Sturgeon bay spring 2015

[rangerman]

Just returned from a spring trip from sturgeon bay..weather did not cooperate very well last week, as a front came through dropping water temps about 7 degrees. Did not target smallies, as I was mainly looking for walleye. Even with tough conditions I was able to coach some good ones. All in all, all the walleye we had were in between 24.5 and 30 inches. Caught a majority rip jigging rippin raps.

The only exception was the water at the Lake Michigan side of the canal. Visibility was 27 feet. You could see gobies swimming in the bottom as well as monster walleyes everywhere along with smallies and big piike. Only way I could find to catch those fish were long lining suckers WELL behind the boat. Good trip nonetheless.

They had the sturgeon bay open smallmouth tourney while I was there. It took 55.75 pounds for 12 fish to win it. A sheer testament for the size smallmouth available.

[Quillback]

Those are some nice 'eyes!