6/24 On The Upper End

[rps]

I really did stay on the upper end today. I put some ribs on the smoker this morning and went out to fish around 9:00.

First I followed Bill Babler's recommendation and fished the flat at Roaring River from 12 feet out to 30 feet - 7 or 8 passes. I used up two boxes of night crawlers on spotted bass but finally connected with a keeper walleye I saw suspended at 28 feet over a 30 foot bottom. I don't actually see a single fish and then catch it very often.

I bought more worms and fished the flat in front of Eagle Rock. More spotted bass and I lost what looked like a keeper walleye at the boat.

I motored back to the Holiday Island area and repeated the pattern at a flat roll off into the channel. One short and another keeper walleye. It was time to take the ribs off so I came in.

[REDSOXWSCHAMP]

nice looking eyes!!

[Champ188]

You do know that Babler has commercial wormbeds, right?

[rps]

You do know that Babler has commercial wormbeds, right?

I figured as much. Why else would he tout a location chock full of spots?

[dtrs5kprs]

From what I heard from a few of the guides, if you fished crawlers and went through less than 6 dozen it was a good day on the worm side of things.

[5bites]

What kind of water clarity are you seeing in your part of the lake?

[rps]

Green clear with some debris still washing down. Depending on location 4 to 8 feet.

[powerdive]

Too easy, rps. Back to the trees!

[Quillback]

Nice, you're really getting into them!

[rps]

Too easy? I was out 6 hours and caught two keepers. (I don't count bass keepers when I am fishing walleye, just as I don't count keeper walleye when I am fishing bass.) I burned close to four boxes of night crawlers. Do you have any idea how many wake boats went by and I had to rock there and pretend it did not matter? Or the PWC that thought it was fun to go round and round me? Too easy?

At least if you are in the trees, the insert descriptive word of your choice here do not come right around you.

To be clear: I had a great day on the lake and I bet the other folks wish they had as much fun as I did.