Friday And Sunday Morning On The Upper End

[rps]

Fished both mornings from early early until boat traffic. I followed my usual routine and started by trying to scare up a few bass for fun. Friday I caught 9 and Sunday I caught 8, but the quality was better on Sunday. I actually caught a keeper and a near keeper.

On Friday I tried to anticipate where the scattered fish would surface next on the baitfish. (Champ's whack a mole game) When I succeeded the fish were small.

Sunday I fished a stretch where the channel sneaks up to a nothing bank. The only other people I have ever seen fish it are the types that put the troll motor on high and try to set new records for casts thrown at the bank. They don't seem to plan, they are just there to seine the water. Anyway, like I said, I caught 8 with a little more size.

The last week to 10 days I have been getting a lot of those drive by bites. No explosion, no attack, just suddenly your bait is under water and moving laterally. Anyone else experiencing this?

Friday while trolling I caught two undersize walleye. Today, Sunday, I caught 6 fish, two of which were legal. Today's fish came on a purple tiger wart at 20 feet on 140 feet of Power Pro 10# at speeds between 1.8 and 2.6 mph. I was nicking stickups in 22 to 28 feet of water.

[abkeenan]

Funny you say that about the topwater bait just disappearing without any explosion. I only threw topwater for about 20 casts last weekend but the one 14" LM did just that, just sucked it under and i didnt know i had a fish til i tried to work my bait and the rod bowed up. I dont get to fish all that often at TR like you locals so that might happen all the time but for me it was a first.

-Brett