10-06-2023, 05:28 PM
(10-05-2023, 03:47 AM)Jmorfish Wrote: 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...That begs the question Joe, why were you not using your best worm harness? Another question, what size bade do you use on your worm harnesses? Last questio, what was the depth of the water where you had your best success?