A Fair First Trip

[Fly_Guy]

Well, my wife and I went to Stockton for the first time yesterday - at 12 noon, and only stayed until around 7:30. Thusly, we missed the best times to fish, but didn't do horrible for our first time there. We trolled crankbaits the entire day - Bandit 300 pearl/ blue back, and deep tiny wee-rs. Wee-Rs didn't do anything, but we picked up 3 keeper crappie (the biggest at 12 inches), 2 walleye (a 16, and a 17 incher), and a smallmouth. All in all, it was pretty slow, and fish were very scattered. We fished several different coves, and usually got the bite at the edge of the mouth. Walleye were in about 25 feet of water, and crappie were anywhere from 20 to 10. Very scattered. We found a little place that showed they were stacked up under the boat, but we only pulled 2 crappie out of there. I suspect minnows would have helped our cause. Catching walleye trolling again was pretty fun - reminded me of Canada!