I am truly serious here. How big is TOO BIG?? I don't think we know!

As many of you may know I recently took a trip to Lake Winnipeg with my friend Kirk. We went on an exploratory trip to the big windy to discover the ins and outs of do-it-yourself greenback fishing!

Blackwater Cat Outfitters are certainly the way to go. But they were booked. 

After spending a few days up there there's no doubt a guide is the way to go but it doesn't always work out. We rented a SnoBear from Matt and Icebound Excursions. He was awesome and it worked great.

We hit the ice, made our way to the suggested waypoint, set the snow bear on the ice and started fishing.  We started to mark fish right away  But they were super finicky. It took a silver Kastmaster with a single red hook to finally catch a few walleye.

I spent a fair amount of time studying the mega live. Watching how fish would react to a certain cadence and aggressive jigging. most didn't care for it at all. I did use my new Macro Beaded Snell on a dead stick and it worked. The fish disappeared until Kirk started rattling and making noise just to draw them in and it seemed to work. The traditional Lake Winnipeg stuff didn't work but a great big four and a half inch Little Doctor Spoon in gold with a 1/0 hook and 3 minnows did the trick. That contraption was about 7 in Long and watching that big walleye decide to eat it was amazing.

So how big is too big? I don't think we know because the biggest unconventional presentation did the trick. I guess go big or go home

⏯ Go Really Big Or Go Home!