Sunday Boat Traffic Report

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I left Holiday Island at 5:40 this morning, headed for normal water. The Beaver generation has water temps here in chaos. I was thinking to myself how much I enjoy putting the first wake on the lake. Wrong.

I passed two boats on the way to Eagle Rock, there was a boat launching at the state park there, and the walleye style Ranger was on the flat at Roaring River when I arrived.

I fished three locations in Roaring River where I have caught numerous topwater fish. Zip. Nada. Not even a miss. I jig fished back out of the river. Still zero. I continued to fish soft plastics on good locations.

I didn't break the skunk until nearly 9:30, when I took a spot on a creature I dragged off a point into a 60 foot channel near Panther Creek. If you know the area, you know where I mean. The fish was at least 30 feet deep when he took the bait.

Once I had the skunk broken, I started trolling for walleye. Lost several baits but found no walleye. Only caught a couple of spots trolling, both small. i concentrated on the 26 to 33 foot depths and marked numerous fish. I just wasn't offering what they wanted, I guess.

Every one with a big wake boat was out today. The wind didn't even begin to keep them away. Plenty of PWC also, but I'm getting to where I hardly notice them unless they are close enough to splash me. However, those wake boats leave you no chance to ignore them. If you don't pay attention, they'll rock you right out of your boat.

I begin teacher in service tomorrow and my first day with students is Wednesday next week. All the other local schools will start within a week of when we do. The boat traffic should decrease after that. In other words, my chance for weekday mornings is over, but yours should improve soon.