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Bonus day at Willard 10/06/24 - BURLEY - 10-06-2024

Hit the North Marina about 7:30 planning to play with the small wipers. Headed South toward Freeway dragging flicker shads. The first fish to bend my rod was a chunky 11 inch smallie followed by a 12 inch wiper soon after. An hour later my rod finally gets more action with a 15 inch wiper that goes into the bucket for supper. Another hour later, a nice 17 incher (3lb) comes to the boat and into the bucket. Nice fish!! Scoured the area another half hour to get my bonus fish of the day. I knew it was a good one because it had my medium heavy rod almost doubled when it struck. I figured it was a large catfish, but to my surprise it was a 22+ inch Wiper. I invited the 15 & 17 inchers home and left the rest to swim another day. Almost cried letting the big wiper go. All hookups were in about 16 fow at 2.7-3.2mph. The faster speed gave better action to my lures.
      I looked at the summer contest data for wiper and it looks to be 14.5 inch. So the contestants can expect to better their wiper score perhaps.
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Sometimes It is a Slow bite day.

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RE: Bonus day at Willard 10/06/24 - Redrebel - 10-06-2024

(10-06-2024, 09:47 PM)BURLEY Wrote: Hit the North Marina about 7:30 planning to play with the small wipers. Headed South toward Freeway dragging flicker shads. The first fish to bend my rod was a chunky 11 inch smallie followed by a 12 inch wiper soon after. An hour later my rod finally gets more action with a 15 inch wiper that goes into the bucket for supper. Another hour later, a nice 17 incher (3lb) comes to the boat and into the bucket. Nice fish!! Scoured the area another half hour to get my bonus fish of the day. I knew it was a good one because it had my medium heavy rod almost doubled when it struck. I figured it was a large catfish, but to my surprise it was a 22+ inch Wiper. I invited the 15 & 17 inchers home and left the rest to swim another day. Almost cried letting the big wiper go. All hookups were in about 16 fow at 2.7-3.2mph. The faster speed gave better action to my lures.
      I looked at the summer contest data for wiper and it looks to be 14.5 inch. So the contestants can expect to better their wiper score perhaps.
[Image: 20241006-092235.jpg]

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[Image: 20241006-114911.jpg]

Sometimes It is a Slow bite day.

[Image: 20241005-150658.jpg]
Congrats on the 22” wiper. 17” was my biggest today. Same report as others. Shad pattern 2mph was my best speed for me. No joke I boated over 30 wipers today. 

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RE: Bonus day at Willard 10/06/24 - oldguy - 10-06-2024

(10-06-2024, 11:08 PM)Redrebel Wrote:
(10-06-2024, 09:47 PM)BURLEY Wrote: Hit the North Marina about 7:30 planning to play with the small wipers. Headed South toward Freeway dragging flicker shads. The first fish to bend my rod was a chunky 11 inch smallie followed by a 12 inch wiper soon after. An hour later my rod finally gets more action with a 15 inch wiper that goes into the bucket for supper. Another hour later, a nice 17 incher (3lb) comes to the boat and into the bucket. Nice fish!! Scoured the area another half hour to get my bonus fish of the day. I knew it was a good one because it had my medium heavy rod almost doubled when it struck. I figured it was a large catfish, but to my surprise it was a 22+ inch Wiper. I invited the 15 & 17 inchers home and left the rest to swim another day. Almost cried letting the big wiper go. All hookups were in about 16 fow at 2.7-3.2mph. The faster speed gave better action to my lures.
      I looked at the summer contest data for wiper and it looks to be 14.5 inch. So the contestants can expect to better their wiper score perhaps.
[Image: 20241006-092235.jpg]

[Image: 20241006-092423.jpg]

[Image: 20241006-114911.jpg]

Sometimes It is a Slow bite day.

[Image: 20241005-150658.jpg]
Congrats on the 22” wiper. 17” was my biggest today. Same report as others. Shad pattern 2mph was my best speed for me. No joke I boated over 30 wipers today. 

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Us too but nothing over 17.


RE: Bonus day at Willard 10/06/24 - doitall5000 - 10-07-2024

(10-06-2024, 11:45 PM)oldguy Wrote:
(10-06-2024, 11:08 PM)Redrebel Wrote:
(10-06-2024, 09:47 PM)BURLEY Wrote: Hit the North Marina about 7:30 planning to play with the small wipers. Headed South toward Freeway dragging flicker shads. The first fish to bend my rod was a chunky 11 inch smallie followed by a 12 inch wiper soon after. An hour later my rod finally gets more action with a 15 inch wiper that goes into the bucket for supper. Another hour later, a nice 17 incher (3lb) comes to the boat and into the bucket. Nice fish!! Scoured the area another half hour to get my bonus fish of the day. I knew it was a good one because it had my medium heavy rod almost doubled when it struck. I figured it was a large catfish, but to my surprise it was a 22+ inch Wiper. I invited the 15 & 17 inchers home and left the rest to swim another day. Almost cried letting the big wiper go. All hookups were in about 16 fow at 2.7-3.2mph. The faster speed gave better action to my lures.
      I looked at the summer contest data for wiper and it looks to be 14.5 inch. So the contestants can expect to better their wiper score perhaps.
[Image: 20241006-092235.jpg]

[Image: 20241006-092423.jpg]

[Image: 20241006-114911.jpg]

Sometimes It is a Slow bite day.

[Image: 20241005-150658.jpg]
Congrats on the 22” wiper. 17” was my biggest today. Same report as others. Shad pattern 2mph was my best speed for me. No joke I boated over 30 wipers today. 

[Image: IMG-1354.jpg]
Us too but nothing over 17.
Can you give us the water temperature


RE: Bonus day at Willard 10/06/24 - BURLEY - 10-07-2024

Water was about 65*f