04-13-2019, 07:43 PM
I went to Lincoln Beach and fished from the bank from 4:30-7:30 last night. The weather wasn't great with a fair breeze blowing down the channel. I used carp meat and shrimp/shrimp with worm. It started in raining and it turned to snow pellets, so I started getting ready to leave. Suddenly it stopped and a little sun came out so I decided to stick it out. The water went absolutely flat. In a while the bobber for the worm and shrimp started pulling sideways. I let it run a ways then tried to set the hook--nothing. I got a nibble and a tap after that but that was it. When I was leaving a couple of young men pulled up beside me and asked how I had done and if I knew anything about the walleye fishing. I told them what little I knew. Then they said they had caught a couple of cats at Sandy Beach. They said that they had gone wading and showed me the water line on the top of their thighs. I took a look at their fish and admired them. They were 23"ers. They said they caught them on plain old worms. I guess both the boys and the fish didn't know they weren't supposed to be biting. Gonna try again today, Saturday.
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