Kalin’s in Cold Water

I’m just wondering if anyone uses, or has any luck with, 5″ Kalin’s this time of year. Can they be as productive in spring as they are in fall, pitched shallow? I plan on giving them a try Friday. I would think most of the bait fish available are quite sizeable until well after spawn, and these large baits should “match the hatch”. I have a good supply of ringies and doo’s if the Kalin’s don’t pan out though!
Rooster

Steve Vick and I have snuck out for a couple hours the last couple afternoons and we’ve been knockin’ the heck out of nice sized fish… all on the 5″ K-grubs. Firecracker, black-n-silver have been the best. Just pitch up on a flat and drag-crawl it off the edge. We are catching fewer fish than we would probably catch using smaller baits but the average size is just dandy. Lots of 20″+ walleyes. We had 15 walleyes in two hours yesterday doing this. Use them during prime feeding times when the fish are more likely to be agressively feeding and they work great.

Thanks much James. I’m on myu way to give it a try now!!!
Rooster

I gave the Kalins a try Friday without much success, but we did not get out till midday, and did not find any fish shallow with any presentation. I will definetly continue working them when conditions are more favorable for a shallow bite. Also fished the tailwater with ringies, do’s and other plastics. The small fish were hitting, and I hooked a HUGE fish with a ringie, but could not get the fish off of the bottom in several minutes, then applied too much pressure and lost it. I believe it must have been a big flathead or sturgeon. It headed for the channel and there was nothing I could do to stop it with 6#test.

Corps adjusted rollers in the morning and really messed up the tailwater pattern that had been producing well for the guys I talked to. My best producer was a chartruese/pepper super do, tight to the bottom.

Rooster

WE WERE OUT FRI ALSO, FISHING WAS SLOW FOR US BUT DID GET A FEW ON RINGYS. THE GUY THAT WAS WITH HAD A FEW MINNOWS, SO I TOOK HIM TO THE HOLE AT DAM,SMALL ONES TO HAVE FUN TILL THE MINNOWS RAN OUT , WALLEYE CHICK AND ME HAD ON DOOS , LIVE BAIT DID BETTER UP THERE.WE WENT TO SOME RIP RAP , FRIST CAST WITH KALINS 17″ SMALLY SECOND CAST 15″ SMALLY NO EYES DID WE FIND DOING THIS,I AM STILL UP AT LONGVILL WILL GET PIC. WHEN WE GET HOME .