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WH2 and I hit willard this morning bright and early. I was looking forward to this trip with Curt for I have fished the Bay many times with no success. So today I have to say SUCCESS!!!!! Curt knows that lake.....
I learned some tricks that I have never used before and will work them into my repertoire.
Between the two of us we caught 11 fish. I did have a feisty fish on that I didn't quite get to the boat but it fought hard. Gotta think it may have been a wiper. One can hope at least.
Curts total:
2 wiper
3 walleye
1 catfish
My total:
4 walleye
1 catfish
The day was spent trolling different presentations from cranks to worm harnesses bottom bounced.
Here are a couple of pics. Didn't take pics of all the fish but they were all about the same size. And a couple of the eyes and the cats were all invited home for dinner.
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Looks like a good day! Its always nice to have success at a place that has beaten you in the past. I have never fished Willard. It is on my list. Nice fish!
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Yes Willard was good to me today. Largest walleye for me to date.
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It was great to get out with Curt and learn some new. Tricks for that water.
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Sounds like a great day out on the Bay. Curt really does know how to fish Willard.
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Very nice. Coulda got him to drag you around in your toon, who knows WHAT might have bit THAT bait!
Location and ability to get there, big pluses. I think the best lesson I learned (sounds simple right?) was to FEED the fish. Think I realized I may have missed lots of opportunities on my own ventures at TD would put it "washing lures".
Though - I've been neglectful at not getting back and trying my own hand at it, and this spring has been reporting out of sight! Me and my silly kitties...
BUT - I've got BOTH boats running and registered, few touch points, and I just might be ready to make a run down there. All my kind of luck, the big bite will have died off, but the reports still keep coming in. Guess I can always stop short and Mantua and try my hand there.
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Nice report, how long were you guys on the water today?
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[quote Watershadow]Nice report, how long were you guys on the water today?[/quote]
About 6 hours
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With the full moon last night I thought the bite would be off but I was wrong.
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Plan on the 29th [fishin]
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Enjoyed getting out there with you Kevin, sorry the catching was so show but I think we are just about into the Willard Summer time slow down and with seeing all the shads starting to slow up, it won't be long. I just hope we start seeing some wiper boils this year.[:/]
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Good work you guys! We were out Tuesday and Wednesday evenings and did pretty good. Wednesday was a little slower until just before dark. We also noticed right at dusk that there were some wipers popping at shad all around the boat...won't be long.
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Wanna come to Idaho on Wednesday?
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Hey Curt, I read you were going to go to Willard on Thurs. so I went too. I went to south marina about 7:30 and fished around and west of the island. I was hoping to run into you, but don't know what your boat looks like.
I caught 8 'eyes and 2 wipers. I tried bottom bouncing at first, got no love so trolled cranks with planers and did well.
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I left around 1 it looked like the wind was going to start, and I had some things to do at home.
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