can produce!

[bigmike7272]

Well - It appears we have some portage cry babies on this chat!  Portage Lake is a wonderful lake with arguabley the best trophy fish opportunities in the UP!  That does not mean that it is easy!  It is a tough lake to fish in open and hard water!  I have spent the better part of 15 years fishing portage lake (chassell bay) and have been rewarded and kicked in the balls.  I have taken walleyes over 30 inches -  pike over 40 - once caught 48 wallyes in the month of December.  With all that being stated!  This year I have managed to ice only four walleyes. 

I remember back in the early 2000's I walked to the humps at least 10 times to fish - not a walleye to be had.

What is the message:  Portage Lake is great and it sucks - you need to put more than a few trips on it the receive the rewards it can produce!

I don't know what you are saying here , I know very well that portage lake is a lake that gives you a great opportunity to catch some trophy sized fish, but portage lake isn't what we are criticizing. we were simply saying that you can't really call fish that are barely legal monsters. i saw no "portage lake cry babies" on this chat

[sseppanen]

monsters in my book mind you it was 7 long hours of fishing

[BiG ARN]

7 long hours of fishing.....you make it sound like a miserable thing.     at least you were out fishing....catching fish is a bonus!   i look at fishing as my form of exercise.             Bigmike  i totally agree with you on your last post!

[sseppanen]

VHS

[mark_steven]

If you caught those huge pike in the tourney you would have placed. Great work on removing the last few pike from the Portage. I think we should all be proud that years of overexploitation is finally paying off. I know I put in my part.

[BiG ARN]

i think theres more people with vhs in there brains...then fish in superior with vhs

[bigmike7272]

i think theres more people with vhs in there brains...then fish in superior with vhs

i concur

[DB Cooper]

I third that!

[aaron21x2]

thats like saying....I caught some huge 15" walleye!    sorry i had to type this.   i just couldnt classify a barely legal fish as huge

I was trying really hard to keep my hands off the keyboard, but it's as if you read my mind and posted it Arn. I was going to give it the benefit of the doubt and say 15 1/2".

[BiG ARN]

great minds think alike  LOL   i think everyone thought that exept the brainiac