Success!

**tomdury** · 05-06-2026, 09:23 AM

Couldn't get a report out cause this doesnt work well on my phone for some reason but we had a heck of a time this past weekend!

This Weekend Warrior FINALLY boated a full boat limit! Friday me and a buddy started at Scott Point shoal after having success there in years past this time of season and hearing that some guys were doing well that way. Marked lots of fish up suspended but couldnt find many active biters. Caught maybe 1-2 there and then decided to jump over toward AE with a small pack and some head boats. Stayed there the rest of the day and picked through them until the bite picked up in the afternoon when the wind started pushing a bit. Ended up with 9 before we had to bail and go pick up my cousin at the dock. Would have punched our full tickets there IF my stupid cheap Amazon harnesses werent junk! Had an absolute TANK on that wouldnt give up an inch for about 5 minutes before he came off. Thought he spit the hook but no, the damn thing broke off the harness! That happened another 2-3x so that would have finished us off. Lesson learned, just make them my damn self like I used to!

Saturday we had my cousin aboard and slept in after a rousing night of watching hockey on KI. Tried a little further toward the north can of KI starting out but picked through sheep all morning. We made progressive moves W for each drift until we were in the heart of a small pack and Jackie/Jill and Sassy Sal doing progressive drifts. Marked fished on the bottom and started pickin through walleye. Action got HOT whenever the wind would push a bit with doubles and 1 triple! We stuck it out and finished with our 3 man limit around 430 with a bonus sammich perch each day.

Nice having good electronics (came with the new boat!) and being able to put together a program over a waypoint for this Weekend Warrior and it paid off! Appreciate all the help/guidance from Don, Coho, and some others on here.

Be back up in 2 weeks for a family Cedar Point trip but hoping to sneak out for an afternoon with the Bro in Law, we shall see if we can keep the train rollin!!

Tight lines all! Success!-fish-jpg

**tomdury** · 05-06-2026, 09:26 AM

**JERRYA** · 05-06-2026, 10:49 AM

Good going. You guys should try bleeding your fish - just snip a gill. Lot less mess and much better looking filets.

**DW72** · 05-06-2026, 11:10 AM

Great job and glad to hear it! I also bleed my fish out.....just cut a couple gills with scissors and drag them on a rope for a while before icing them in the cooler. It does make a difference especially when freezing some.

Again...congrats!

**tomdury** · Yesterday, 08:04 AM

I know a lot of guys bleed them but I have never really found the need. I know its a bit messy but the process of snipping and bleeding in a cooler or dragging just doesn't seem like the juice is worth the squeeze (IMO though, to each his own i guess)

**tomdury** · Yesterday, 08:06 AM

ps: Don't know if i put it in the actual first post but we were drifting a rod with a yellow jig and the rest had bottom bouncers and harnesses. Gold and Pink harnesses, neither one really seemed to outfish the other.

**JERRYA** · Yesterday, 08:01 PM

On the bleeding - at the risk of belaboring the point - here's what we do now. When we're ready to go in we take the fish out of the livewell to get a final count. When we put them back in the well we just snip a gill. Some people cut their throats which is what we used to do but just snipping a gill with a scissors works fine - better not using a knife especially when it's rough out- leaves a lot less gunk in the livewell. Turn the aerator off in the livewell because the blood will foam all up. Walleye have a lot of blood in them and are slimey so the biggest difference is on the cleaning table - much much better. The filets are much whiter - almost like a crappie - but I don't think it makes much difference in the taste but maybe does if you freeze them for awhile. All just personal preference.