06-06-2023, 09:47 PM
My wife (Pat) and I got out for the 1st time this year. Stopped at the North Marina to buy a season pass. Wow. Price has almost doubled. Arrived about 8:30 AM. Only a few trailers in the lot. Headed to the Southwest corner and started trolling a variety of crankbaits with planer boards. Ended up with 6 nice-sized perch, a medium wiper, and a good-sized catfish. Where was everybody? Only one boat came near us in 3 hrs. Were hoping for some walleyes, but the perch are a good second choice. In many years of fishing Willard we have only caught one perch. Oh, and we caught a smallish crappie that we threw back. Were marking some fish at 19 ft, but everything we caught was between about 12 and 15 ft. Tried a large hot-n-tot to get deep, but no takers. Very few fishing boats out.