06-20-2020, 02:32 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-20-2020, 04:36 PM by Jig-fisher.
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My wife and I met up with some friends at Willard yesterday afternoon for some socializing and of course fishing. The wives mostly socializing, the men trying to fish. We started off trolling the west side, but with not even a strike we motored over to freeway bay and decided to fish for cats near the dike. They were willing to play and we put 3 in the boat in short order. Then my friend, (who shall not be named to protect the innocent), as I was saying, Jim 
had 2 consecutive cats break him off. The second one still had the bobber attached and it was interesting to see where it went. It started down the dike, only 3 to 5 ft away from the edge of the water. It just cruised that edge. We tried to get close and net it, but it took off anytime we got close.
We took a break back in the North Marina to visit the restroom and to have dinner out on the boat, just drifting out in the marina.
We returned to the main lake and decided to break out the trolling gear and see if we could get some walleyes or wipers. It was slow again for a while. I finally picked up a smaller eye on the planer board. I decided to bump up the speed to see if that would help to 3.5 to 4.0. It did. Jim had 2 good fish on for a bit, but came unbuttoned. By that time it was getting late and the sun started to go down then we had a flurry. I put a 22 inch eye in the boat, then another small one. Jim finally caught his first ever walleye, Yes! I put another nice eye in the boat, then Jim got his second eye. It was fast and furious that last 1/2 hour. By that time it was getting dark and we pulled everything up and headed in.
I the end we put 6 eyes and 3 cats in the cooler. A fast finish to an overall slow evening.![[Image: image000002.jpg]](https://i.ibb.co/ssLNXZH/image000002.jpg)
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had 2 consecutive cats break him off. The second one still had the bobber attached and it was interesting to see where it went. It started down the dike, only 3 to 5 ft away from the edge of the water. It just cruised that edge. We tried to get close and net it, but it took off anytime we got close.We took a break back in the North Marina to visit the restroom and to have dinner out on the boat, just drifting out in the marina.
We returned to the main lake and decided to break out the trolling gear and see if we could get some walleyes or wipers. It was slow again for a while. I finally picked up a smaller eye on the planer board. I decided to bump up the speed to see if that would help to 3.5 to 4.0. It did. Jim had 2 good fish on for a bit, but came unbuttoned. By that time it was getting late and the sun started to go down then we had a flurry. I put a 22 inch eye in the boat, then another small one. Jim finally caught his first ever walleye, Yes! I put another nice eye in the boat, then Jim got his second eye. It was fast and furious that last 1/2 hour. By that time it was getting dark and we pulled everything up and headed in.
I the end we put 6 eyes and 3 cats in the cooler. A fast finish to an overall slow evening.