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I launched from the south marina at Willard around 8:00am Saturday morning and turned West just outside the wake less zone pulling a blue chrome and orange Rattlin Rap and a crawdad pattern Shad Rap at 2 mph. 15 minutes later I hooked and landed my first small Wiper about 16" on the Rattlin Rap. I put the line back out and as I put the rod in the holder I had my second fish on, a carbon copy of the first, so I pulled in the Shad Rap and put out another Rattlin Rap and circled back through the same water no more takers then I went out and around the Island with no love and then trolled to the Feed Lot. and was getting ready to anchor and soak some mussels when I noticed a large group of birds just outside Freeway Bay diving on the water. I pulled both rods in and stowed the trolling motor and fired up the outboard and ran over to the birds. When I got there I put out both lines and trolled trying to stay under the diving birds. Which worked great as long as I was able to keep up with the working birds, it was fast action in about 45 minutes I caught 8 Wipers with a couple doubles, all large fish over 20" with the largest at 25". As soon as the birds stopped diving near me and moved the bite stopped as well. I called it a day around 11:30 am.
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Boy that sure is Fun. Glad to hear someone has found a boil. It's fun to get into them. I always drop the trolling rods and grab a spinning rod, with a big cast master on it, never fails. I always have it ready. We're there any other boats involved? They usually get so excited they boat right threw them and end it all. Thanks for sharing
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Actually there where no fish breaking the surface, so I dont know if you would call it a boil, but I had it to myself the birds moved from east to west and it looked the the action may have reached some boats to the west of me.
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fishing a boil and staying with it created the kind of fishing we wish was going on all the time.. sure is fun and that will keep us going back..sounds like it was pretty close to where I ran into mine..I do like the idea of having a casting rod ready as that would double the catch.. me I winterized my boat this week-end so I'm done unless someone invites me out. Boat fishing that is. bank fishing is still a go !!
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