Ty Sennett
05-20-2010, 07:41 AM
I had John Straple, Jim, and John's dad out again last night for a half day. We started out bass fishing and caught some but they were not going really good yet. I'd say we caught about 10 or more bass. They were all the smaller males in the 14 to 16 inch range. The only bigger bass we had was right at sundown and John lost that one on the surface after a couple jumps. At dark we fished walleye for an hour or so and caught quite a few. We tried to figure out how many we caught and it was around thirty walleye between 14 and 20 inches. We caught about five or six in the 20 inch range and Jim caught the biggest at somewhere around 21 inches. I think Jim caught about 13 or 14 of them but lost about 20 others with no exaggeration. Might have been the Linnie's. He definitely had the right technique though. I'm guessing talking loud and not paying attention was his strategy and it worked. He kept me laughing though. We had quite a few times with doubles on from nice fish. We kept some to eat and threw the rest back. There are a lot of really good eating sized walleye on the flowage right now in that 16 inch range. Like I said yesterday, it's just a matter of being in the right spot when they come through. There is some luck involved but spot selection helps. If you do get out here make it a point to let the larger fish of twenty inches and over go. It will be better for the lake in the long run. Better genetics for the lake.
Thanks to John, Jim, and Mr. Straple for a great time. I forgot, Jim ended the night with a lure in the trees so he lost the bet and owed everyone a bloody mary at Treelands. Lucky for him they were closed when we got back.
Thanks to John, Jim, and Mr. Straple for a great time. I forgot, Jim ended the night with a lure in the trees so he lost the bet and owed everyone a bloody mary at Treelands. Lucky for him they were closed when we got back.