As cold as the weather was the fishing was just opposite! With water temps dropping 13 degrees in the ten days since I last fished here the shad seem to be dying. We arrived at dawn, and started at the dam with sonars (ofcourse) and the walleye smack down was immediate! The fish were all nice size 16-22″, they started out in 15-18′ and as the day wore on they moved to about 22′. I had a very heavy fish on that I got about half way up before I lost it and I tail snagged a 10# fish that I reeled to the surface before it got off. It was cool atleast seeing that fish. 95% of the fish that hit was on the drop, just before it hit bottom. Very few small fish and very few saugers, that was nice! We tried trolling but that didn’t work so it was a sonar day. Considering the brutal conditions out there we did very good. Thank You Lori for hanging in there and not complaining when it would have been very excusable to do! 
November 5, 2003 at 11:20 pm
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It really surprised me when you recognized us on the water, I enjoyed talking with you. We’ll be back this fall and winter so I’ll be looking for ya on the water. Keep your eye on those crappies, I love to fish em