I read the forum regularly but I rarely write anything. I have read wackers rude posts and don't understand why you guys waste your time with the guy. I personally don't care what he has to say about me, grammer, or anything else for that matter.

Now on to more important matters; this has been my toughest late spring fishing on the lake. I have fished on the lake for more than 35 years, and we exclusively drift and cast. I have never enjoyed trolling but I'm thinking pretty serious about changing my tactics. Three of us were out yesterday evening west of Gull Shoal in 35FOW dragging harnesses. Rarely have I seen so many good marks on the graph, and not able to catch anything. I ended up catching 2 small walleye and my other two fishing buddies didn't get anything. I did hear that the trollers were doing much better dragging harnesses than the drifters were.

Regarding the wacker's comment on north and east winds; we have caught our limit on both winds but not after a 2-3 day blow. I would challenge anyone including wacker to prove to me that you can consistantly pull walleye out of muddy water after a couple day blow.

I have fished with a guy that I think is the greatest walleye fisherman to ever fish on the lake. The guy is Jerry Abele of Headhunter Charters. Jerry has taught me more about walleye fishing in the last couple of years than I learned in my previous 30+ years of fishing on the lake. If Jerry tells me something, it's gospel in my ears. He is on the lake hundreds of times a year, every year. He cancels charters because of east winds, it's not worth his time and effort. He will go if his clients insist but only if they insist.

Someone like wacker is not even worthy of baiting Jerry's hook. His mouth is all he has, however, some of his posts are rather humorous. Kind of like simple comments from a simple mind. Fisherman unite and simply ignore his constant attempts to get under your skin. He is simply not worth the effort.

Russ