Huge Mayfly hatches slowed the weekend walleye bite in Ohio's Western Basin, but fish were still catchable.
Millions of Mayflies and an abundance of minnows have slowed the walleye bite but fishermen who changed tactics were still taking limits over the weekend.
Charters out of Wild Wings Marina near Oak Harbor, OH, were mixing drifting and casting Mayfly rigs with trolling the rigs and flutter spoons to take limits of walleyes through Monday.
Fishing was difficult Saturday and Sunday with trollers taking the majority of the fish since the walleyes were stuffed and scattered. The most successful trollers were those who used orange-based spoons and tried a variety of speeds with higher speeds being the best. We kicked the pace up to 2.7 - 3.1 mph and found the walleyes liked that pace.
We were able to take a boat Saturday using speed and orange- and chartreuse-based spoons.
The fishing should get easier as the fly hatch sussides.