Willard Evening 5/18

[wiperhunter2]

Lately, catching 5 would be considered good IMO. On and off, folks are doing better but most of us are not doing any better than that, especially in 3.5 hours. Thanks for the report and pics. Were you using down riggers? How fast were you trolling?

We were running 6 rods at once and yes, 2 rods were on downriggers. We caught 2 of the 5 on the riggers, including the biggest walleye. Trolling from 1.7 to 2.3.

That's a great way to fish 6 rods out of a boat. How deep were you running the balls on your downriggers?

Depending on the depth, 5 to 12 ft. I figure the lures we were running dive around 8 ft by themselves. So in 22-23 ft of water it would put a lure just a few feet from the bottom.

OK, that makes sense because we have been catching most of our fish just a one or two feet off the bottom. How far were your setbacks?