The Upper End Is Full of Boats

[rps]

Went out early with a new plan. I decided that since the bass fishermen were catching walleyes, I would fish for bass, and maybe I would get lucky.

I fished down as far as Emerald Beach while trying to replicate the water others have described. I never did see a school of fish, although I saw scattered individuals. I finally put something together. I parked the boat in about 30 feet of water and threw a 5/16 jig with a HD crawdad trailer. I tried to semi parallel the contour lines and land the bait in about 24 feet of water. In about an hour I caught six fish, of which three were legitimate small keepers. One of the keepers was a handsome brown fish.

No walleye.

Water temp 85-86.

Many, many, many watercraft. I am sure some of them were driven by sober people with a brain, but I saw no evidence of that. The most cringeworthy? The 18 or 19 foot skiboat with 12 people in it. Of course that included the three small children without pfd.

I will regain my courage by Monday.

[Quillback]

Thanks for the update.  I might venture out there Monday myself, supposed to cool down a tad by then (I hope).  It's been a few weeks since I have made it over that way.  I'll be happy to find a jig bite, I like fishing them.

[rps]

52 minutes ago, Quillback said:

Thanks for the update.  I might venture out there Monday myself, supposed to cool down a tad by then (I hope).  It's been a few weeks since I have made it over that way.  I'll be happy to find a jig bite, I like fishing them.

The secret was a really long cast and a drag retrieve, not a hop.

[m&m]

Randy, thanks for the report. I haven’t been out in a while so I appreciate the information from everyone. 

Mike