# Willard Saturday
**URL:** https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/willard-saturday/234166
**Category:** Utah Fishing General
**Created:** [April 20, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/willard-saturday/234166 "2014-04-20T03:26:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@MGB](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/MGB)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/willard-saturday/234166/1 "2014-04-20T03:26:14Z")
Fished Willard today with RAK. Launched out of the south marina at 9:30. Drove past the island and started trolling. Took about a half hour and hooked up. Caught and released 7 wipers and 1 walleye in 3 hours. Had a triple hook up, with only 2 of us on the boat the 3rd wiper had to wait until we had time to reel him in. Turned out to be a good short trip to the Bay. Water temp was about 57.
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### Author:  [@Flyfishinglover](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Flyfishinglover)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 4:46am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/willard-saturday/234166/2 "2014-04-20T04:46:50Z")
Sounds like a great day to me [angelic].
Any pictures [:)]???
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### Author:  [@AFDan52](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/AFDan52)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 5:42am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/willard-saturday/234166/3 "2014-04-20T05:42:51Z")
Hey Mike Long time no see , where have you been? Good to see that you were able to get and get a line wet. Hope to see you out on the water.
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### Author:  [@lilfish](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/lilfish)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/willard-saturday/234166/4 "2014-04-20T14:45:06Z")
Do you use planer boards or down riggers when trolling there?? I have only ever used down rigger and the only thing I caught was a catfish.. Lol
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### Author:  [@fishinfool](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/fishinfool)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/willard-saturday/234166/5 "2014-04-20T14:52:55Z")
Sounds fun MGB it is nice to see you and RAK are getting back out.
fnf:sunglasses:
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### Author:  [@MGB](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/MGB)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/willard-saturday/234166/6 "2014-04-20T15:20:53Z")
Hi Dan, we are going to get back into the swing of things. We have been around just working too much.Haven’t been fishing to much the past couple years.
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### Author:  [@MGB](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/MGB)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/willard-saturday/234166/7 "2014-04-20T15:26:17Z")
we always pull side planners, never use down riggers on Willard especially when it is this low. We where pulling #5 shad raps. Going 2.3 mph they would it bottom. bumped up the speed to 2.8 - 3.0 that kept them off the bottom and that speed seemed to work very well for catching the fish.
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### Author:  [@lilfish](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/lilfish)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/willard-saturday/234166/8 "2014-04-20T16:30:38Z")
Awesome thank you for the details just picked some plainer boards so I’ll try them out.
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### Author:  [@mtncat1](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/mtncat1)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/willard-saturday/234166/9 "2014-04-20T17:34:22Z")
awesome report now I’m kicking myself for not going yesterday
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### Author:  [@wiperhunter2](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/wiperhunter2)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/willard-saturday/234166/10 "2014-04-20T18:13:33Z")
Great report Mike, thanks for posting. Any wiper or eyes over 19"?
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### Author:  [@MGB](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/MGB)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/willard-saturday/234166/11 "2014-04-20T19:29:11Z")
One 20 inch wiper, the walleye was about 18". The rest of the wipers where 15" - 16".
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### Author:  [@wiperhunter2](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/wiperhunter2)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/willard-saturday/234166/12 "2014-04-20T19:50:33Z")
There are a lot of those 14-16" wipers in there right now but there should be more of the largers ones(18-21"), this year. The last few years there have been fewer of the large wipers but I’m hoping this year that will change.
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### Author:  [@bullelk01](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/bullelk01)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/willard-saturday/234166/13 "2014-04-20T21:12:03Z")
I have been looking for a good planner board. Lets here all your suggestions. Videos of them working would be good also. Thanks
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### Author:  [@brookieguy1](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/brookieguy1)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/willard-saturday/234166/14 "2014-04-21T03:56:38Z")
Aweome report, Mike. You can describe it to me in detail at work Monday.🕶
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### Author:  [@Eddo](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Eddo)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2014, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/willard-saturday/234166/15 "2014-04-21T13:40:21Z")
How was the depth coming out of the south marina? I really want to get out there but have been concerned about the depths.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@Tin-Can](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Tin-Can)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/willard-saturday/234166/16 "2014-04-21T15:05:14Z")
Eddo- Depth out of south marina is OK If your boat isn’t too deep a draft and you keep your motor trimmed up until you get out past the red and green buoys.
About 2ft at the docks, marina 3-6 ft, center of channel average about 8 ft. at the buoys stays at about 4.5 ft. for about 100 yards then slips down to 10 - 11 ft. Between outlet and island 11-12 ft, island is marked on four corners, 3-4 ft on edges but shallow accross the top. After that good depth just about everywhere. Saw some at 13-14 ft near the west corner light pole. It’s variable out in the Freeway bay, but keep your depth warning set to about 3.5, and you should be fine.
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### Author:  [@wiperhunter2](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/wiperhunter2)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2014, 3:47am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/willard-saturday/234166/17 "2014-04-22T03:47:03Z")
I have been looking for a good planner board. Lets here all your suggestions. Videos of them working would be good also. Thanks
Most folks around here use the Offshore brand of side planners but I like the Church brand. IMO they are easier to use, getting them on and off. Sorry, no video.
WH2