Willard Saturday

[MGB]

Fished Willard today with RAK. Launched out of the south marina at 9:30. Drove past the island and started trolling. Took about a half hour and hooked up. Caught and released 7 wipers and 1 walleye in 3 hours. Had a triple hook up, with only 2 of us on the boat the 3rd wiper had to wait until we had time to reel him in. Turned out to be a good short trip to the Bay. Water temp was about 57.
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[Flyfishinglover]

Sounds like a great day to me [angelic].

Any pictures []???
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[AFDan52]

[font "Comic Sans MS"][#000000]Hey Mike Long time no see , where have you been? Good to see that you were able to get and get a line wet. Hope to see you out on the water.[/#000000][/font]
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[lilfish]

Do you use planer boards or down riggers when trolling there?? I have only ever used down rigger and the only thing I caught was a catfish.. Lol
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[fishinfool]

Sounds fun MGB it is nice to see you and RAK are getting back out.

fnf[cool]
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[MGB]

Hi Dan, we are going to get back into the swing of things. We have been around just working too much.Haven't been fishing to much the past couple years.
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[MGB]

we always pull side planners, never use down riggers on Willard especially when it is this low. We where pulling #5 shad raps. Going 2.3 mph they would it bottom. bumped up the speed to 2.8 - 3.0 that kept them off the bottom and that speed seemed to work very well for catching the fish.
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[lilfish]

Awesome thank you for the details just picked some plainer boards so I'll try them out.
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[mtncat1]

awesome report now I'm kicking myself for not going yesterday
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[wiperhunter2]

Great report Mike, thanks for posting. Any wiper or eyes over 19"?
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[MGB]

One 20 inch wiper, the walleye was about 18". The rest of the wipers where 15" - 16".
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[wiperhunter2]

There are a lot of those 14-16" wipers in there right now but there should be more of the largers ones(18-21"), this year. The last few years there have been fewer of the large wipers but I'm hoping this year that will change.
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[bullelk01]

I have been looking for a good planner board. Lets here all your suggestions. Videos of them working would be good also. Thanks
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[brookieguy1]

Aweome report, Mike. You can describe it to me in detail at work Monday.[cool]
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[Eddo]

How was the depth coming out of the south marina? I really want to get out there but have been concerned about the depths.

Thanks
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[Tin-Can]

Eddo- Depth out of south marina is OK If your boat isn't too deep a draft and you keep your motor trimmed up until you get out past the red and green buoys.
About 2ft at the docks, marina 3-6 ft, center of channel average about 8 ft. at the buoys stays at about 4.5 ft. for about 100 yards then slips down to 10 - 11 ft. Between outlet and island 11-12 ft, island is marked on four corners, 3-4 ft on edges but shallow accross the top. After that good depth just about everywhere. Saw some at 13-14 ft near the west corner light pole. It's variable out in the Freeway bay, but keep your depth warning set to about 3.5, and you should be fine.
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[wiperhunter2]

[quote bullelk01]I have been looking for a good planner board. Lets here all your suggestions. Videos of them working would be good also. Thanks[/quote]

Most folks around here use the Offshore brand of side planners but I like the Church brand. IMO they are easier to use, getting them on and off. Sorry, no video.
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