No pictures to post here so I thought I would just throw this up in the forum instead of a report, but man what a guy can do with a little wind!
Fished Pepin on Friday with the new lab pup that we got and we struggled to find some fish, until the wind picked up. The southeast wind that was predicted kicked in at about 830 and it was game on!
We talk about this all the time but finding wind swept points or areas where wind is pushing waves and baitfish into them are WALLEYE MAGNETS. With a south wind, find any point that sticks out in the main lake on Pepin and fish the windward side of it and there’s a very good chance you’ll find walleyes.
I was trolling #5 Shad Raps at 2.8-3.5mph in as little as 3 feet of water on top of this finger and caught fish on nearly every pass.
A couple of things I noted:
#1 – color made a difference under a bright sun. Can’t find the color anywhere on Rapala’s site but it’s the chromed out version of perch.
#2 – Pull & Pause. I could almost predict when I would get bit and it was following a pump of the rod which ensured ticking rocks and banging bottom, then a pause and when the boat speed surged the bait forward again I’d get bit almost every time. The rod in my hand out fished the rod in the holder 4 to 1.
#3 – When you find these fish concentrated like this, don’t be afraid to spot lock it and fan cast these areas.
Good luck and pray for a little wind!
