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| Tim with a bass caught sight fishing the shallows |
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| Nice little walleye caught on a jig and slip bobber |
Weather was absolutely beautiful...mostly mid 70s and sunny with hardly any wind. Too nice to catch fish most of the time.
Water temperature was 65-66 degrees.
The fish have started moving into the shallows. Bass can be seen moving up onto beds, crappies are spawning, and bluegills are starting to show up in the shallow weeds as well. Muskies are hanging out cruising the weed flats for prey.
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| It might be a small walleye, but Tim isn't picky when it comes to walleyes. |
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| Probably about 11" crappie. |
It is important to note that if you can see a fish, a fish can see you. Position yourself accordingly.
For the weekend we caught (about):
25 Largemouth Bass
8 Walleyes
12 Crappies
4 Bluegills
I also lost a giant catfish...maybe 20 lbs... why do they always bite on my ultralight?
We caught the bass mostly on nightcrawlers...single hook through the nose with no weight. Cast the shallows and let it slowly sink. A twitch every now and then and the shallow bass couldn't lay off. Unfortunately, all the bass were males around 14-16 inches. The large females don't seem to be up yet.
Crappies were caught in about 7 feet of water on slip bobbers with a 1/32 oz jig tipped with a minnow. Many guys were casting the shallows, but remember, not all fish spawn in the
super shallow water...in fact, the bigger ones usually don't.
Walleyes were caught on a variety of presentations, but the primary bait of choice was a leech under a slip bobber in 7 feet of water. Most of the walleyes were on the small side...13"-18".
All fish were released except two 17" walleyes that swallowed my hook too far for me to release them and be certain of their survival.
Remember that when using live bait, if a fish is given too much time, it will swallow the hook. To avoid this, I use jigs under my slip bobbers. This seems to reduce the swallow rate by about 90%.
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