I had heard a rumor that the fish were biting on pool 4 so I had to take a day off of hunting to go see for myself. I made the trip down the Evert’s early sunday morning. On the way there it felt like I was hunting or should I say being hunted as I was dodging deer all the way there. Didn’t get one though! Finally made it there and had to stop in and chat with Dean to get all the new information on the bite.
Sean and I found ourselfs a good current seam that had a shelf at about 12 feet and droped off to deeper water. The fish were holding through-out the whole current seam, both on the flat and on the break to deeper water. The walleyes tended to hold up shallower on the flat with some saugers mixed in. Most of our saugers came from 14 to 18 feet of water.
A variety of presentations worked for us and the surrounding boats today. We stuck with pitching plastics and blades mostly. A few other boats were doing well on a 3 way and minnow and also hair jigs. Best colors for plastics would have to be Chart. Pepper, Purple, and Firecracker Chart. Tail. For the blades I would have to say that it was Red Tiger, Black, and Purple.
If anyone is looking for some quick action and some healthy fish be sure to make a stop at pool 4 and try your luck. Stop in and talk with Dean and he will fill you in on all the nessary information needed to catch some of these beautiful fish. I have a few more pics to follow.
Once again it was fun fishing with you Sean even though we had a little unwelcomed company. We will have to do it again soon!
Until next time…….
The second picture is of a sauger that SEAN caught
If you look close enough you can see that one of its eyes is missing and the eye socket is completely healed over. Leave it to you Sean to catch that one 
Nice report as usual Sean. That one eyed sauger sure looks creepy. I caught a nice crappie up at the cabin this summer that only had one eye, kind of the same deal. Nice job.
John
Great report fellas! I’m heading up for the 16th and 17th. hope to catch you at Everts.
nice catch looks like you found a blind one
Nice job guys….looks like fun
It was good meeting up with you Eric…you too Sean..cheater…
I hope to hook up with you some day on the water
Nice looking fish guys!
They look very well fed.
Boog
Eric,
When you’re fishing those current seams, do you prefer to position your boat in the slack water and cast outward toward the seam or position the boat in the fast water and cast in towards the seam? I suppose some seams are so tight to the bank that you really can’t get your boat between the seam and the shore, but when you can, what do you find works best?
Thanks,
Boone
I wish you wouldnt have moved in on us and caught all our fish
We will have to hook up this winter when you come back up or early this spring.
Like you mentioned a lot depends on the seam and bottom structure. I will give you a few examples here.
When fishing a sand flat/hump that is fairly large (larger than your cast will cover) I tend to anchor right on top of the hump. The seam will most likely be out in about 15 to 20 feet of water. By doing this I can pitch upstream and out at a 45 degree angle and work the seam until the bait is at a 45 degree angle below the boat. You can also pitch straight up current on top of the hump and work it straight back to the boat. You can also go a little heavier with the jig or whatever bait your using and cast downstream of the boat and work it for a minute then let some line out and work it again, and continue that until you want to recast.
When fishing a shoreline seam, seam coming off a point or bend, or a tip of a wingdam I anchor out side of it in the faster water if I can hold. By doing so you can pitch right at the seam and you can also cover the slack water inside of the seam.
Hope that helped and if you have any other questions just hollar
Great Report