06-03-2004, 01:41 PM
I know, just what you all wanted to see, another Willard report!
We got on the water at 5:00 PM, launched out of the south marina. Water depth is ridiculously low, 2 feet in the marina dropping to 8 feet in the channel and then only 1 foot right outside of the channel bouys.
Tonight we targeted walleyes, due mostly to the fact that the wipers weren't cooperating. We fished mainly around the north and west dikes, saw lots of boats fishing around the light pole, most of them were sucked up tight into the rocks, also saw plenty of people running planer boards. It was pretty crowded for a Wed afternoon.
We trolled cranks around 3 mph and caught most of our fish out away from the shorline, usually staying a couple hundred yards from the dikes in 13 feet of water. Fish were spread out once again, we didnt find any one spot that was any better than another allthough the size of the eyes seamed to be a little bigger on the north end. Water temp was 69 degrees. Hot weather + no wind = BUGS and lots of them. As if the mosquitos were'nt bad enough, Willard now has bitting horse fly's.
Evening total 8 Walleyes 1 Wiper.
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We got on the water at 5:00 PM, launched out of the south marina. Water depth is ridiculously low, 2 feet in the marina dropping to 8 feet in the channel and then only 1 foot right outside of the channel bouys.
Tonight we targeted walleyes, due mostly to the fact that the wipers weren't cooperating. We fished mainly around the north and west dikes, saw lots of boats fishing around the light pole, most of them were sucked up tight into the rocks, also saw plenty of people running planer boards. It was pretty crowded for a Wed afternoon.
We trolled cranks around 3 mph and caught most of our fish out away from the shorline, usually staying a couple hundred yards from the dikes in 13 feet of water. Fish were spread out once again, we didnt find any one spot that was any better than another allthough the size of the eyes seamed to be a little bigger on the north end. Water temp was 69 degrees. Hot weather + no wind = BUGS and lots of them. As if the mosquitos were'nt bad enough, Willard now has bitting horse fly's.
Evening total 8 Walleyes 1 Wiper.
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