Walleye Fishing Report, June 17

[Phil Lilley]

Well, short story it was an off day for big walleye yesterday. Don't have alot of time to write so I'll make it brief.

Phillip Stone/Bill Babler and Phillip's son fished out of Stone's boat, Bill Beck and 2 friends fished out of Bill's boat and I had Coy Howry, a friend from OK with me (and Jackson my black lab) out of my boat. They all fished till about 1 pm and we fished till 7.

My key blew out of my boat on the way over and had to have a switch installed... won't leave my key in the boat again with a floatie attached again.

Babler told me to bring 6 dz crawlers- I did- then he asked for them when we got there and I thought... I thought those were for ME! We bought the last 3 dz in Diamond City and used them sparingly.

We fished flats and flat points mainly up from DC in 10-12 fow just outside the bush line. Bill said he thought all together we had 40 walleye with 5 keepers. Beck did the best with 3 and Babler and I each had one. We had several 1/4 inch short.

We used a roadrunner head or just a jig head with a half crawler working the bottom close to the boat. Bite felt like small blue gill pecking at it. I think I shook off the first 6 walleye thinking I was getting robbed my the little buggers.

Perfect fishing day I thought. Little wind, cloud cover, rain... but the fish didn't think so. Water temp 80-82 and murky.

[flyman]

Excellent report. I have really been wanting to get into walleye fishing. I may need to give it a shot real soon. Sorry about your keys. I occassionally leave mine in by accident. I'll need to be more careful. New mental note: Plug at launch, keys at load.

Were you trolling?

[Phil Lilley]

No. Set the trolling motor on 20 (very slow) and kinda worked the worm up and down off the bottom real slow.

Babler rigged me up with a drop shot. Actually I'd never used one or seen one before (I'm not a bass fisherman). I used it a while but didn't have any confidence in it. So I went to what I know- a jig. Jig head.

Beck caught some on a swim bait - a grub. But he said all his were short walleye. We threw a motor oil swimming minnow and caught one short and a couple of bass. I think they like the worm the best.

[flyman]

Thanks, Phil. More good info. Sounds fun.

[Bill Babler]

Thanks for the crawlers. Good wash job also.

[powerdive]

Thanks for the crawlers. Good wash job also.

Isn't that what clients are for?

[Phil Lilley]

Thanks for the crawlers. Good wash job also.

I don't want to hear it...