Been a while

[AR Huzgr]

Probably been a month since I last was out.   Nice weather this week brought me out of the A/C.  

Launched from Prairie Creek in a.m. and targeted walleye with bottom bouncer and crawler/spinner rig.   

Fished main lake structure depth 23-27 range.  Water temp 83.7.    

Caught 5 walleye (biggest was 18).  They were aggressive and just grabbed the bait (no finicky eaters today).  

Dining with the walleye were some nice channel cats.  Caught 6 total cats with one 8 pounder, followed by a 4, then the rest were in the 2 lb range.

Only had a dozen crawlers so was done by 11, but by then, the black flies found me so time to go!    Was good to get back on water. 

[bfishn]

5 walleye and 6 cats on a dozen crawlers = doing something right (or darn lucky). 😉

[AR Huzgr]

40 minutes ago, bfishn said:

5 walleye and 6 cats on a dozen crawlers = doing something right (or darn lucky). 😉

Lol, I use half a crawler typically (especially if using slow death hook) so that makes 24 halves, but darn lucky fits me most of the time!

[Quillback]

That's some good fishing!  I was out today in my buddy Jeb's boat, can't say that we came even came close as far as weight - we caught a dozen bass, but the biggest one might have gone 13".  Great morning to be out however, big old full moon early and cool temps that felt really good.  

[bfishn]

Yeah, when I saw that moon at 4:30 I was seriously wishing I had been out there all night.

[Quillback]

1 hour ago, bfishn said:

Yeah, when I saw that moon at 4:30 I was seriously wishing I had been out there all night.

Old age has turned me into an early riser,  my night fishing days are done.  But that moon when I walked my dog at 0330 was like a spotlight it was so bright, would've been a good night for fishing.

[Phil S]

I fish walleye on Beaver only in the summer as it’s convenient to our lakehouse in the Pt 5 area. I have a been a little disappointed so far this summer compared to previous years. I am not getting to go a ton, so it may just be the way they are biting that day, but I’m not seeing fish just stacked up in my normal honey holes like years past. When I do catch them the bite it so light it’s hard to get them hooked up. I lose a lot of them and the ones I get in the boat are barely hooked. Not sure if anyone else has experienced the same. It’s hard to be a judge though based on going once or twice every couple of weeks. 

[Ron Burgundy]

1 hour ago, Phil S said:

I fish walleye on Beaver only in the summer as it’s convenient to our lakehouse in the Pt 5 area. I have a been a little disappointed so far this summer compared to previous years. I am not getting to go a ton, so it may just be the way they are biting that day, but I’m not seeing fish just stacked up in my normal honey holes like years past. When I do catch them the bite it so light it’s hard to get them hooked up. I lose a lot of them and the ones I get in the boat are barely hooked. Not sure if anyone else has experienced the same. It’s hard to be a judge though based on going once or twice every couple of weeks. 

I agree with you , I fish that area also and my hot spots in years past aren’t holding fish like normal…..last trip caught 6 keepers ….never measured  this one , just took picture and released it. 

[AR Huzgr]

9 hours ago, Phil S said:

When I do catch them the bite it so light it’s hard to get them hooked up. I lose a lot of them and the ones I get in the boat are barely hooked.

I've only lived here a little less than a year, so don't have a lot of history on the lake.  I did think it took longer than last year to get on summer pattern but who really knows . On the light bite days, I have to switch to jig and crawler and open bail which is the old school way I used to fish for them up north, but not my favorite way to fish.   Never tried leeches here and not sure where I'd get them if I wanted to.  

[bfishn]

On 9/2/2023 at 6:28 AM, MO Huzgr said:

...Never tried leeches here and not sure where I'd get them if I wanted to.  

I bought 20 dozen on eBay once, used them all in one Aug-Sept stretch. Gills and cats were all that would eat them, but crawlers were fine for the eyes. Still don't get it.