Tuesday, October 12, 2004

Yoopers to the rescue! You have to read John Walker's laterst "Fish Report."  It's a stirring but simple tale of family helping family in an emergency.  When you think all is lost, call family.  This family, at least, responds BIG TIME. Click on "stories" in the above menu bar and enjoy.... Later... 9:07:41 PM    comment []

Slow day on Winnebago The fog was so thick you couldn't see a block when Jim Dillig, Fritz Theinen and I launched my boat at about 9:30 this morning on the west shore of Lake Winnebago. We hugged shoreline rocks for an hour, casting jigs and crankbaits to no avail. When the fog began to lift a bit, I overheard guys in two boats talking about seeing us at the Citgo on the way up, so we motored out to them. They were catching a few small perch, so we hung around an hour and I caught a lone white bass. We finally decided to go find some walleyes, but they were not on the shallow reefs off Fahrney Point, or in Willow Bay or anywhere between Fahrney and Black Wolf. We ended the day at 3:30, licking our wounds and cutting our losses. Our friends from the Citgo were still on the rock flats off Little Point. Their total for the day? 15 perch and hoping for a few more. Despite it being Tuesday, and a gorgeous one at that, there were dozens of boats plying the west shore. We heard someone caught a walleye this morning, but never confirmed that rumor. BTW, the lake and bays were devoid of ducks, too, so it looks pretty bleak for the second opener on Saturday. Glad I'm heading back to the Mississippi. Later... 9:05:27 PM    comment []