Pool 4 10/23

I would like to start out by thanking Whitetip for the open seat it was a good time even though it rained, then it poured, then it was a wintery mix and finally it snowed in dang near white out condition form.

I would also like to thank Dean for sharing the last of the Cream Cheese bars with me that had 6# or #9 on them

The bite on Pool 4 is incredible in some areas and good in others. We started the day off throwing blades in search of some hawg walleye. I boated a 22″, 19 1/4″, 18″ and lost a 17″ at the boat while Whitetip was putting on a session of bass boating a number of large and smallmouths before finally putting his first eye in the boat. After about 2-3 hours of casting blades, boating fish and taking a beating from the weather we headed into to Everts for some coffee and the last of the cream cheese bars that had the #9 ooops I mean #6 on them we headed back out for some 3-waying of F-9’s and F-7’s which put big numbers of saugers and a walleye in the boat just on the tip of the break lines. The biggest sauger was just over 22″. I’m going to tell you the 3-way bite is on fire. We boated 1-3 fish every pass and were at times doubled up and at one time we had 3 rods loaded up at once. It was a good day despite the wintery weather.

Once again thank you very much Whitetip and we’ll see you on the water

great report, just what I wanted to hear!

one question for ya. when 3-waying raps do you tie directly to the rap or do you use a cross-lok snap, snap swivel, or no-snap fast lock, or something else so you can switch raps quicker??

thanks

Thanks for the update Jesse

I was also out that yesterday talk about weather! But the fishing was awesome! Also went out today and it was also a very good bite. Those saugers sure taste good.

Glad you enjoyed the first part of your day in the boat under not so pleasant weather conditions giving me a lesson on catching eyes on the blades. The bass seemed to take a shining to my cadence considerably over the eyes. Its allways a great time getting the string stretched on light tackle as well as sharing the boat with someone who has similar passion & enough endurance to stick it out under the conditions we faced. The afternoon coffee-cream cheese bar break at the resort seemed to be a requirement to fullfilling the second leg of our journey.I must say those were some of the best dang bars I have ever encountered! I wasnt sure what all the talk was about the #6 or #9 buisiness,but I knew those #’s meant I needed to have the last 1 by the look on your & Deans faces when you both took a bite & smiled. I figured a change up in our program was due.Staying composed & finessing fish to the boat after the deluge of water we were thrown at us with ice pellets mixed in seemed to me at this point almost unthinkable.With only a couple hours left for me to fish & getting my handed to me on the walleye blade bite,breaking out the 3-way rigs with rod holders easily at hand,to give our “temporarily” warm hands a break seemed to me our best option.It didnt take long for our hands to be wet & cold again primarily due to handling fish.For me the cold didnt seem as bad as before until I tried to put the gloves back on. The 3-way bite is very strong now & I suspect the plastics-jig bite will be going strong soon.This is my favorite time of year for size & numbers of fish that are on the big chew.With a fraction of boats on the water compared to spring,due to hunting seasons.Stop by Everts for all the updated info & grab yourself a couple hand fulls of your favorite lures & hit the river.Dont forget to bring treats! Glad we could get together for the day, Jesse.Hope to see you again soon. Best of luck fishing all WHITE TIP

It was a good thing we caught so many fish 3-waying as the fish were warm so handling them was anticipated as they made for great hand warmers