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I fished Willard for an hour this evening. There was some nice boil action to enjoy. I got there at about 6:00 and fished till 7:00. There were lots of boils, birds, and boats just outside the channel to the south marina. Then the birds just left and the boils kept going. Normally it's the other way around. The boils slowly moved north to the feed lot area. I couldn't get a bite at all on a top water Sammie. So I switched to a 3/8 oz. blue/silver Kastmaster and that was the trick. Nailed 2 in two casts. There was a lul in the boils so I decided to troll around where the boils had been and got one more.
Then, a storm with lightening started coming our way ... I'm out-o-here!
There were plenty of wipers being filleted by folks at the cleaning station and my fillets will be enjoyed for dinner tomorrow.
It sure was good to see those old familiar wiper boils again ... did my heart good.
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That is great news, hope it continues, I got next week off[cool]. Did you notice what the water temp was?
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I was there from 1:00 PM till 4:00PM. Had great results.Found a boil that lasted for a full hour or more.Between my son inlaw and me we landed 10 off the bank. GREAT day.[cool]
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[quote wiperhunter2]Did you notice what the water temp was?[/quote]
I forgot to check. I wish I would have got it for my log ... dang.
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Tubedude posted on 9/29/10 the water temp was 64.
Since the air temps havent change much since then, the water temp should still be close to that.
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i was there yesterday also water temp was still 64. got my bro his first wiper. We fished the north dike where we picked up 3 wipers and two cats trolling deep diving shad raps in black. saw no boils but had fun. Where did you find the boils?
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From just outside the south marina channel to the pig farm.
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Fished it last night. We saw no boils. We were able to land two cats and two wipers trolling.
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We were on the south shore by the feed lot. Went again on Monday from sunup till 3:00 and didn't see or hear of a single boil. Caught 6 nice catfish though. The fall action is hit and miss for certin. I'm thinking the shad populations are fewer this year. From what I've seen from the belles of fish and and the few shad I've seen in the shallows the shad seem smaller this year.
Any thoughts on this?
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