Willard 6-16

[wiperhunter2]

Dave and I hit the lake this am, had to wait at the north marina gate for about 10 mins for the gate to open at 6, got the boat ready to launch so we’re in the water very quickly once we got to the ramp. Headed down to the light pole area and dropped in with cranks on the planner boards and bottom bouncers out the back. Dave started us off with an eye on the BB and then we proceeded to drop 4 fish before he got the 2nd eye in. I followed with a perch and then a cat which we released. Got quiet where we were but quite a crowd done south in the corner, about half were jigging and the rest trolling slow. They were picking up fish so we switched to all BB’s and dropped the electric down, marked a lot of fish but we weren’t getting any hits. Finally decided to go back to cranks and cover some water. Picked up another eye right off then had to find some more active fish, hit an area and picked up a few more eyes before calling it. 2.2 -2.4 was the best speed, water temp was 68 when we started and 72 when we got off, purple #7 flicker shad was our best color. Curt and Ira showed up later in the am, good chatting with you guys. 

Funny story today
While looking for active fish my line released of the board and new I had a fish but felt very heavy, got the fish to within 20yds of the boat and saw it was a cat plus and extra line. Reeled in until we could reach the crank that was tangled and realized it was the one on the rod I reeled in, got it out and dropped the line back into the water and grabbed my rod next to to reel the cat in. Could fell the fish but at about the same spot I noticed another crank in the line so figured Dave’s gear was in it, but no it’s my crank again. Dave gets my crank out and almost hand lined the cat in but decided t.hat he would just reel in the fish on his pole, grabs and starts reeling and no fish so he figured it was his outside rod, grabbed that rod and he could tell there was a fish but he thought it was a bit light for the cat, gets it in and it’s a walleye. So apparently somebody probably lost the cat and the pole it was attached to and it snagged on both of my poles which is why it was so heavy, if we would of hand lined the fish in we know for sure.

It was good chatting with you today Alan, pretty crazy how much the bite changed since last week but
 I noticed even more shad in the water this week, so the good catching could be over. Thanks for the hand off of the hooks and thanks for letting me borrow that cable. That's a pretty crazy story about catching that other line with the cat on it. All in all it was still a decent day, even with the late start for Ira and I.