10-05-2023, 03:47 AM
Buddy and I have been hitting WB the past 2 Wednesdays, so thought we'd try again today..his boat..launched out of the So. marina, thinking we might pick up a perch or 2..Nada..no perch, no cats, no nothin...we crossed the openness toward the North side, finally I got a real hit (my bottom bouncer again, w/nite crawler harness)..holy smokes! a 7" catfish..smallest I've ever reeled in here..I had a few other taps and my buddy was having no go on 2 rods of crankbaits, so he finally asked to use 1 of my extra bottom bouncers..being the nice guy I am, or dumb guy I am, I also gave him my best chartreus/yellow crawler harness .. within 5 mins a fish hit it so hard that it busted up the lure and lost the fish..but I think I had a convert..again, being the nice guy I am, really dumb guy I am, I took it all apart, re-strung it, re-hooked it, re-beaded it, etc. and gave it to him again..he was pretty happy..4 more hits for him = 3 quality cats in the boat, less than 45 mins...no more for me, I was just the net man...but that was ok, as last time out I got the 3 (on my bottom bouncer/crawler rig) and he just had 1...so we had a good morning..surprisingly, this place was deserted..didn't see any other fishing boats on the water, just 2 jet boaters later in the A.M...water temp. 61*..I guess still too warm for the walleye?..I'll be making some more of those crawler harnesses....Guluk...