Just a quick little report here folowing my guide trip yesterday.
The AM pitching bite was slow. 3 walleyes total, all on purple chart. tail ringies and 3/16 oz. jigs. 1 was big enough to get the “pat on the butt and release” while the other two were 18″ or so. The conditions were perfect but the fish didn’t want to cooperate.
In the afternoon the fish tore it up. Pitching to deep riprap near the dam we basically caught fish at will for 3 hours from 1 PM – 4 PM. Most fish were in the 18 – 21 range. The largest fish was a 23″ sauger. (What a TANK!) We also had a 22″ sauger and a number of them in the 20″ – 21.5″ range. A couple fish came on a 1/4 oz. purple silver B FISH N Tackle blade bait but the majority fell to a pro blue ringworm on a black 5/16 oz. precision head.
The pro blue ringie and black head was so dominant that once I got my customers into the fish I started changing around colors to see what else they’d hit.
I couldn’t find anything and while I was experimenting my customers, first time jig casters, were schooling me. 
The jigs needed to be fished AS SLOW AS POSSIBLE. Any added motion to the bait resulted in zero hook-ups. Basically an ultra slow lift and hover did the trick and when the fish pulled the trigger they hammered to jigs.
It was an excellent end to a day that started out a little slow. 
I just remember looking over my shoulder every other cast, and watching you reel in fish after fish after fish. Thanks for the rod angle tip, I didn’t think that made that much difference- until I tried it your way. 
I’ll try to post the pics of that 23 inch sow that you caught tomorrow. I was doing a little show and tell at work and forgot the camera there. 
BTW We ate where you suggested- good call 
