Slow at Willard .. Report

[Old_Coot]

[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]Fished Willard last night from 5 PM to 7:30 PM. Launched at the South marina. Didn't catch a thing in those 2 ½ hours. Heck, I can't even say we got any bites. Actually, my partner did get one bite and that is all. We trolled 3 - 3.5 mph (gps). Trolled the south side, south-west side, west side, around the light pole, up through the middle, and around the East side north of the stink silos. I talked to five boats. Only one caught fish (3 wipers). The boat that had fish said they got them "way north". The other four boats, like us, never even got bites. We didn't even mark very many fish at all. In fact, I would get excited when I even marked one or two! Water temps varied a lot. The east 2/3 of the lake was 60-65. The west third was 55-60. Lots of water plants growing in the s-e area. We trolled different colors of grubs, a variety of crank baits, some spoons, and even some Jakes. Also tried some slow walleye divers bouncing on the bottom. [/size][/font]

[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]I figured that with the water temps warming up and the past 4 days of high pressure, I thought the wipers would have been a bit more active. Maybe they were but just not where we were fishing.[/size][/font]

[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]I didn't fish the silo area. Maybe it would have been better there.[/size][/font]

[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]Then again, maybe the Fish Gods are just waiting for me to pay BLM the $50 I owe him before they will allow me to catch anything ... anywhere![/size][/font]
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