Jigging Up Some Walleye

[Swartztastic]

My son and I put the boat in this morning. After getting the fenders and lines in place, we went out to do some preseason scouting. The water in shallow was a little dirty so we ran out. The water cleared up before we got to locust reef so we used the sonar to look around some. There were 3 boats fishing about a quarter mile south of the reef but as we rode through there slowly, we didn’t mark many fish. Continued to the west side of the reef and started marking fish. We made a short drift there picking up one. Moved to the north side of the reef and drifted back along the west edge of the reef and picked up 5 more in about an hour and headed in to enjoy a good meal and warm up

[itsbob]

Well done on your shake down cruise.Great way to start off your season.Thanks for the post.

[pappyon]

My son and I put the boat in this morning. After getting the fenders and lines in place, we went out to do some preseason scouting. The water in shallow was a little dirty so we ran out. The water cleared up before we got to locust reef so we used the sonar to look around some. There were 3 boats fishing about a quarter mile south of the reef but as we rode through there slowly, we didn’t mark many fish. Continued to the west side of the reef and started marking fish. We made a short drift there picking up one. Moved to the north side of the reef and drifted back along the west edge of the reef and picked up 5 more in about an hour and headed in to enjoy a good meal and warm up

thank you for the report. were you using hair jigs? casting?

[Swartztastic]

First thing first, this was my first post of the year and I forgot to include some additional info so my apologies.

We were casting and jigging. Used 3/4 ounce purple hair jigs with stinger hooks. At least two of the fish would not have taken a boat ride if not for the stinger hooks.

The water temp was just under 42 degrees. The wind was perfect moving the boat at about .6 mph and I didn’t use a drift sock. The weather was overcast for the first hour but the sun came out and the fishing definitely picked up. It could be that we just drifted over more fish but the sun making an appearance felt very good.

[gb1234]

Thank you! This is the report I've been waiting for.
I just need the waves to settle down now.