Bonus day at Willard 10/06/24

[BURLEY]

Hit the North Marina about 7:30 planning to play with the small wipers. Headed South toward Freeway dragging flicker shads. The first fish to bend my rod was a chunky 11 inch smallie followed by a 12 inch wiper soon after. An hour later my rod finally gets more action with a 15 inch wiper that goes into the bucket for supper. Another hour later, a nice 17 incher (3lb) comes to the boat and into the bucket. Nice fish!! Scoured the area another half hour to get my bonus fish of the day. I knew it was a good one because it had my medium heavy rod almost doubled when it struck. I figured it was a large catfish, but to my surprise it was a 22+ inch Wiper. I invited the 15 & 17 inchers home and left the rest to swim another day. Almost cried letting the big wiper go. All hookups were in about 16 fow at 2.7-3.2mph. The faster speed gave better action to my lures.
      I looked at the summer contest data for wiper and it looks to be 14.5 inch. So the contestants can expect to better their wiper score perhaps.






Sometimes It is a Slow bite day.