From Rain and Rough to Calm and Sunny

John H. and Dan P.

Fished with John and Dan. Temperature this morning was in the upper 60s and when we quit fishing it was in the middle 80s. A rain storm came through this morning with winds out of the south up to 26 knots and waves up to 3 feet. After a couple of hours the wind laid down and the sun came out and it turned out to be a nice day. The water temp is 74 degrees. Our goal was to fish the dumping grounds so we set up a troll 1/2 mile south of the dumping grounds with jet 40s set at 35 feet and wiggle warts set at 65 feet. We made that downwind troll and picked up 6 walleye so we pulled lines and headed back to our starting spot. Set up this time with jet 40s at 30 feet back and wiggle warts set at 70 feet. By this time the lake was calming down and we were able to troll where ever we wanted. Caught most of the fish around (41 48 100 / 083 21 800). Had very few junk fish, only 1 small walleye and 1 walleye that was 15 1/2 inches that we put back. Kept 18 walleye and I think the guys had a great time. This last week has been some of the best walleye fishing all year. Again, we were done early.