Wacky Willard 5-6-22 (With Video)

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Yup Pat, we appreciate that order for nice weather for the flotilla...  Those past windy rain fests were sort of a bummer... Hoping to get to Willard for my first trip this year... Hope I don't find your furry friend that you avoided on this trip... but it's been a couple years since I've taken a boat over to Willard, so i hope I'll be able to find something...  Anyway I enjoyed the video, and those early waves looked sort of sporty for a tube, glad it laid down for you and turned into a pretty nice day... not sure I would have stuck around and waited it out, but looked like it was worth the wait...  The size of those cats looked pretty nice, are they about 24"ers?  Thanks for the report... J

Glad you liked the video.  The cats ranged in size from 19" to about 22".  And they are fighting a lot better as the water warms up a bit...developing more "catitude". 

I know you like to drag a crawler harness.  I pulled three different models around on Friday...while casting or slow trolling plastics or cranks.  Had one rattle-rattle bite that  could have been a perch...or small walleye.  But I'm betting  that if you can find an area with some walleyes they will hit the crawlers.  Wipers and cats too.  I have never done as well with cats on crawlers as I have with minnows...but they do hit them while fishing for the other guys.  Here are some pics of fish I caught on crawler rigs in May last year and the year before.