04-06-2011, 01:08 AM
So my boys got an itch to go camping. Monday to Tuesday we hit Willard - Willow campground. We have it to OURSELVES, literally. Well, except for - of course, you guessed it - Mama Wind came to join. We setup camp, and then floated the harbor for a bit - nothing much showing on the finder. Pretty barren really - where's all the prespawners! So after some hotdogs, chips, and coke - we wander the shore - in the WIND. I try the North Dike, and the waves a just-a-smashing against the shore. I'm thinnin' Walleye love the waves and the wind right? Uh, no - not so much. Maybe a bit too rough even for them.
Later try a nice little cove where the waves crashed around, and calmed behind. Dropping out one of my bullet sinker 'rigs' - I watch my rod go BENDO big time, and SET, CAMERA, ACTION - it fought like a dickens, but it got landed all the same - a nice Cookie Cutter joins the party. Now my boy was on the fishin thing! (as opposed to chasing quail, or playing with "snakie" - such original names - KIDS!) So we try some more - get a couple more BENDO-MISSOs. Tried a pearly white curly tail on a jig and chartreuse under a bobber. Nada.
Next day we hit the south end (after a visit to S&E) and play the docks and shore around the harbor. Tried some ice-jigs under a bobber. My waxworms disappeared - with not a dink. Crawlers didn't get touched. But crawlers on the bottom got a bit hit and run, and after a good tug-o-war, landed another chunky Cookie Cutter. Tried a few more things, but got no more action.
Did stop briefly by Mantua on the way home. Couple casts, but no bobs. Lake is completely open, watched a nice bass boat launch for an afternoon outting.
May not have found a ton of fish, but sure was nice to get out and enjoy spring while it was enjoyable, the rest - well, it's part of the adventure, no!!!
Later try a nice little cove where the waves crashed around, and calmed behind. Dropping out one of my bullet sinker 'rigs' - I watch my rod go BENDO big time, and SET, CAMERA, ACTION - it fought like a dickens, but it got landed all the same - a nice Cookie Cutter joins the party. Now my boy was on the fishin thing! (as opposed to chasing quail, or playing with "snakie" - such original names - KIDS!) So we try some more - get a couple more BENDO-MISSOs. Tried a pearly white curly tail on a jig and chartreuse under a bobber. Nada.
Next day we hit the south end (after a visit to S&E) and play the docks and shore around the harbor. Tried some ice-jigs under a bobber. My waxworms disappeared - with not a dink. Crawlers didn't get touched. But crawlers on the bottom got a bit hit and run, and after a good tug-o-war, landed another chunky Cookie Cutter. Tried a few more things, but got no more action.
Did stop briefly by Mantua on the way home. Couple casts, but no bobs. Lake is completely open, watched a nice bass boat launch for an afternoon outting.
May not have found a ton of fish, but sure was nice to get out and enjoy spring while it was enjoyable, the rest - well, it's part of the adventure, no!!!