I made it out last night for about 4 hours after dark with only a couple small fish to show for it. Due to the wind, I tried some new areas last night that show some new promise. I have been playing with a modified carolina floating ringworm rig the last couple of outings and have proved both times as a producer when I couldn’t get bit with a regular ringworm. I had a nasty cross wind last night in the area I wanted to fish, and I could not present a lighter ringworm the way I wanted to. So, out came a carolina walleye rig. I rigged up a 1/2oz egg sinker with a swivel and a shorter 12 inch snell and a floating jighead and a ringworm. Sounds goofy I know, but the few fish that hit this on the last couple of outings, they have completely inhaled it. I needed a needle nose pliers to retrieve it again. This technique so far has been working on moderate depths on sand flat areas. I was picting a break from 9-15ft depths and because it was just sand, I could work this rig with just a slow pull alnog the sand and pause and pull and pause. I did lose a very heavy eye a couple outings ago on this rig, she made it to the side of the boat and shook off. She was a nice one!
Looks like reality is setting in with the winter front on its way.
Mike, was that you and Riveryes working just north of the 494 bridge around 4:00pm-dark last night? I was the little 14′ Lund that fished that stopped briefly and anchored on a wingdam and then went south aways after that. The area just north of you on the inside turn has taken some nice fish lately to some vertical jiggers as well.
