I need to fish Bull more

[audiochem]

18 hours ago, vonreed said:

Nice report.  What were you catching them on? 

Stick baits.

[vonreed]

15 hours ago, audiochem said:

Stick baits.

Thanks,  I should of known, it's what everybody seems to use down there.

[Bill Babler]

Bull is very accessible to bank fish either side from the pot hole to Swan Creek.  It can be very challenging to fish and whom ever stated great one day sorry the next 5 is more than correct.

I've fished that area since 1972.  Not a ton, but a dozen or so times a year.  Mostly when the whites start to run.

Last year I had a great day over there with some clients that had the heads up prior to going, with me telling them it was really hit and miss.  We had 4 big walleye a mess of whites and several crappie and a really nice 6 lb. LM.  It was 1st. of March.  All were caught on a A-rig above Swan.

The same day there was a guy trolling up there and he had 2 walleye over 10 pounds,  trolling an A-rig.  I thought he was going way to fast but guess not.  He said you had to move it not to get hung on the bottom.  He was also catching whites like a crazy person.  Nice guy we visited quite a bit and he said he spent about 2 weeks every March on upper bull.  Said at times he will not catch a fish for 2 or 3 days and then on the 4th. day he will simply load the boat.  Said if he can get up there he has caught them on either current or flat water, with the best being 2 units or a nice soft flow.

My biggest brown trout ever was caught at the pot hole it weighed 13 pounds and I caught it on a jerkbait about 12 years ago.

It's really a mixed bag up there and also includes rainbows and stripers.

Bite is almost always early and it can go to zero really fast in mid-day.