10-02-2024, 01:02 PM
Good to see you guys on the water again. Glad you found some willing "baby wipes". They always punch above their weight class.
Got an email from Chris Penne asking about those wiperettes...sizes, etc. He is happy that last years bumper plantings are doing well and providing good action. I told him of the many reports of success...including some boils. Also told him that a lot of Willardites would prefer year round fishing for wipers to only two months of reliable action for walleyes. No response to that yet.
He is also wanting to know if anyone is catching any of this year's plantings of small wipers...should be in the 4-5 inch range about now. I suspect that since not many folks are fishing "small" they are not likely to be getting many of those. I had some rattle rattle bites and quick hit pecks while dragging fligs yesterday...that could have been some of those wee wipers...or perch...or small cats. But since none got hooked I can only speculate.
Got an email from Chris Penne asking about those wiperettes...sizes, etc. He is happy that last years bumper plantings are doing well and providing good action. I told him of the many reports of success...including some boils. Also told him that a lot of Willardites would prefer year round fishing for wipers to only two months of reliable action for walleyes. No response to that yet.
He is also wanting to know if anyone is catching any of this year's plantings of small wipers...should be in the 4-5 inch range about now. I suspect that since not many folks are fishing "small" they are not likely to be getting many of those. I had some rattle rattle bites and quick hit pecks while dragging fligs yesterday...that could have been some of those wee wipers...or perch...or small cats. But since none got hooked I can only speculate.