This morning was a solo trip to Saginaw Bay- last night I tied up a few spinners and was good to go...
Once I was on the water, I was disappointed to see the wave height forecast was WAY off. I found myself in some 4 and 5 footers, which is a lot to handle in my little boat. Controlling the boat, setting lines and netting fish can be quite a challenge when fishing by yourself in these conditions. Despite the obstacles, I was fortunate and boated approximately 20 walleyes. Here's my limit of 5 I kept for the table:
I didn't get any real beast walleyes today, but here's a 28" from last week:
Hopefully my next trip the bay will be much smoother.
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Nice fish Scott! I would have been sea sick in those waves.
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Nice batch of fish.
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I like the Tommy Harris spider blade.
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Bowhunting Brian wrote:I like the Tommy Harris spider blade.
The pink and blue Spider blade I call "bubble gum" and have taken many walleyes with it. Last year the blades with pink on them were hot.
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I'm jealous... :) I've never made it over to Saginaw Bay, and have only been to Erie once. I just don't have the time to get to the East side much, but man those walleye look tasty! I have to find a spot on the west side with eyes like that! haha
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mibowhunter wrote:I'm jealous... :) I've never made it over to Saginaw Bay, and have only been to Erie once. I just don't have the time to get to the East side much, but man those walleye look tasty! I have to find a spot on the west side with eyes like that! haha
Walleye really is excellent fish... in fact I just had some for dinner. It would definitely be worth finding a honey hole or two on the west side.
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