Chilly Willard 5-14-14

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Thanks for all the tips and replies on my other thread about getting the boat going for the first time in years. We did make it to Willard. We launched from the south marina and took off out across to test out the old boat. She did pretty good overall, but a bit sputtery it times. Hopefully more fresh gas can help that. We probably started around 930. We first tried around the island, the up to the north dike out to the west. Only a couple small hits the whole time. We pulled into the north marina, found it is WAY to shallow there (little ding on the prop). Headed back out and South around 2:30. Before long we had a good hit on a bottom bouncer / worm, but lost it. Right after that things really improved. We landed 6 wipers in about 30 minutes using shad raps. It then died off again. We did later get one walleye on a shad rap to ice the cake. A very good day considering I had no clue with fishing there.
Thanks again to everyone offering advice. That's what it's all about!
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