Tuesday, May 17, 2016

First Trip of The Year



Fished with Captain Daryl and Tom. Temperature this morning was in the lower 50's and when we quit fishing it was in the upper 50's. The water temp is 53 degrees. When we started fishing the wind was out of the southwest about 10 knots with waves less than a foot. The wind did a slow switch to the east and we went from a flat lake to waves about one foot when we quit fishing. Started fishing at the S-buoy trolling towards the E-buoy with Thunder Sticks set at 55 feet on one side of the boat and 65 feet on the other side of the boat. Made the pass through the dumping grounds and we caught no fish so we pulled lines and headed to the edge of the swamp. Set up here with worms and bottom bouncers set at 40 and 45 feet behind the boards. Trolled around here trying to find some fish and we finally caught a walleye (41 47 350 / 083 23 400) off the 45 foot side with a plastic worm. Couple of minutes later we had another walleye off the 45 foot side with a plastic worm. Made about 4 passes through this area and had no more luck. By this time the wind was out of the east with one foot waves. Switched to wiggle warts and we caught one more walleye and then we called it a day. Went to Trappers and had a walleye dinner and everyone was happy.

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