06-17-2022, 05:09 AM
Well... the forecast of 11 mph was total BS! But the W was not too bad when I arrived, however. I started pulling cranks for walleyes about 8am. I worked Charleston 9-18 ft for several hours only catching a few smb. Decided to go after some troutskies from the island to past the ramp using dodger n hoochies and caught a nice rainbow. I missed a few bites as I was by myself. The chop came up so I decided to go back and pull plugs for eyes on the flats working my way down the tracks. Nothing but smb. So I worked my way back toward the flats bottom bouncing. The wind had started ripping now and even big boats split. I was using gulp crawlers (forgot the worms)! Finally i hooked an eater walleye in about 12 ft. I worked back through the area... no other bites. Where have all the walleyes gone? Or was it that Strawberry moon that messed up the bite? The W has gotten pretty bad now... I'm the only person fishing as far as I can see. I went back to trout fishing pulling Flicker minnows. I caught 3 more to finish my trout limit. Finally left to retrieve my boat solo in the wind. OH JOY! I tried the 50-50 method usng clips on the line for controlled fepth trout trolling for the first time. I think it's the cat's ass if ya don't have d-riggers!