06-19-2021, 02:05 PM
(06-19-2021, 04:43 AM)Jmorfish Wrote: Wow -- very nice... What do you attribute the better walleye action this year to?
Thanks Joe. Without a doubt it is the work the DWR has done by stocking so many eyes every year for the last three year, this is the fourth year but none of those fish will make it into the mix. The down side of course is that they are stocking fewer wipers and while I love the fight of the wiper, I don't care for their taste, so I never keep any, eyes on the other hand are tasty fish, so I'm loving this increase in eye numbers.
One thing I noticed out there yesterday is that the numbers of baby shad have increased yet again, with the second hatch coming on strong. I can tell this by the size that I'm marking, this second hatch are right on the bottom and are smaller, the first hatch are high up in the water column and are bigger fish. Just about all the fish we caught yesterday were very shallow, right where that first hatching of shad are. IMO this great catching will soon slow down as those bigger shad become the main food source for those hungry eyes and cats and other fish. That being said, I'm ready to move on to other fish up higher in the mountains where it is cooler, these high temps this year are getting hard to take, guess I'm getting too old but I see no end in site to these hot temps.