Willard 5-30

[2knots]

Hit the lake with Fast Randy and Obi’ launching at 7 from the north marina. Headed out into the openness dropped in and Obi then Randy hooked up on eyes for a double, a bit later another eye and a perch came aboard. We were thinking that this may be a quick morning but the Scrooge showed up and made us cover a lot of water to pick up 1 more eye, 2 more perch and a wiper. Water temp was 68, pulled cranks most of the day although Randy and Obi both drowned a couple worms on bottom bouncers with no love. Blue and silver was probably the best color for action but other colors produced a fish here and there. Good seeing and chatting with Curt and Ira out there, fun day with my crew. Oh I did put on a pair of downriggers to see if that helped with getting the cranks down, which it did but they only produced the wiper. 

[oldguy]

Nice job  how deep were the fish today?
Thanks for the report I will be out there later in the week if the weather holds.

[2knots]

Nice job  how deep were the fish today?
Thanks for the report I will be out there later in the week if the weather holds.

There were fish suspended when we started and then on the bottom 22-23’ of water. I’ll be back out on Friday also

[obifishkenobi]

Hit the lake with Fast Randy and Obi’ launching at 7 from the north marina. Headed out into the openness dropped in and Obi then Randy hooked up on eyes for a double, a bit later another eye and a perch came aboard. We were thinking that this may be a quick morning but the Scrooge showed up and made us cover a lot of water to pick up 1 more eye, 2 more perch and a wiper. Water temp was 68, pulled cranks most of the day although Randy and Obi both drowned a couple worms on bottom bouncers with no love. Blue and silver was probably the best color for action but other colors produced a fish here and there. Good seeing and chatting with Curt and Ira out there, fun day with my crew. Oh I did put on a pair of downriggers to see if that helped with getting the cranks down, which it did but they only produced the wiper. 

Thanks for hosting, it is always a good time on your boat, I'll be on the Bay the next three days, putting to use what I learned today with you guys.

[fast_randy]

I love fishing with you two. Can't wait for Friday. And I don't remember any caught on blue/ silver. Lol. I got the biggest and the smallest Walleye. And two perch on good old TM blue gill.
Shawn has put on a challenge for Us on Friday. He thinks because he is constantly turning, he catches more.

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Owe, and that TM blue gill, i did replace the front treble with a red one. Way Back when I earned my moniker fast_randy I used to do that with liples rattel traps. I swear it helps.

[wiperhunter2]

Nice going you guys, sounds like a fun day on the water, how long was the wiper?

I found a fillet knife at the South marina fish cleaning station, if someone left one there today, send me a PM and tell me what kind it is and I'll get it back to you.

[EyLayo]

Good day at the Bay for you guys. Have any of you tried the gate before 6 this year? Wondering if they are keeping it on normal closure schedule

[Jig-fisher]

Still a good day to put any fish in the boat at Willard.  Nice!

[Jmorfish]

Good job, nice pics, and good report...might just get my boat out there one day soon..screwed up my back a month ago,so today I did a trial run out to East Canyon, trolling, to see how I would handle everything, and everything worked fairly well..So save me a place out on the water there; hope to get there in a couple weeks..

[2knots]

Good day at the Bay for you guys. Have any of you tried the gate before 6 this year? Wondering if they are keeping it on normal closure schedule

I haven’t, but until recently the bite was later in the am

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Still a good day to put any fish in the boat at Willard.  Nice!

Thanks and yes it was

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Nice going you guys, sounds like a fun day on the water, how long was the wiper?

I found a fillet knife at the South marina fish cleaning station, if someone left one there today, send me a PM and tell me what kind it is and I'll get it back to you.

Never measured it Curt

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I love fishing with you two. Can't wait for Friday. And I don't remember any caught on blue/ silver. Lol. I got the biggest and the smallest Walleye. And two perch on good old TM blue gill.
Shawn has put on a challenge for Us on Friday. He thinks because he is constantly turning, he catches more.

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Owe, and that TM blue gill, i did replace the front treble with a red one. Way Back when I earned my moniker fast_randy I used to do that with liples rattel traps. I swear it helps.

I thought you got the 1st eye on blue and silver and put the blue gill on later, guess I wasn’t paying attention lol. I did have the autopilot on zigzag where we started but turned it off once we started looking at other spots

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Hit the lake with Fast Randy and Obi’ launching at 7 from the north marina. Headed out into the openness dropped in and Obi then Randy hooked up on eyes for a double, a bit later another eye and a perch came aboard. We were thinking that this may be a quick morning but the Scrooge showed up and made us cover a lot of water to pick up 1 more eye, 2 more perch and a wiper. Water temp was 68, pulled cranks most of the day although Randy and Obi both drowned a couple worms on bottom bouncers with no love. Blue and silver was probably the best color for action but other colors produced a fish here and there. Good seeing and chatting with Curt and Ira out there, fun day with my crew. Oh I did put on a pair of downriggers to see if that helped with getting the cranks down, which it did but they only produced the wiper. 

Thanks for hosting, it is always a good time on your boat, I'll be on the Bay the next three days, putting to use what I learned today with you guys.

Good luck and see you on Friday

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Good job, nice pics, and good report...might just get my boat out there one day soon..screwed up my back a month ago,so today I did a trial run out to East Canyon, trolling, to see how I would handle everything, and everything worked fairly well..So save me a place out on the water there; hope to get there in a couple weeks..

Sorry to hear about your back Joe, hope it recovers quickly and we see you out there soon

[fishinfool]

Great report, I need to go fishing.

[FishfulThinkin]

Good day at the Bay for you guys. Have any of you tried the gate before 6 this year? Wondering if they are keeping it on normal closure schedule

I was at the south marina this morning at 5:45 and the gate was closed. Looks like it's automatic but we went to the north marina and it was open but it was 6:01 by then so it may have opened automatically right at 6:00 before we got there. Only one boat there when we got in.

[EyLayo]

Good day at the Bay for you guys. Have any of you tried the gate before 6 this year? Wondering if they are keeping it on normal closure schedule

I was at the south marina this morning at 5:45 and the gate was closed. Looks like it's automatic but we went to the north marina and it was open but it was 6:01 by then so it may have opened automatically right at 6:00 before we got there. Only one boat there when we got in.

Thanks

[2knots]

Good day at the Bay for you guys. Have any of you tried the gate before 6 this year? Wondering if they are keeping it on normal closure schedule

I was at the south marina this morning at 5:45 and the gate was closed. Looks like it's automatic but we went to the north marina and it was open but it was 6:01 by then so it may have opened automatically right at 6:00 before we got there. Only one boat there when we got in.

Thanks

5:45am and it’s closed