I had a little free time Friday morning so hit the lake to do some more playing around with the new I-pilot and check out the recent software update I installed on my Lowrance HDS units. Hadn’t intended to really do much fishing as I wanted some more time playing with the I-pilot. Don’t know about anyone else, but if I have rods in the boat, I have a really hard time not fishing. I need to leave all my rods at home when my plan is to do something other than fish.
I decided I was going to just check out one of my favorite post spawn spots to see if any fish were making their way back to the lake. Tied on a BFT draggin jig and a BFT Moxie in pro-blue and decided to make one drag and then play with the i-pilot. I made it maybe 30 yards and got smoked by a very healthy 23″ post spawn female walleye. So much for playing with the i-pilot. I spent my few hours I had dragging plastics and crawlers. I caught fish on most every color I tried, but pro-blue and oystershell were the best two. I caught around a dozen 13 to 15 inch fish and one 18 inch fish. Nothing more over 20, but it was fun action for sure. I did see one other nice slot fish caught and one or two keepers from the other boat working the same area.
My prediction is that by this time next week, the post spawn bite should be picking up pretty good. I think the fish that spawned first are just starting to return to the lake, but I’m guessing the vast majority of fish are still up in the river.
