Willard 10-16-21

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Ira and I got up to Willard this morning, launching around 8am. plenty of water at the ramp for his 17.5' Lowe. We got out into the lake and found an average depth of 9 fow, 10 being the max depth on the East side of the lake around Freeway bay. We started our slow troll and for the first hour or so there was nothing but pop and drops but around 9 am after the sun came over the mountain the action finally turn on and between 9 and 10 we picked up 9 or 10 cats with the blue and silver fligs catching them all. Things slowed down between 10 and 11 and finally they came to a complete stop. We hung in there and talked about moving but we just expanded our search in that same area and finally around noon the switched turned on and we picked another 7 or 8 cats for a total of 17, with the largest being 25.5". 
Lots of dead or dying shad. Saw TinCan near the ramp as we were retrieving the boat, good seeing you Forest. Trip #45