10-21-2002, 04:39 AM
We started fishing by the feed lot and trolled to the east shore, no birds no fish. We headed back to the feed lot with the same result, so we headed to the island and again no luck. Water temp was 57 degree as we ran over to the light pole. We cruised south along the dike looking for fish at a 6mph pace until we started seeing a few on the fish finder so we started trolling. We caught one and then noticed bird activity close to the S/W corner. As we approached the birds we went to full throttle when we saw that the wipers were boiling. When we got to the edge of the boil we caught 7 wipers casting a producer and rattle traps. When the surface
activity died down we started trolling and caught two more a little after sunset. As we trolled to the marina my rattle
trap came to a complete stop and I thought I had a snag. My pole was bent over double before I moved the fish and after a
ten minute fight my partner(wiperslayer) netted the 10lb..... carp with the hook in the mouth.(all the carp we caught this year at willard were foul hooked until this one)I forgot to mention the bird, as I was casting for the wipers a tern (spelling?) flew into my line and it wrapped around its wing.
After reeling it in and fighting the bird I was able to get the line off its wing and release the bird unharmed. All in all a great day at the bay. WH2
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activity died down we started trolling and caught two more a little after sunset. As we trolled to the marina my rattle
trap came to a complete stop and I thought I had a snag. My pole was bent over double before I moved the fish and after a
ten minute fight my partner(wiperslayer) netted the 10lb..... carp with the hook in the mouth.(all the carp we caught this year at willard were foul hooked until this one)I forgot to mention the bird, as I was casting for the wipers a tern (spelling?) flew into my line and it wrapped around its wing.
After reeling it in and fighting the bird I was able to get the line off its wing and release the bird unharmed. All in all a great day at the bay. WH2
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