You never can tell

[rps]

Went out at 5:15 this morning. I figured I get a fish in before the weekend. I let the Spook down. I must have been throwing in the wrong places because nothing wanted it. Nothing. I had two short strikes from what may have been medium size perch. Zip.

The this really strange thing happened. A great big yellow ball peeked over the mountain. It nearly put my eyes out. I read about something like that once. I think they call it a sun.

So there I am on the water. The sun is out for the first time in days. It's barely 7:30 A.M. and here comes the first jet ski. I was totally bummed. I figured I try to find a few fish deeper. An hour later I landed a ten inch largemeouth. One stinking short fish from 5:15 to 8:30. I changed tactics again.

I tied on my trolling bait and went trolling. I figured I could work my way back to the marina. Almost immediately I started catching fish. Small fish, but fish. I kept at it for a while. Finally, a nice crappie invited himself into the boat. Then an undersize walleye, then a spotted bass. After about an hour a good fish hit. I never saw it. The fish and the bait hung in the trees. When I used the plug knocker, I got the bait but not the fish.

I didn't come in until almost 2:00. Attached, I hope, is a picture of what I kept. The crappie are 12", the small walleye is 18", the largest walleye was 22". The magic depth was 24' in and near flooded timber standing in 30-45 feet of water.

What started out awful turned into tomorrow evening's dinner for guests.

BTW, by 10:30, the lake was so full of ski boats, pontoons, and jetskis my boat was rocking and pitching like I was in the ocean. Did the whole world take Friday off to go to the lake?

Sorry about that. I was trying to do the attachment and I obviously did something not quite right.

[troutchaser]

Did the whole world take Friday off to go to the lake?

Part of my job is to place phone calls to businesses around the country (I'm in software) and I guarun-darn-tee you their ALL gone today!!

'cept me.

[gonefishin]

Nice mess of fish and they are gonna make some great eating. Wish I had caught them.

[powerdive]

Nice going, rps!!! Trolling in timber is tough, unless you happen to like retying! And as we were reminded yesterday, leadcore and timber absolutely don't mix.

Fishing in the Eagle Rock area, we only managed 2 walleyes, 11 and 18 inches. Both hit Walleye Runners at 29 feet on the edges of flats (we didn't have the patience to stay with timber). A good day for swimsuit monitoring, not so great for fishing, but it was good to be on the water.