Awesome Week

[rangerman]

I fished last week out of diamond city and went about 7 miles in each direction...Had a banner week with a total unknown amount of walleye caught. Had good quality fish everyday and a number of them..Trolling was not the most productive for me however did catch couple of 19 inchers on #7 flicker shads and lost a 27+ on A #9 Flicker Shad. Most fish were on the downlake side of points with most consistent depth being 18-26 feet. Caught 99.9 percent of my fish on crawler rigs pulled at 1.1-1.4mph.. Find a point with some brsh of some sort and the walleye will be there. On a side note, a few cleaned did have crawdads in them. Sad part is I only have a couple of photos of some of the fish, as I fished by myself most of the week. It was relaxing though.... :-)

[rps]

Awesome!

[powerdive]

On a tip from rangerman, a friend and I fished out of Diamond City yesterday, and we had both a great day and a horrible day. On the plus side, we caught about 20 eyes, with 6 legals (we kept 3 fat 20-21 inch toads). On the down side, between us we lost 6--count 'em, 6--large walleyes. Not kidding--we totally stunk up the place. Only one was on a crank--that was a boatside "release" which happens sometimes--the others were all on crawler rigs. They just straightened the hooks on us. Time to rethink the gear (we used re-purposed trolling sticks with braid and light-wire hooks), the drag settings, etc. Unbelievable. Never ever had that problem before. The eyes are super-aggressive right now. All our fish came from flooded points at 18-25 feet, with 23-24 being best. Could've been a really special day.......

[Jeff Olson]

hey P-D, good to see you had a great day!. it has been fun with how aggressive they are, I cant believe some of the runs they are making below the boat! ( you must have had a really good day because you didn't even mention anything about the bass bothering you! LOL! ) thanks for the report!

[powerdive]

We only caught two or three bass all day, Jeff. That alone makes the day memorable. The big eyes must've run 'em off. Gotta love the Bull!

[Will May]

Nice pics Rangerman. We fished a little lower in the lake around that time. Lots of short eyes but enough keepers. Keepers on cranks, shorts on crawler rigs. Heade there again in early June.

[rangerman]

Thanks Will, that time can't get here soon enough!