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Walleye Opener

Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 9:12 pm
by bl8ant
Well my girlfriend and I headed out to a new lake today to try for some walleye. Bluebird skies (clear water) and very light winds had me worried but we ended up getting a pattern together landing 6 fish in as many hours.

All of our fish were caught on jigging spoons on flats in the 35-38 foot range with one coming from over 40 feet of water.

What surprised us both was the amount of surface activity...big fish boiling all over the surface in 30+ fow all day in the sun. Even managed to sneak up on a school of 4-5 of these mystery fish cruising 3-5 feet down over 40 feet of water. The lake has a population of lake trout as well as whitefish but I don't know what the likelihood of these fish busting the surface is all day long in the bright sun in 55 degree water. Someone suggested they were walleye feeding on insects on the surface...

Anyways here are some pics.
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Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 9:24 pm
by cprince
Those smiles say it all!

Lucky man to have your favorite girl come along and be more than a passenger. Thanks for the report!


Craig

Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 5:28 am
by Chevy Champagne
awsome fish
glad to see someone catching them
and the boiling i have been noticing it alot latley to
i have eaven been catching pike on topwaters already and there exploding on them :shock:
weird year so far

Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 5:39 am
by DropShotr
Great report and pics.

Nice to see you did good on the walleye.

Thanks for reminding me I have jigging spoons in the tackle bag. :oops: The one thing I forgot to try yesterday on the St. Lawrence.

Thanks for sharing,
DS

Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 1:41 pm
by MTF
Great work....looks like you had the pattern down.

Thanks for sharing

Marc

Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 2:26 pm
by Fishing 24/7
du doreéééééééééééééé

Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 2:36 pm
by HotelTango
Good stuff :D


Cheers
Marc

Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 4:54 pm
by lapointeric
Fishing 24/7 wrote:du doreéééééééééééééé
:-)


well said.

Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 5:30 am
by troutnmuskiehunter
Nice fish bud!....looks like you guys picked an awesome day to be out on the water...

Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 5:35 am
by Mike P
Great outing bl8ant!

Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 7:12 am
by Dore
Awsome report dude 8) Great pics !

Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 8:25 am
by plncrzy
Pics are making me hungry for walleye.... Thanks for posting..... hmmmm

I got the week off, I know where I can catch walleye during the day... My boat motor is fixed... what am I waiting for????

Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 8:30 am
by RJ
Though I am no fan of the walleye that is some good fishin' on what I'm told was a tough weekend on the walleye dudes!

RJ

Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 10:17 am
by Mrktwatchr
Nice heading to 3 mile this weekend

Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 10:21 pm
by bl8ant
excuse my ignorance but where is 3 mile? An unexpected free day has presented itself, might hit up the same lake this Monday.