Sunday, November 2nd
Scott Billings & Steve Fausnaugh spent a day in my boat this spring chasing crappies. They decided that was kind of fun and now they wanted to give the walleye fishing on Lake Wisconsin a shot.
I decided to put the blade baits on first thing this morning and after a quick demo on how to work them, we all got after it and proceeded to land several good size sticks over the next 15 minutes. Good practice I guess!
I saw Steve set the hook on something that didn't move to much and I kept my eyes glued to his rod to watch two things in particular. First, I wanted to see how he would react and second, I wanted to see if his rod was going to "thump" or just remain bent over. Steve was definitely listening doing the instruction session because he kept steady pressure on his rod, long enough for the big fish on the other end to make the first move. "Thump, thump....oh, oh, this sure ain't no stick. After a pretty good battle, the first walleye of the day and Steve's first ever blade bait walleye came in the boat. A very nice, healthy 27 incher.
Now thats a great way to start the day!
By mid-morning, blades and jigs were no longer producing for us so we switched over to trolling crankbaits. That switched enabled the guys to put several more decent fish in the boat before the morning was over.
Great fishing with you two again Scott & Steve.
