08-07-2021, 05:34 PM
(08-06-2021, 01:47 PM)wiperhunter2 Wrote: 8 cats in less than an hour, wow, you must have found the honey hole, mind share some details, like what method you were using, cut bait, trolling, jigging?
Bottom-bouncing at .75/1. mph with bait. Chicken, shrimp, both have been working. We found a small rise in the middle of the "Vast Willard Nothingness" that consistently holds fish - walleye and cats - although the walleye got real scarce once the water hit the high 70s.
We have it marked on the Helix GPS and just criss-cross over our little hump.
We were picking up quite a few cats while trolling cranks for walleye, but it really picked up when we switched to bait (and a catfish with a treble or two in it's mouth is a real PITA to get unbuttoned). Nice size fish, those 8 gave us just over 5# of fillets.
And NOT ONE WIPER this year!!! What's up with that???