05-06-2019, 02:55 AM
Went out to Willard Sunday afternoon to break in the new boat. Funny, it seems to catch fish the same as the old one, maybe I got that option from the dealer. Any who, it was definitely a nice day to be on the water, not one jet ski and only two water skiers. Started off at some of my favorite early season haunts only to be turned away by ghost fish. Thinking my new sonars must be broke I went hunting and searching to see if I could find any sign of post spawn walleye. Seen some fishy returns, threw a marker buoy, then dropped the bouncers down to see if I was right. 13 walleye and over 20 missed fish later and I can say the graph work just fine. My wife and I got to bend some rods and make the new live well smell fishy. Fish were fat and healthy and gorging on insects. Fish were in 22-24 ft. Pulled harnesses at 0.9-1.1 mph with the top producer being a Kokanee Creek Tackle "Sod Buster" crawler harness. In second place was a KCT "Outlaw". The Walleye were definitely being walleye and feeding them was the only way to get a hook in them. Should have had a 30+ fish day if we were a little more patient and quit yanking the hook out of there mouths. Oh well, they are still there to catch another day...[fishon]
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