08-28-2005, 11:51 AM
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[#0000ff]About the 4 species...that used to be a "grand slime" on Willard...walleye, channel cats, crappies and carp. There were also good numbers of bluegills and a few green sunfish. These days we need to add in wipers, smallmouth and yellow perch. I am attaching a pic of a "triple header" catch from the "olden days". I probably caught at least one carp too, but did not keep it for the "grand slime" pic. (By the way, you could keep 2 walleyes over 20 inches in those days)[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]As the water cools, and the crazies thin out, it should become possible to have lots of multispecies days, if you plan it right and fish it right. That was what I was doing Saturday. I blew a few wiper hits, and I think I lost a small walleye shortly after hooking up, but not sure about smallies. They are in there, but they gotta be coaxed. The wierd weather and the descending hordes of skiers and PWCers didn't help.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Still though, it was a fun morning. Sorry I can't get more excited about Willard's wipers, guys. They are puny compared to what is available in other parts of the country. TubeBabe enjoyed the two she caught yesterday, but we were talking on the way home and she reminded me that we have had days of 50 to 100 fish EACH...on white bass that were bigger, badder and fought harder than those two skinny wipers. The largest (20") only weighed 2.6 pounds. The white bass we used to catch in Arizona would have weighed about 3.5#. at the same length, and we did get more than a few of those. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]About the 4 species...that used to be a "grand slime" on Willard...walleye, channel cats, crappies and carp. There were also good numbers of bluegills and a few green sunfish. These days we need to add in wipers, smallmouth and yellow perch. I am attaching a pic of a "triple header" catch from the "olden days". I probably caught at least one carp too, but did not keep it for the "grand slime" pic. (By the way, you could keep 2 walleyes over 20 inches in those days)[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]As the water cools, and the crazies thin out, it should become possible to have lots of multispecies days, if you plan it right and fish it right. That was what I was doing Saturday. I blew a few wiper hits, and I think I lost a small walleye shortly after hooking up, but not sure about smallies. They are in there, but they gotta be coaxed. The wierd weather and the descending hordes of skiers and PWCers didn't help.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Still though, it was a fun morning. Sorry I can't get more excited about Willard's wipers, guys. They are puny compared to what is available in other parts of the country. TubeBabe enjoyed the two she caught yesterday, but we were talking on the way home and she reminded me that we have had days of 50 to 100 fish EACH...on white bass that were bigger, badder and fought harder than those two skinny wipers. The largest (20") only weighed 2.6 pounds. The white bass we used to catch in Arizona would have weighed about 3.5#. at the same length, and we did get more than a few of those. [/#0000ff]
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