Only one thing has changed since my report from last week. That would be more & bigger walleyes.
Where we had been getting mostly saugers, we’re now also pulling some very nice walleyes. No giants mind you but some fish that make for some very happy clients and some nice pictures.
We’re still catching good numbers of eater size saugers but we’re also seeing quite bit better numbers on walleyes in the release slot range. (20-28″ long must be released)
Last week Friday and Saturday were our best days so far this fall for nice walleyes.
Tim Grossnickle caught this chunky 27″ walleye on a 3″ orange core moxi early last Friday morning.
Fridays crew of Tim, Mark & John caught and released 4 slot fish and Saturdays crew of John Bininger, Butch Tiegs & Brian Buster caught and released 7 slot fish.
Brian caught and released the fat 26 incher in this picture on a blade bait.
The bigger walleyes are a nice bonus at this time of the year.
Not only did my clients enjoy catching these nice walleyes, every client in my boat on Friday, Saturday & Sunday left with a limit of keepers to boot.
The number of eater size walleyes & saugers right now in Lake Wisconsin is really impressive. There’s no doubt in my mind that this is a direct result of the current slot limit enacted back in May of 2003.
The weather was absolutely gorgeous last Friday. Probably going to be the last time we see anything like that this year.
Saturday wasn’t quite as nice but when you consider we were walleye fishing, that drizzly, breezy cool weather is pretty hard to beat and often coincides with a great bite. It certainly did on this Saturday.
Sunday was quite a bit different weather wise and naturally, Art Green was in the boat to enjoy that crazy weather. Twice we headed back to a boat landing to wait for a thunder storm to pass. Both times we saw lighting and decided rather quickly that being in a boat out in the middle of the lake was a really bad idea.
But after each storm passed, we went right back out and got after them.
The morning bite had been quite good Friday & Saturday but on Sunday, it was the afternoon bite that stood out. Art and I found a nice stretch that seemed to be loaded with decent size saugers and despite the bad weather that always seems to follow Art to the lake, we once again had a nice outing.
The best part is that when the fish bite like they did this past weekend, the weather just doesn’t seem to matter much.