Walleye 9/28/15

[dan hufferd]

Fished all day with a friend, finally found some keeper sized walleye. We caught 30 in all, about 1/2 were of keeper size biggest was 18".

Put 8 in the boat, caught 1 on a jig the rest on 2 oz bouncer and spinner/crawler harness. This is the most walleye I have caught all year.

I think it was just location, or the moon who knows. Caught brim,cat fish and some bass too. Great time ! 

[lmt out]

Great job, and thanks for the report.  I had about the same success  fished by myself had 28 with 14 keepers biggest 19".  Crawler harnesses.

[Kramr]

Gonna be there Oct 10, please save me some. 

General question about where. Points, flats, bluffs? All of the above?

[Walleyedmike]

Great job guys!

 

WM

[dan hufferd]

The last time I did these kinds of numbers which was a couple years ago, I found a small step that was 18-20 ft deep then a drop into the main channel. That is the way it was monday for me, I just kept working that same step over and over.

My wife bought me one of those fancy gps trolling motors, I am here to tell y'u that thing is awesome ! It will change the way you fish

[Kramr]

The last time I did these kinds of numbers which was a couple years ago, I found a small step that was 18-20 ft deep then a drop into the main channel. That is the way it was monday for me, I just kept working that same step over and over.

My wife bought me one of those fancy gps trolling motors, I am here to tell y'u that thing is awesome ! It will change the way you fish

My next trolling motor will be a gps model. Which one did you get? Minn Kota and Motor Guide both make one. How well is it working for you? Does spot lock work as advertised? Would love to not have to tend it every second and be able to concentrate on catching fish.

[dan hufferd]

I got the motor guide. It claims a much tighter spot lock and I run lowrance depth finders, but after some painstaking research I think both are great. You can't go wrong with either. I have a you tube video if you want to view it, just google my name it should come up.

I am trolling at 1 mph with the outboard while letting the trolling motor do the steering. It has a course lock feature which is awesome.

I had lots buyers remorse, but it quickly goes away the more you use and learn what you can do.   

[Kramr]

Saw the video, man I got to get me one of those. Did you go with the 24 or 36 volt? I noticed you had the steering wheel tied down, why?

[dan hufferd]

I have the steering wheel tied because the motor will creep over to one side sometimes, it might be because of the trolling flap I use. ( it was windy, if I let the big motor do the pushing and the trolling motor do the steering even in the wind I can easily troll all day one one charge)

 

I went with the 24 volt.( it will pull my boat over 3 mph) As I said I read a lot and did not come up with any good reason why I needed three batteries.

I will tell you this, if I had to do it again I think I would buy the saltwater model, it does not have a foot pedal, you don't need one.

Let me know if you want to take a closer look and maybe we can have a good reason to go to the lake. I need all the reasons I can get !

[Kramr]

Thanks. The wife and I will be down there starting this Saturday afternoon and will be there until the following Sunday. I'm thinking that if I got the 36 volt I wouldn't need a kicker, the main motor doesn't have any troll control features and pushes the boat at around 3 mph at idle which is a little fast.