Willard has been good to me.

[wiperhunter2]

I made my second trip to Willard today, the first trip was 2 weeks ago. Usually in March, a fishing trip to Willard means warming up the boat and burning out the cobwebs and not catching anything. This year has been a pleasant surprise with the first trip yielding 5 cats and today's trip netted 8 whiskery friends.
I launched at the North Marina at 11 a.m., winds were light, sunshine was warm, and bugs were few, a perfect day to use vacation time.
Today I started in the Northeast corner with some new flig patterns. Golden carp tipped with sucker produced 2 cats and cotton candy with fillet-o-perch caught one. When the bite stopped I relocated to freeway bay and switched both rods to my new gizzard shad flig and sucker meat. Five more kitties found the net by 4 p.m. when I was tired of fighting the wind and called it a day.
All 8 were cookie cutters and fought quite well in 48 degree water, all were given CPR since I still have 2 left from my first trip. With this year starting so well I can't wait to see what summer brings.

Nice report and pics Greg. Fligging and moving around sure can make all the difference this time of the year. Fishing on the East side of the lake is usually more productive for me too, especially early and late in the season. They seem to be more widely distributed the rest of the year. How deep of water were you having your best success in?