First Trip of the Year

Fished with Joe on the first walleye trip of the year. The weather report was for light northwest winds with waves less than a foot. The day started out with the winds out of the northeast around 10 knots and by 10:00 am the wind was blowing at 15 knots with waves 1 to 3 feet. Not a good start to the year. When we started fishing the temp was in the lower 40's and when we quit fishing it was in the lower 50's. The water temp is 52 Degrees. Started trolling at the S buoy heading towards the E buoy with crawler harnesses with 2 ounce weights. One side of the boat was set at 40 feet back and the other side of the boat was set at 50 feet back. We were about half way in the dumping grounds when we caught the first walleye, 14 1/2 inches. We started picking away at the fish until we got to the E buoy and the water started clearing up so we made a pass back where we came from. About this time the wind started blowing and it was tough to control the boat. We fought the wind and waves for about a hour and called it a day. Kept 1 perch and 10 walleye. We put back 14 walleye that were under size.