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Friday Grind at Willard - obifishkenobi - 10-08-2023 Beautiful conditions at Willard warm no wind Friday, but I can still complain, a little chop would have helped. We only put 7 cats in the box had several lost near the boat and a number of pop and drops. The pink Whirly flig was our best in 19’ of water, tipped with chub. Water was around 63 all day. RE: Friday Grind at Willard - doitall5000 - 10-08-2023 (10-08-2023, 01:19 AM)obifishkenobi Wrote: Beautiful conditions at Willard with Randy and Scott, warm no wind Friday, but I can still complain, a little chop would have helped. We only put 7 cats in the box had several lost near the boat and a number of pop and drops. The pink Whirly flig was our best in 19’ of water, tipped with chub. Water was around 63 all day. Those cats do put on a great battle. Lots of fun, looks like you got no perch or eyes. We have had great weather to be on the water. Were you doing a slow troll on the bottom with bait? RE: Friday Grind at Willard - obifishkenobi - 10-08-2023 (10-08-2023, 04:09 AM)doitall5000 Wrote:We where strolling at .5 mph. Anything other than cats this time of year is just a bonus for me the last few years I only target walleye, and wipers in May and June when they are easy. I think I could catch a few walleye and wipers on bottom bouncers if I worked at it more in the fall, but why bang my head on the wall when the catfish are a lot more cooperative and they pull pretty good.(10-08-2023, 01:19 AM)obifishkenobi Wrote: Beautiful conditions at Willard with Randy and Scott, warm no wind Friday, but I can still complain, a little chop would have helped. We only put 7 cats in the box had several lost near the boat and a number of pop and drops. The pink Whirly flig was our best in 19’ of water, tipped with chub. Water was around 63 all day. RE: Friday Grind at Willard - TubeDude - 10-08-2023 Don't know if you read my report or not, but I was out Thursday and found most of my fish in shallower water than you were fishing...14 - 16 feet. I might be going back up next Friday. Weather looks a bit hinky midweek. RE: Friday Grind at Willard - obifishkenobi - 10-08-2023 (10-08-2023, 01:32 PM)TubeDude Wrote: Don't know if you read my report or not, but I was out Thursday and found most of my fish in shallower water than you were fishing...14 - 16 feet. I’m taking my daughter and a couple neighborhood kids fishing next Friday either Willard or Strawberry. I should have responded to you when you mentioned lowering your standards and possibly joining me on Friday the 13th. When I report 19’ that really means 17-20 as I work back and forth crossing “The Road” that parallels the bank. I find that I get bit more when I have predator marks without bait balls above them I’m hoping the fishing will get even better once the shad have their annual die off. RE: Friday Grind at Willard - TubeDude - 10-08-2023 (10-08-2023, 03:09 PM)obifishkenobi Wrote:I also caught "stray" fish in 17 and 19 FOW. But I both saw more "predator marks" and caught more fish in the aforementioned shallower zones. I am sure it varies at different spots around the lake. A good argument for having mobility and good electronics to search them out.(10-08-2023, 01:32 PM)TubeDude Wrote: Don't know if you read my report or not, but I was out Thursday and found most of my fish in shallower water than you were fishing...14 - 16 feet. Let me know if you will be heading to Willard and I can bring along my trinket boxes. By the way, have you tried the orange tiger? I seem to sometimes get more love on that than even the pink tiger. Also, the chartreuse with three red spots has been good since summer. However, I believe that being in the right zone...with the right bait at the right speed...is more important sometimes than color alone. |