Upper End Report

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I plugged the boat in yesterday and this morning I was very excited to be able to be out for the first time in two weeks. By 7:10 I was saying ugly things. The crank battery was dead, dead, dead. I yanked it and drove to Missouri. I waited until the store opened and replaced it. I was at the location I wished to begin, the mouth of Rock Creek, exactly two hours later than planned. I saw two different boats of walleye fisherman I know and one fished Rock Creek with me. I marked many fish between 26 and 40 feet. Used a crawler rig and trolled cranks. Four bass, 1 keeper size, but no walleye.

Motored over to Owl Creek and trolled the channel at 36 feet over the submerged tree tops. One bass pushing 4 pounds hit first. Then I connected and landed a 26 inch walleye. My friend had to leave and I motored back to the Holiday Island area but did not find another walleye.

One jet ski all day.

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Rare picture with me and the fish. This was a finger pinch 26. Sadly, it equaled my best this year. I have no complaints on numbers or average size this year, but the big fish needs to improve to match previous years. For example, my profile avatar is a 27 and was the second largest of that year.

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Rare picture with me and the fish. This was a finger pinch 26.

Sadly, it equaled my best this year. I have no complaints on numbers or average size this year, but the big fish needs to improve to match previous years. For example, my profile avatar is a 27 and was the second largest of that year.