gordy28 Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Hey there Opening up the boat and doing a spring clean up at the trailer tomorrow Hoping to get out for 3 or 4 hrs after lunch for a walleye fish Forecast is for clouds with some rain and a good wind - so perfect I think Plan is to target to key areas: One main lake weedbed targeting outside edge in 9 - 11 feet of water with stick baits and/or crawler harnesses Other spot is a main lake reef with weeds on the edge and a quick drop to 18 - 20 feet deep - will use cranks or potentially drift with jigs or harnesses My challenge - on our lake my walleye results are spotty unless fishing at dusk, and typically later in the season - which we dont have the luxury of Any thoughts, tips areas of improvement on the above plan? With limited time want to make sure we maximize high percentage areas for this time of year Cheers Gordy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmer Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Sounds like you're planning everything right. The weeds do seem ahead of last year, so It's tough to find the emerging weeds to troll over. Stick to the weed edges and the lower the light conditions the better. You might want to try shallow weeds also if the clarity of the water is a little stained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordy28 Posted May 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 Well we only managed to fish for an hour and a half by the time we opened the boat, raked the leafs, cut the grass and other chores. Balsam was super windy and rough. We have an 18.5 foot deep hull boat and coming in we could only manage half throttle and still got a sore but and soaked. 1 eye about 17 inches or so, caught trolling with a flicker shad (Gary parsons doesn't lie lol) Couple of small perch as well No pics - forgot good camera in the car and cell phones were locked in the glove box to avoid ruining them Cheers Gordy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.brock Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 I'd say you did pretty well getting one decent fish in that short time and windy conditions on Balsam, nice job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordy28 Posted May 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 Thanks It was fun The boat has a 150 optimal on it. Typically you can't get it to troll at less than 3 mph. Today with the wind, when heading straight into the chop she hit 0 mph and blew backwards. It was tough boat control lol we didn't even bother with the bowmount Balsam can get nasty Cheers Gordy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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