Willard with the Slayer

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We launched a little after 7 am this morning from the north marina. Water temp was 77 at launch time warming up to 79 by the time we got off the water around 12:30. We looked around out side the marina for some cat like marks, then headed over to Freeway bay, Baby shad were dead and dieing all over the place, from the ramp into Freeway bay, then later over by the Feedlot. We spent around 2 hours in Freeway bay, moving a couple of times but only picked up one cat. I mentioned to Ira that Pat(TubeDude) might be out there today but would be around the Feedlot area by then, so we went over there to see if he was there. Sure enough, as we rounded the point there he was, we slowly pulled up to him and ask how the fishing was, he was killing them, so we set up to slow trolled fligs in the area he was fishing after asking what he was using. Pat was kind enough to offer us a couple of his Fligs, thanks Pat, and we proceeded to start catching some of our own. We got two right at 24", the rest were between 21 and 23" but we ended up with 15 before we called it quits. This was our first trip to Willard since June 27. Other than the heat, it turned out to be a great day on the water, thanks to Pat.



Sunrise at Willard




TubeDude at Feedlot