What gives ??? 4/26

[spoontang]

The worm bite is the easiest and it is just around the corner (within 2 weeks). I am not a big fan of jigging for eyes unless I'm in Northern Ontario, but I do it to get out. Too fast a drift is the enemy. You are primarilly targetting male fish as most females go dormant for a couple of weeks post spawn. The males stay at the spawn site until the water warms. The females head for deeper water to recover from the spawn. The slower the drift, the better. Some fishermen will even anchor. If you dont have a drift sock, you can improvise by tossing a couple or 3, 5 gallon buckets over. Bow, stern and mid boat. it should cut your drift in half. Tip your jigs with multiple minnows. Having a sensative rod is a must, slowly raise a couple of feet and drop. The bite feels like 1 little tap, then set the hook. The fish aren't aggressive yet and move very little until hooked. Good luck brother.

[Eyezcrazy]

Thanks for the tip on the 5 gallon buckets, wish I would have thought of that, maybe we could have salvaged the day. I use a sensitive St Croix med action rod and can feel the slightest tap with it. I am convinced now that it was the speed. Maybe I'll spend another $100 for gas to come back next weekend. I'll be watching all your reports before I make another trip. Thanks guys for the help.

[wayne johnson]

fishing was tough today, seven men managed 22 walleyes, lost another
2 dozen, large males 3 to 4 lbs, 1 oz jigs, blue, green, chartuse, purple,
some with minnows some without, some lifts only two inches of bottom, others on six foot sharp lifts, 15 to 17 ft. of water the best, beach of crane creek.

[ClemonTime]

I found also to cast against the wind seems to produce fish even more so than castin with the wind and drag/jiggin. Cast against wind and jig back towards the boat. It is alittle more difficult to do but you will get the speed to jig back as it will vary to how fast your drifting. All our fish came this way.....Hope this is helpful.