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Took my boy out to Willard from 530-8 tonight. Headed to the SW corner. Starting with 1 rod pulling a silver crank and 1 rod with a crawler harness and bottom weight. Crawler harness caught the first couple fish, all walleye. Switched both rods to bottom rigs and both did well. Had a couple short term hookups that didnt stay on, still trying to teach him how to get them to the boat. Ended the night with a double and a race to see who could land their fish first. He won with a 22" eye. 6 walleye and a fat cat made it into the boat. Sorry North, I forgot my placard again, no help for the contest. Black and green, and perch pattern were the colors used. Trolled a bit slower than recent reports at 1.5mph
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Sounds like a great trip, thanks for the report.
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Nice report! That picture of your son holding the walleye is one of the best pictures of the barring pattern that is usually not very visible on walleye. So cool!
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Nicely done -- and that's just about the best way to make a young feller famous and happy - and out of trouble....way to go....
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I like the pics!
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Well done, both of ya. Some of my best times were fishing with my kids when they were young.
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Yep made a good picture. Still swimming if you want to chase it down
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Congrats! Do you think you weight was on the bottom or suspended?
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Yes I tried to stay in contact with bottom as much as possible. It was my first attempt with bottom bouncers, so there were occasionally periods where I wasn't on bottom when the depth changed quick or I wasn't paying close attention. Had the best luck while holding the rod so I could feel the bottom and notice small bites.
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Congrats Shawn on a fine outing.
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Good job Shawn, i’m Glad you and your son got into some fish.
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Yes he had a blast. Thanks to some of your tips we had a few very enjoyable hours of fishing. Looks like your trip to Strawberry turned out successful too. Good job.
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Thanks. Hopefully I can get him on a few more of those fishing days.
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