Willard Tues. May 28

[Jmorfish]

MwScott and I paid our dues, but finally got a few nicer nuggets out of Willard's waters...but it took some doing...spoke to Tube Dude at the launch pad before heading out of the So. Marina, hollered and waved at DuBob as he went to talk to TD also, and later ran into ObiFishkenobi over by the Lite Pole area..Heading West toward the S/W corner simply produced 1 hit and a miss..slow, slow.. crankbaits on 2 planers, 2 bottom bouncers w/nite crawler harness..we sure thought they looked good, but no players, 'til finally we got closer to Lite Pole area, 1 planer board just sort of moved a little differently..I waited a bit, thought hhmm, maybe we should check it out, asked MW to reel that 1 in...he felt some weight, then finally some tugs, 'Fish on'..and slowly we got the skunk out of the boat and put in a very healthy 21" walleye, #5 Reverse Cougar Flicker shad, treble hooks tipped w/1" pc nite crawler...perch and walleyes like nite crawlers...going thru the area again, nothing doing...in this area, talking to Obi, he had just caught 1 eye also...about 1230 we started heading back, thru "the openness" toward our So. Marina..soon got another lite hit,  also #5 flicker shad...this one just long-lined back 150' w/1oz weight...slowly getting in a chunky jumbo perch..about 5 mins later, same thing, this time on planer on the walleye crainkbait set..great perch...about 15 mins later, port side planer takes off..after an arm wrestle and knock down fist fight MW finally agrees it was my turn, and I had a great tug o war with a fat and sassy cat, larger than the walleye...We should have quit then, but you know how it goes...just 1 more fish...but it didn't happen, at least trying another hour toward the marina...for a "Poor Fishing" solunar chart day, I guess we did ok..4 quality fish from Willard's waters...slow fishing (catching) but good day to be out on the water...Guluk..