A Short Walleye Bite

Dan & I headed out this morning in what was supposed to be a big wind. I was pleasantly surprised to see that the water was almost flat instead! It probably wouldn’t last, but at least we would start the day in comfort.

I decided to try for walleye first and it didn’t take long to get bit. We were into good fish, but had to really fish them slowly in order to get bit! Livescope showed the lethargic ones barely moving as we fished through the schools. Although we did get a good number of big fish in the first three hours, it was hard work. Once the winds picked up and it began to rain, it was lights out! The fish weren’t active to begin with and now they went dormant!

With the winds pushing 3-foot waves where we were, I decided to try other areas instead. Unfortunately, despite all our efforts, we were only able to land several small bass. One more attempt at the open water walleye saw the same results and our drifts were too fast to get the presentation needed to possibly get bit. We decided to pull the plug around 2 and headed back to the ramp to take out.

The morning bite was great today but once the weather changed and the winds picked up, it was all over for the day. Thankfully we caught plenty of fish in the first few hours to make it all worthwhile! I even got to take a good limit home and released many other fish too! Good day on the water!!