A freind, his son and I got an early start today and landed on Lake Pepin. Our plan was to pull three ways with floating jigheads and leeches and crawlers. The leeches were a good idea. Jumbos.
The weather became an issue after an hour and a half of fishing but we did fair up to that point.
We launched our of Roschen park and headed downstream. Targeting water between 20 and 25 feet we didn’t have to wait long to put 4 fish in the well….2 saugers and a couple of walleyes. One walleye taken today taped out at 28 1/2 inches and drew the scale down to just past 8 pounds. Not a bad fish, but the fight from deep water, 76 degree water at that, didn’t do the fish any justice and it would not revive. We notice her floating shortly after the release and got her back to put in the well with the aerator running all the time and she just wouldn’t take. That basically is the only down side to the trip today.
A little after nine we noticed a line of dark clouds rolling in from the west and a peek on a phone’s aps showed a major storm barreling down on us so we boogied. I cannot believe the people hurrying to get OUT on the water as we were pulling out. They had to have gotten a dousing by now.
Everything today came on three ways with 3 foot leaders to Phelps Floaters and leeches. Crawlers got sheepies.
Not bad for a short trip, but I sure wish that hen would have recovered.
