07-02-2011, 03:11 PM
I had some free time last night, so I went up to the South Marina of Willard last night. We trolled the southeast side, from about 7 to 11. We were trolling some lipless crankbaits, and some rapalas. An hour into it, I hooked into a 17 inch walleye. After another 45 minutes, my father got into a 6 lb wiper. He was very excited, he hasn't caught one in a few years. So he had a little problem with the stringer, and getting the fish on it! The mouth was a little to big to fit it on but he did, and placed it in the water. We trolled for another 15 minutes, and he checked the stringer, and that darned fish bent the metal out of the clip and it was gone..[shocked] My dad almost went into cardiac arrest! But then, at about 10:45, my pops hooked another wiper, and he got it in the boat. This one wasn't as big, only about 4.5 lbs. For all of the hype, I didn't think the fishing was all that good. The bugs weren't bad at all, just a few skeeters. Even though we didn't catch that many fish, it was great to get out with my dad and spend some quality time with him!
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