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[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][#002850]I decided to take my first serious trip of the year to Willard Thursday evening. Dan (a co-worker) came with me to see what all the hoopla is about the wiper thing. For the first couple of hours, we thought we might be going to get skunked. With four lines out (two planer boards and two straight back) we were offering a pretty decent menu. But just couldn't find them in the middle, S-W corner, or around the island. Just around sun-down we found them up just north of the pig farm in Freeway Bay. They were taking curly tail grubs. We were trolling about 1.8 - 2.2 mph GPS. The water temps were about 56 up in the Freeway Bay but out south they were 59-60.

Every one we boated weighed just over 3.5 lbs and were 19-20 inches long. They were very healthy and still remembered how to put on a fight for a new guy. Dan caught his first wipers ever and I think he is hooked!

While out on the water we ran into Fish-N-Coach, Jig_Jrk, and Bait_Caster. They all caught fish too once they found where they were.

Wish I had more time to fish these days. It sure was great getting back out on the water again.

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That was a great post, not to long but well informative, just how i like them. hope to hit willard in the morning. thanks for the info. [fishin]
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Nice report Ralph, looks like you haven't lost your touch on catching the wipers[]. Those wipers survived the winter in fine form, looks like it is going to be a great year for catching wipers[cool].
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Nice Ralph! Way to go on showin the new guy how it's done. Looks like a real healthy fish. You should bring the co-worker up for the salsa trip and show him what those peppers are all about[].
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Ralph Ole buddy, We need to change your Name to the Fish Whisperer. LOL Good Job my friend.
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WH2, yup, I agree. I could be wrong but I expect that the wiper fishing this year may just be the best in all my years fishing for them. They haven't had much pressure for a couple of years now and they are the healthiest I have ever seen them. Pretty exciting stuff in my little world.
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It was nice hooking up with ya, [] and Dan by the looks of things had a great time, I to am looking forward to weekdays Tues-Thurs at Willard, (Days off work better than the weekends) And the Wipers will be a good fight this year (bigger) Thanks for the great memory[fishin]
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