09-01-2009, 09:12 PM
My advice to help you catch your first Willard Bay wiper in early September. We have caught lots of wipers this year and hardly ever get skunked. The fishing is getting better lately.
1. Don't fish on Saturday. Go on a weekday morning or evening.
2. If the wind is coming out of the west, go to the west side. If it's coming out of the east, go to the east side, etc.
3. Bring binoculars. When you see terns hitting the water, that tells you they are seeing shad. There might be wipers underneath but not necessarily. But when you actually see a wiper smash into the surface, you know there are fish around. They seldom are alone, usually traveling with several other fish of the same size. Go to that general area.
4. Cast a Rebel Pop-N popper in white or silver or shad color. Cast on light line, such as four-pound test, to get it as far from you as possible. Jerk it back in with small but strong movements. If you do this for two hours and don't get a strike, switch to a Kastmaster about two inches long and reel it in pretty fast. Occasionally let the lure sink to the bottom before quickly reeling it in.
If you do this two evenings in a row until dark, I'm confident you'll catch two to four wipers.
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1. Don't fish on Saturday. Go on a weekday morning or evening.
2. If the wind is coming out of the west, go to the west side. If it's coming out of the east, go to the east side, etc.
3. Bring binoculars. When you see terns hitting the water, that tells you they are seeing shad. There might be wipers underneath but not necessarily. But when you actually see a wiper smash into the surface, you know there are fish around. They seldom are alone, usually traveling with several other fish of the same size. Go to that general area.
4. Cast a Rebel Pop-N popper in white or silver or shad color. Cast on light line, such as four-pound test, to get it as far from you as possible. Jerk it back in with small but strong movements. If you do this for two hours and don't get a strike, switch to a Kastmaster about two inches long and reel it in pretty fast. Occasionally let the lure sink to the bottom before quickly reeling it in.
If you do this two evenings in a row until dark, I'm confident you'll catch two to four wipers.
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