03-28-2019, 04:45 AM
Gave Willard another try tonight after work for a couple hours. Similar to last week I tried many different tactics (crank baits, soft plastics, swim baits, marabou jigs, even top water, etc.). I wanted to try dragging flush slow and some bottom bouncing for walleyes by the light pole but on my way over my styrofoam cooler with my bait blew out of the boat and I didn’t notice. As a result we didn’t have much luck, except for one bite on a black marabou jig along the north dike that my Dad missed.
When we got back over my the north marina we decided to pull out our fly rods, hoping to at least catch one crappie right before dark. Fist ten minutes nothing and then I hooked to nice wipers within five minutes of each other. One was 22” and the other was 20”, just under six pounds and five pounds respectively. Made for a fun night and I somehow avoided the normal skunk Willard usually gives me.
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When we got back over my the north marina we decided to pull out our fly rods, hoping to at least catch one crappie right before dark. Fist ten minutes nothing and then I hooked to nice wipers within five minutes of each other. One was 22” and the other was 20”, just under six pounds and five pounds respectively. Made for a fun night and I somehow avoided the normal skunk Willard usually gives me.
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