Hey guys, thanks. I fished day one with Johnnie Candle, what a pleasure that guy was to fish with. We weighed in just under 9 pounds. Rigging with leeches brought all of the fish to the boat. Sand and gravel transitions is what we worked the most. So many fish just tough finding the right ones.
On day two I fished with Geoff Bradt. Also an excellent draw. Being a native Mille fisherman he taught me a lot of tricks to bring fish to the boat. This day the plan was to go get all 18″ and above fish off of a gravel bar and then go for the big one on the mud. Well at about 9:30 we have 4 between 18 and 19″ in the boat and I laid into a good fish, threw it on the tape and it was 28 and a hair over. We fished the rest of the day for another big one and ended up not finding it. 12.88 was the weight for that day I think. Again leeches were the ticket.
The last day I fished with Gary Roach, that man is so Walleye Savvy it is unreal, learned a lot and he was also a pleasure to fish with. All of our fish on this day were also caught on leeches. We fish the mud all day. Gary caught a 28 1/4″ er at about 1:30. We fished the rest of the afternoon for another big one that didn’t come.
That’s my story, what a week it was. If anyone is on the fence about doing one of these events I would suggest doing it. You learn so much and have fun in the process.