I spent the morning fishing with one of my buddies I was deployed with and after a short stop at 4 seasons to get licenses we hit the water about first light. By the time we got to the dam I think we had caught the very tail end of what seemed to be a morning dragging bite. With 1 fish per pass we thought that the day was shaping into a real nice bite. Then it died and so we went to vertical jigging. The bite was sparatic throughout the day with one fish here one fish there with no real color preference or bait preference. Everything came on plastics though, as I didn’t even bother to buy any minnows. The key to getting bites was to follow the fish as the day progressed. They were constantly sliding in and out from 20ft to 28ft.
We made a run to the back channel ramp to pick up dad at about 1 and had the same results with him there as far as the vertical bite. Once it started to get towards dark we decided to head back to our dragging spot and see if we couldn’t get on this bite I’ve been hearing about. Boy, let me tell you these guys aren’t kidding about the bite. We picked up at least 1 fish per pass with as many as 4-5 once it really started to get dark. Nothing big but good solid 16-18″ walleye and sauger. We did get one sauger that was about 20″ and was a quick CPR fish since it was my buddy’s first time walleye fishing. For dragging our top producer by far was purple/chart tail as it was getting dark, and after dark it was firecracker. We left about 6 but the bite was still going strong when we left.
It felt great to get on the water again and having a bite like that was just the icing on the cake. 
I just also want to give a quick shout to 4 seasons for helping me with my license trouble. They’re guys there really know the sporting world and it made for a great start to the day. Thanks guys!
February 2, 2012 at 1:36 pm
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