Willard Evening 6/4

[PACKFAN]

Spur of the moment decided to make a late run to Willard.  Sent out a quick invite to a friend but he couldn't get away.  So I went solo.  I was on the water around 5:45 and started trolling some cranks.  Had a couple of whacks and misses and put the first fish in the boat at 6:40, a wiper.  10 minutes later I added a 17" eye to the cooler.  The strikes came in spurts but ended up catching 5 eyes and 3 wipers.  One of the wipers was only about 7" long.  Had several long releases and lost a really nice eye at the boat, which would have been the biggest of the trip.  All in all a good evening.

My oldest son and I hit Willard yesterday morning and with a dental appointment I could only fish until noon. We bottom bounced and ended up with 9 eyes in the live wells one nice smallmouth and a 23 in. catfish. we lost several other eyes and missed some hits. Eyes ran from 15 to 19 inches. Heading to Anderson Ranch Tuesday to try for some kokes. Have I ever mentioned I love being retired?