06-07-2018, 01:24 PM
About the only sure thing you can say about Willard wipers is that they'll be inside the dikes. Beyond that, they can show up almost anywhere at any time, and hit almost anything.
I've caught them inside the north marina on tiny crappie jigs. I've caught them dragging big swimbaits along the bottom for walleye, and I've caught them trolling crankbaits of all kinds. The one thing I have never done is to soak mussels.
If you soak mussels, always tether your rod. Because sooner or later, a wiper is going to hit like a runaway dump truck and your rod will join countless others on the bottom of Willard.
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I've caught them inside the north marina on tiny crappie jigs. I've caught them dragging big swimbaits along the bottom for walleye, and I've caught them trolling crankbaits of all kinds. The one thing I have never done is to soak mussels.
If you soak mussels, always tether your rod. Because sooner or later, a wiper is going to hit like a runaway dump truck and your rod will join countless others on the bottom of Willard.
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