08-20-2023, 05:25 PM
(08-20-2023, 04:58 PM)Paddler Wrote: Seems to me that Willard will turn back on once/if the shad of the year get all gobbled up. I've been working on fixing some corrosion around my windows, which is very common in aluminum boats used in salt water, for a while now, but would like to get out again. What do you think, will we see a Fall bite?Once the water temps fall back into the 65 -70 degree range the wipers and walleyes become more active. And because the shad have grown to about 3" the predators are more likely to hit the larger cranks.
And then the perch begin moving in to the areas around both the north and south marinas beginning in late September...and really get going in November when the late hatching baby shad start dying off in the cooling water.
And the shad never get all "gobbled up". However, they do become less numerous and that helps contribute to the predators hitting lures better.