I know I said I would do a pool 4 report today….so i’m gonna do one here instead of on the “reports” page. Two reasons i’m putting it here. #1….I just got back from town (had some shopping for the cabins that needed to be done). So I don’t have time to do a long report. #2……I had a couple great pics to put on the report, but since I decided to forget my digital camera in the boat of the guy that had a 10 3/4 lb 30 inch walleye, I can’t post the pics!!! THANKS to the guy that called me from Waseca, MN that said he found a digital camera in his boat when he got home!!!! I appreciate honest people!
Sooooo, here is the basic report for today. The bite seemed to be a little slow for quite a few guys I talked to today. A fair number of boats said they only had a couple fish. These people said they used minnows and plastics both. Most of em fished at the dam and vertical jigged, although some said they tried casting the shallows for the walleye that have been showing up recently. Don’t be discouraged, as some of the boats reported great catches again with their limits and a bunch of fish they threw back too. I did hear some good reports on minnows and some good ones on plastics. The guys that did well seemed to be down from the dam a couple hundred yards and on the edges of the dropoff in 18-25 feet of water. Dustin and I made it out for a couple hours just before dark and got 6 pitchin K-grubs and Ringworms to the shallow sand flats again. I got a 7 1/4lb, 26 inch beautiful saugeye! That was a really neat lookin fish. Also had a 22 1/2 inch walleye and an 18 inch walleye. The others were in that 15-16 inch range. Noting special for numbers, but had a couple real dandy’s! Firecracker K-grubs really seemed to be the best for the few fish we did catch.
I know it’s not a great report, but that’s the basics of the day. I should mention that the guys fishing the deeper water were catching lots of fish, but with more of the same………small. Tomorrow looks as if it might be a little snowy and cooler before the big warmup this weekend. Good Luck to all.