07-16-2002, 04:59 AM
The top water action was fantastic on Willard tonight! We launched out of north marina at around 5:30 pm and jetted out towards the island. We spotted terns hitting the water and headed towards them. When we got there the wipers were hitting the shad on the surface with a lot of activity. We (my friend Glen and his Uncle Tom and I) start casting into the surface activity and for the next hour and a half had a blast catching wiper after wiper after wiper. We were using pencil poppers, zara spooks, and standard surface poppers. <br><br>This was by far the most productive night any of us had ever had on Willard Bay. We were fishing so fast and furious that the sweat was just dripping off all of us! After about and hour and a half the wind picked up and the surface action shut down but by then we had had the time of our lives! Glen, who has lived in Las Vegas and fished stripers in Lake Mead said that this reminded him of the top water action he had become a custom to in Lake Mead where fishing striper boils are supreme.<br><br>I really don't know why it was so good. It could of been a combination of the incoming weather (barometer dropping) with the overcast clouds that were present all evening. No matter what it was, it was a night to remember for wiper fishermen.<br><br>FISH ON!<br><br>