Four species day at The Bay

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Wiperslayer and I hit Willard, yet again today. After talking to TD at the ramp, we headed out to hit a spot that has treated us well this month but it was not to be on this day. After a brief chat with TD we headed on to a place we haven't fished in over a month. Almost immediately we started getting hits and before long we had our first fish in the boat, a small 13" wiper. Glad to get the skunk off, we kept trolling at 2.3 to 2.5 mph. We were getting the majority of our fish pulling worm harnesses on lead core line but we did get a couple on cranks, using side planners. After 2 or 3 wipers we picked up or first eye about 16 or 17". By this time we figured out a pattern and started putting numbers in the boat, after 6 or 7 fish we picked up our first cat of the trip, then the eyes turned on for a few minutes and we picked up three more plus another cat. The flurry of action started to slow down about 11:30 but we were still picking up fish here and there, including our biggest wiper of the trip, a drag screaming 21 incher, those wipers, even the small ones are very chunky still. Then it happened our 4 species of the day, a crappie, came to play, thought it was a small wiper at first but confirmation came as it got to the net. We kept at it and picked up a couple more wipers for total of 9 for the day. After such a slow start, in windy conditions, it turned out to be a great morning.[cool] Got a pic of TD's back side and one of the eyes we kept.
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