Got on the bay around 9:30 and trolled from the N marina to the area N of the feedlot. Got into a major boil at about 10:30 and caught wipers one right after another for about an hour until the wind picked up and blew me off the lake.
Caught the first one trolling a #4 jointed shad rap in a shad color black back silver body. When I saw the boils I started casting and it was “FISH ON” constantly. Caught about a dozen and released them all hoping they will grow up to be like the one caught down in Kansas in that other thread. What a hoot! No walleye however [unsure].
I hope the boils will really get going again like they did a couple weeks ago.
How late in the fall do the wipers and walleye stay active in Willard?
I’ve heard that the shad that the wipers chase go in cycles (size cycles). I don’t know how true it is but the guy that was telling me said they go in about 2-week cycles. Every two weeks a new batch of shad the right size emerge. It’s been about two weeks since the last good boils so maybe we are in for a week of “hoot”.
I predict that with the low/changing barometric pressure being replaced with smooth high pressure and the full moon getting smaller, I think we will start seeing more Willard reports like yours.
Boy, if I were back in High School doing a sicence project, I know just what my project woud be … “The Perfect Wiper Formula”.