since no one usually gives any reports on the bite at rathbun i thought i might start the ball rolling and get some of you tight lipped anglers to open up a bit. i fished rathbun twice in the last ten days or so and have done so so catching walleyes. my first trip of the season on rathbun was May 18th and i caught about 7 walleyes, 1 crappie, a carp, and several white bass, trolling #5 jointed firetiger shadraps. all these fish were caught in about a 2 hour time frame from 5pm to about 7pm. four of the walleye were 14″ to 16″ and were kept for a fish fry.
my last trip out-Memorial day-i started fishing around 1:30pm and called it quits about 6pm. i caught about five walleye with two being “keepers” and several white bass. i did see another boat that was trolling catch a nice 16-17″ fish and what looked to be about a #5lber. all the above fish were caught trolling shadraps on windy shorelines in about 10 to 15 FOW.
i did notice a bunch of boats trolling right up next to shore and was wondering if anyone caught anything and if so how they did it.
i am fairly new to the walleye fishing on rathbun and am in the learning mode and all info would be greatly appreciated.
well that is my report. 
May 30, 2007 at 11:57 am
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