Slow day at Willard 5/29/20

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At one point we motored out to the island to see if anyone was having any luck. We didn’t see anyone catch anything, but I did see Dubob and said a quick hello.

Thanks for stopping by; its always a pleasure to meet other BFT folks.  Well, most of them anyway.  

I trolled fire tiger blade worm harnesses (not the TD versions, unfortunately) for 2 hours at 1.2 mph and 1 to 2 feet off the bottom.  Watched dozens of fish at that depth and not a single one was interested in the nice, fat crawlers I had attached.  A real bummer!  

For the last couple of hours I switched to cranks and let out 75 feet of line.  I controlled the depth with my downriggers and tried 3, 10, 15, and 18 feet down.  Tried different flavors of cranks and speeds anywhere from 1.5 up to 2.5 mph.  I marked lots of fish in those depth zones, but it was zip, zero, nada!  Ended up with my second Willard skunk of the year.  I hope it's the last.   

Bummer.  Sometimes the fish at Willard take that anti-social distancing thing too seriously.

If there is any justice in the world, next time you will hammer them.