WWWW (Willing Willard Walleyes and Wipers)

[MWScott72]

Got a call from Obi that there was an empty seat on his boat due to a couple late cancellations and jumped at the chance to put some more walleye fillets away…all while enjoying time on the water with Obi, Obi’s boss (how cool is that to have the boss want to fish with you?) and Juma.  We all met at the north marina at 6am, and once launched, headed to the light pole in search of the groceries.  The eyes were sleepy early with nary a look for the first 1-1.5 hours.  By this time, we had motored over into the SW corner.  Finally a bite, and then several more.  It soon became a rodeo.  A big eye broke off on one of the planets, then another fish hit on the other side.  While trying to grab the planer, which was being drug around by the still unknown eye, I inadvertently dumped one of my AirPods in the drink.  PSA…they don’t float ?

Soon I had the planer board and started bringing in line….at the end, there was a nice 18” eye.  Juma brought the other fish which had tangled with one of the other lines and now we started to untangle the mess.  Lines back in the water and another 30-45 minutes before another flurry of fish.  This happened 3-4 times as we swung around in circles over the general area .  We had a noon departure time to take care of work and moving responsibilities, so our day ended at 15 eyes, 2 wipers and a small cat.  Lots of down time with spurts of action would describe the morning.

Fish were evenly divided on BBs/worm harnesses and cranks.  Purple Flicker Shad (7) was the preferred color although a “Red Tiger” pattern (also in 7 but jointed) caught a couple. Speed probably averaged 1.9-2mph.  We were definitely not crawling at standard lower speeds.  

Thanks Obi - always a good time!