03-08-2021, 10:08 PM
(03-08-2021, 09:56 PM)wiperhunter2 Wrote: Nice report and pics Pat, after a slow start, it sounds like you got them figured out pretty good.As we have both discovered, you can't ketch 'em where they ain't. This time of year, with water temps, water chemistry and food supplies still changing after ice-off the fish can be just about anywhere...or completely absent in many areas. Without electronics to at least let you know there are "marks" in the area you can fish a lot of fishless water. And, unfortunately, merely finding the fish is no guarantee they will cooperate. Even after I worked out the very narrow "zone of opportunity", it still took a lot of looking and a lot of time between bites. But at least I finished with some tugs. There have been a few years when my first trip to Willard was my annual one and only skunk trip. I should be properly grateful.
Definitely a challenge. But with warming temps I anticipate it will get better.