I had a chance to fish again with Joe Scegura on my annual family vacation up to Alexandria last Monday June 18th. I took my son Zach with to try his luck on some walleye action. We met Joe out at the boat landing about 5pm for an evening trip. The weather was perfect in the low 70’s with stable weather over the weekend. I was a little concerned with a cold front and rain coming Tuesday and Wednesday hoping it wouldn’t come earlier than planned and put a twist into our trip.
We used several techniques on this trip. We did bobber fishing, live bait rigging, and trolling cranks on weed edges. The most fun for me and my son Zach was bobber fishing. I have never done that with walleye before.
We started out on the 1st spot and the walleye were eager to bite. We did catch a few keepers and a few smalls that were sent back to the lake to grow for next year. Joe decided to reel up and move to the 2nd spot. This was the most fun of the trip. Just after getting there and casting out our bobbers started to go under and bite was ON! Zach would catch a fish, and then I would get one. We had several doubles as well. It was almost like fishing for bluegill they were so aggressive and eager to bite.
Later we tried live bait rigging with success also, but that requires a little more technique as you can get hung up in the “junk” and rip off your leech if you are not careful and “feel” what is on the end of your line.
Last after dark we tried trolling cranks with some success. It was a new moon out and there was a hatch going on after dark that made it very difficult to fish due to the bugs flying all over. Every once in awhile the wind would die down to almost calm and the bugs would swarm you so bad that taking you’re had off and trying to swat them away was not working. Shortly after 10pm we called it a day and headed back to the launch.
To sum up the trip is was truly a magical experience with my 7 year old son Zach and Joe. It is something we will remeber for a long time. The weather held and the fish cooperated. Everything aligned and we ended up catching over 40 walleye in a ½ day trip. We limited out on our 12 walleye limit in the 1st hour and 45 minutes of the trip. If you are looking into fishing the Alexandria area and want to get on the HOT walleye action give Joe a call. He is a great guide and person to fish with. Thanks for the excellent trip Joe 
