Newbie Tuber Windblown at Willard 8-30-23

[RockyRaab2]

I was out there, but from the north marina. There were more yaks, toons, and tubes staying inside that one, too. Not many boats on the main lake. At one point, the thought crossed my mind that if I got tossed out of my boat, I might not be able to swim fast enough to catch up to it again. The rough water cost me a prized rod and reel - as described in my other post.

Pat, those salt-cured shad minnows work. Or seemed to. I got some bites on them without managing a hookup using a bottom bouncer. Frankly, feeling any kind of bite was tough in those waves.