07-29-2021, 10:45 PM
(07-29-2021, 10:22 PM)jjannie Wrote: Glad the kitties kept you entertained! I bet you have more than those in boats when catching them - LOL The whirlies must have gotten their attention and were too interesting to not at least take a strike at them.Most of us seasoned "Willardites" have learned that the dog days of summer are not prime for walleyes or even wipers these days. If we want tugs, we gotta settle for cat tugs. The other species start getting more active once water temps drop down to about 65 or so. That triggers the fall feedup and we do better. Then, about the middle of October the big perch start schooling up out off the north marina and that gets interesting too.
The whirlies really do call in the kitties...and did well on walleyes and a couple of wipers earlier too. I only run them at about .5 to .8 mph and even at the lowest speed those little propeller blades really spin. I saw very few fish on sonar today...except a lot of shad. So I know the cats were coming in from the side in response to the vibrations since I didn't see them before they hit.
My best action came in areas where I was seeing shad on sonar. And I did see a few dead floating shad about 2". So I suspect the fish are being well fed but will still go for something attractive enough.