Higgins for lakers!

[lakertaker08]

Fished Higgins over the weekend with a Guide Bob Stockton from Higgins lake! Did well between 2 of us we caught 13 and kept 6 that were between 5 and 11 pounds! Saturday night we rented a shanty from the same guy and caught close to 175 smelt! Used smelt for bait for the lakers we used tip ups and jigged for them also taking fish both ways!

[DocHoliday]

Congrads Lakertaker that sounds like a nice trip. Do you have Stocktons ph#?

[lakertaker08]

I lost his phone number but you can reach him via email at bobstockton2@hotmail.com! That is the best way to reach him he is usally always on the ice!

[DocHoliday]

I lost his phone number but you can reach him via email at bobstockton2@hotmail.com! That is the best way to reach him he is usally always on the ice!

Thanks a lot for the info.

[swampbuck]

I am glad he was able to help you out.

[MrFysch]

Sounds like this Bob Stockton always puts the guys on fish......good to hear the smelt are starting also!!!!...were you tipping your jigs with smelt or running them clean? Plan on being up there for a fw day towards the end of the week. thx.......Ron

[lakertaker08]

We were running the jigs clean! Bob says gotta keep it moving really fast and bait slows it down too much!

[laker24]

How much ice and snow cover was there?

[wojowalleye]

great job on the lakers. always dreamed of getting one
of those carnovers thru the ice.

[HeavyF150]

Any pictures of those fish???
Just curious......

[bucko12pt]

We were running the jigs clean! Bob says gotta keep it moving really fast and bait slows it down too much!

Never fished Higgins, mostly the bigger lakes to the west. What were you using for jigs, pimples, blasters, ??

[laker24]

Welcome to the site lakertaker08!!:)

[lakertaker08]

Thank you for the welcome! Just uploaded photos of the catch! Ice where we were was around 10-12 inches and little snow but some decent drifts nothing to worry about though. And for jigs we were using his hand made jigs, something similar to a rapala!

[stillfish]

I know a couple of guys that catch lakers like that up their that are not guides, secret chum, chum, chum.... and also whitefish.

[lakertaker08]

Take a look at the new pic in my photos, its of a Higgins Lake local with a huge laker! He didnt want his face shown affraid he will get followed around or something!

[itchn2fish]

Take a look at the new pic in my photos, its of a Higgins Lake local with a huge laker! He didnt want his face shown affraid he will get followed around or something!
I'd recognize those hands anywhere in that pic....it's Mitch Rompola......

[jb10]

Lakertaker08,
How much did Bob charge for a day trip?

[Minnowman09]

im plannin on going down there this weekend and i was just wondering were about i should go for lakers?

[lakertaker08]

Look at a map of higgins and try to find steep drops or small pools of deep water around shallow flats!

[swampbuck]

if you go on mapquest and use the arial photo feature you can see the holes and drops pretty well.

[Minnowman09]

thanks ill have to give that a shot!

[wartfroggy]

I know most people use pearl and white colors, what about glow jigs and spoons?

[wartfroggy]

any good reports from the weekend?

[lakertaker08]

I caught 2 lakers on saturday and 3 on sunday! Bob let me smelt fish with him Sunday night and got to see some of his clients catchs on his way in from laker fishing and they kept there limits, decent fish 6 to 8 pounds! plus one nice rainbow about 5 pounds. Fishing in the rain on Sunday was tough but it was not a bad weekend!