On The Water

On Saturday Pete, Gunner, and Myself bundled up and headed for the river.  Felt great to get back on the water and in the boat again.  We struggled to locate fish for the first few hours.  So we continued to change areas and baits until we finally found a presentation they would eat.  We finished the day with about 25 walleyes, some rough fish, white bass, smallmouth, and one northern. 

The biggest key to our success was finding "clean" water.  The river is ripping with heavy current right now and has clouded up bad.  The fish can not bite something they don't see....  Once we found some cleaner water we started catching fish pretty consistently.  The biggest fish went about 4 pounds with most in the 2 pound range.  They are all spawned out and have started to venture back to some of there summer areas.  With temps climbing into the 70's this week, I hope to be on the lakes around here in the next week or so.  Stay tuned for more pictures and updates soon.    

    

Open Water!!!

The nice weather on Saturday finally gave me a chance to get my boat out and chase some walleyes on the river!  This was one of only two walleyes I was able to boat on Saturday evening.  Never the less it was great to get on open water again and great to get the summer rods out.  Almost missed the first bite due to the fact that I forgot that I am supposed to set the hook when I feel a tick at the end of my rod!  Mizy was my fishing partner for the evening and was not able to put any walleyes in the boat...oops did I say that out loud!  He was able to catch a crappie so he didn't go totally skunked.  As soon as the weather comes back around I will be at it again.             

Another Donkey!

These are truely amazing fish!  Here is a picture of another Donkey that was caught on our recent trip to Canada.  Thanks again to "Gussy"!!