Willard Thursday day trip.

[Tom-a-hawk]

Started late around 11 am out of the north marina. Ran flicker shad and down riggers tell about 4pm. Caught 2 walleye and 6 wipers. Nothing big enough to to brag about. Fishing slowed for us around two. Fished 50 to 90 ft behind the boat 5 to 13 ft down.

[wiperhunter2]

Started late around 11 am out of the north marina. Ran flicker shad and down riggers tell about 4pm. Caught 2 walleye and 6 wipers. Nothing big enough to to brag about. Fishing slowed for us around two. Fished 50 to 90 ft behind the boat 5 to 13 ft down.

Thanks for the report, glad you had some success out there. One thing I can suggest, that might help, if you are after more walleye, try getting your lures down deeper by letting out more line around 110 ft to 150'. If you have snap weights, use one to two oz weights. Some members use 2 oz Bottom bouncers to get their lures down deeper. I like lead core line to get my lures down near the bottom. When using weights or lead core line you can also run worm harness, even at those faster speeds. Of course since you are using down riggers, getting down near the bottom, should not be a problem, just make sure you let out lots of line, as mentioned, because the motor noise can scare the fish.

[petty4life]

Nice job I was out there Thursday also, caught 25eye 3 wipers and 1 jumbo perch, on cranks and bottom bouncers

[wiperhunter2]

Way to go Jason, nice haul. How fast were you trolling?

[petty4life]

Way to go Jason, nice haul. How fast were you trolling?

2-2.3mph,   Water temp was cool to the touch

[wiperhunter2]

Way to go Jason, nice haul. How fast were you trolling?

2-2.3mph,   Water temp was cool to the touch

We were out there that day and noticed it was cool to the touch as well, lol. Which side of the lake were you fishing?

[petty4life]

Way to go Jason, nice haul. How fast were you trolling?

2-2.3mph,   Water temp was cool to the touch

We were out there that day and noticed it was cool to the touch as well, lol. Which side of the lake were you fishing?


the side that has the water in it

[Mildog]

Depending on how much line behind the ball and the size of the flicker shad you might want to run your downrigger ball 4-6 feet deeper than you mentioned . Most days the walleye are from bottom to 4-5 up and seem to like lures right in their zone. Wipers much more likely to be in the midrange 10-15 feet above bottom. As normal in fishing not always the case but very often this is what we are finding. The other thing try different depths if nothing in ten minutes try another, switch lures, speeds, colors turn often , stay in zones where you mark fish in finder it will pay off!
Good luck!