03-22-2013, 11:24 PM
Went down with the boy last night. Soaked a crawler for cats and watched the circus... Wanted to see first hand the whole inlet deal,,
Son caught two eyes, both foul hooked and were released without incident.
From what was witnessed approximately 15-20 eyes an hour were being snagged out of the water and kept..
There were 40 plus anglers shoulder to shoulder repetitiously casting and retreiving..
A fellow told me that he had been there several days in a row and that I was seeing only a tenth of the fish being caught that were caught in the same time period the previous couple days.
I don't know how big a female walleye is when they first spawn but the fish I was seeing were big and fat, like they were swelled with eggs.
Personally of all the walleyes reeled in I saw none with a hook inside its mouth.
One guy with a heavy stringer told us "he had caught about 20 eyes that day and about 50 eyes the day before"
Was certain that the DWR was there and watching. But saw no visible action and no one talked to or cited while we were there.
Willard disaster for sure.. Don't know about anyone else but would rather have walleyes than wipers anytime.
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Son caught two eyes, both foul hooked and were released without incident.
From what was witnessed approximately 15-20 eyes an hour were being snagged out of the water and kept..
There were 40 plus anglers shoulder to shoulder repetitiously casting and retreiving..
A fellow told me that he had been there several days in a row and that I was seeing only a tenth of the fish being caught that were caught in the same time period the previous couple days.
I don't know how big a female walleye is when they first spawn but the fish I was seeing were big and fat, like they were swelled with eggs.
Personally of all the walleyes reeled in I saw none with a hook inside its mouth.
One guy with a heavy stringer told us "he had caught about 20 eyes that day and about 50 eyes the day before"
Was certain that the DWR was there and watching. But saw no visible action and no one talked to or cited while we were there.
Willard disaster for sure.. Don't know about anyone else but would rather have walleyes than wipers anytime.
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