Once again no good news on Pool 14. 
I tried the wingdams and drifted the backwaters and did not get a bit. Talked to a number of others and no one had any luck, at least that is what they said.
One day they walleye bit will kick in.
Saw the bass boats go by at 9:10 going about 60 mph. Two hours to get from Rock Island to me. It was impressive watching 25 boat going flat out. Some only had the lower unit in the water when they went by.
We had about the same luck on Sunday with only 1 walleye at 14″ and 1 sheepie.Fished from about 8:00 to 4:00.
Didn’t get out yesterday but did on Wednesday morning. With the FLW guys flying by and a local group having a catfish tourny, I decided just to play around in the back waters. Tried a number of things but, the only thing working for me was pulling/pitching crank baits. Ended up with a nice mixed bag. 1 Sheepie, 1 pike, 1 large mouth, 1 white bass, 2 catfish, 5 14″ walleye, and a dozen crappie. The crappie went home for a fish fry. Nothing too exciting but overall, not a bad day. 
Man those bass boats are fast!!!! 
Speed Trollin – What was your secret on the crappie? I have never had any luck on Pool 14 for crappie.
No secret for the crappies, Fishon1! For some reason they just had a taste for the #5 jointed shad rap, in the blue shad pattern. (At least that’s what they wanted Wednesday.)Pulled them fairly slowly with my electric trolling motor, maybe 2 mph or less???? Action isn’t fast and furius but, consistant. Actually, I had similar luck on crappie last summer, pulling the same crank bait in the back waters.
The only real secret was I was actually looking for walleye but, crappie will do.
Give it a try and good luck!!
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