Our lines hit the water at 6:30 am (two fishing today), and we were off the water by 6:00 PM. The water temperature was between 67 degrees to 75 degrees, depending on the time and location. Additionally, we had no wind at first, little wind later in the morning, few ski boats to stir things up. In short, it was not easy today, but the fish could be caught.

Two of us caught 22 fish today, 20 Walleye, 1 Small Mouth Bass and one little rainbow . The fish ran from 13" to 18", most in the 14" to 15" range. The fish were caught in 15 feet to 50 feet, but 25 to 30 feet was the butter zone. The color changed several times throughout the day. On a side note, we did have bigger fish on. My partner for the day lost at least two over 20 inches at the boat and I lost one about that big and two quite a big bigger at the boat. I guess that is the price you pay for using too small a stinger hook because today most of the fish were hitting short.

If there was a secret today, it was to keep it slow. Drag your jig on the bottom, don't hop it or swim it. If you bottom troll, it has better be just fast enough to turn the blade and your bottom bouncer must be touching the bottom fairly often. More often then not the line would just load up and get heavy, well at least until the hook hit home. Fishing the mud lines was best during the middle of the day but fishing near or in the deeper weeds was also good.

In short, the fish are there, catchable, not easy, but if your are experienced or willing to experiment, you can get some fillets for your fish fry as well.

Because some feel a need to see pictures as proof of catch, attached is a picture of 20 walleye and 1 SMB. Tight lines all.

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