willard 4/02/054

[fencekid971]

south side, trolling shad raps. boated 5, missed 3. all fish were released.

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[MisterCompletely]

[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]Fantastic! Thanks for sharing. What I want to know is, did she out-fish you? [] I came SO CLOSE to being there yesterday too, but it didn't work out, so I'm jealous! [] Was there plenty of water for launching? I assume they haven't put any docks out yet have they?[/size][/font]
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[ocean]

Wow those are some fat fish! Cant wait to hit willard in the upcoming weeks!
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[wiperhunter2]

All the docks are in the water now, in both the North and
South marinas. The only dock that wasn't in the water a week ago was the one right by the ramp of the North marina. If the water keeps coming up, that last one should be floating in a week or so, if it isn't floating already. WH2
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[Elkoholic]

How fast were you trolling?

I went out Saturday afternoon until dark and we didn't catch anything. My brother and his father in law were trying worm harnesses on bottom bouncers and I was trying shad raps and producers on a planer board, but no takers. We were only going .9-1.5 mph. We fished around the island and over by the pig farm. We didn't see a lot of fish on the finder either. Maybe they are schooled up somewhere else.
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[Theekillerbee]

Thanks for the report fencekid. Short, sweet, and to the point. Those Wipers look like they put on the feed bag!
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[iconoclasticPaul]

Sounds like a great time out with your missus! I knew I should have been out to Willard last saturday but things seems to have a priority such as have to be home by 1 pm to go to a family BBQ party in SLC. If it wasn't General Conference weekend (this brings the families out of woodwork when this happens), I would have been out to Willard instead of "said" spot Utah lake...

Great catch Fencekid! I mean the other half...[]
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[iconoclasticPaul]

Elkoholic,

For walleyes, that is the correct speed... however since you were using crawler harnesses and all that and no catch. I suspect they are right into the dike's waters or up the canal for spawning purposes. Gotta cast jigs into the dikes. Canal is off-limits.

For wipers, go abit fast like 2.0-3.5 mph, you will be getting into them.

Hope this increases your catch rates.
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[Elkoholic]

We were having a bit of an argument over what we were going to fish for. I was cool with what ever would bite but my brother and his father in law wanted the walleye. I thought that with the water being cool the wipers would like a little slower presentation. Until you suggested it I never even thought about the walleyes being in close to the rocks right now. We were trying all the spots we hit durring the summer months. Next time out I will try in close to the rocks.
Thanks for the wake up call.
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