How about it boys and girls!! Let's hear some?
Everybody is workin' hard up here for our walleye. They are not in our usual spots. Now midweek I think we are all catching on and should finish strong Thur and fri. We got rained on today a little. Small hail when we were cleaning fish. Meals so far awesome we are all putting on the pounds. Weather Thur and fri supposed to be better can't wait. Can't easily post picture on the site from my mobile device but the walleye look exact same size as usual. We are all entered in big fish and goon fish. My guess is 22 1/4" walleye will win and 22" striper. Wish you guys were here.
Matt ck waynes word there are great reports on walleye fishing up on the Bullfrog end of the lake. Have fun stay safe
thx matt are you guys doing a count? come on guys share share.
Yeah sorry I'll see if I can post some pics. We all headed 30 miles north to good hope bay. FishHawk and cousinlll I think game Home with 32 I think. Alan, Tim, and I got 29. Sparkchaser and Fishman I believe 19. Mike and Debbie over a dozen I didn't remember their count. A few others here they'll have to chime in. Will try and post pic later. Chicken tacos, rice, and beans for dinner tonight. Weather was great today. Who will win big fish we got a good one today ;-)
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Fishing derby winners
Sorry about the sideways pictures but it's a pain in the a$$ to post pictures on this site. But yeah Mike got biggest walleye at 2 foot long and weighing in at 4.9lbs. Tommy Fishman got biggest striper I don't recall the size.
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Had some rough weather in the beginning of the trip. Lots of wind, some rain and hail. Finally broke and we had two really beautiful days up there. There really was no mudline to speak of this year where we normally fish. We had to travel up to Good Hope Bay to find dirty water, which is where the walleye were really biting. On Wednesday, Tommy and I put 80 miles on the water trying to figure things out uplake, as neither of us had been up there. All in all it payed off. We ended up with 91 walleye, tons of smallies and bluegil, some cats, and a couple of nice striper. One of which won us the goon fish side pot.
What you are saying is 91 Walleye for the whole group for the whole week correct. That was rough fishing. :3some:
Quote from: freshwater on May 06, 2018, 03:40 PM
What you are saying is 91 Walleye for the whole group for the whole week correct. That was rough fishing. :3some:
No, that was just 91 for Dave and Tommy. I think Larry has the actual numbers perhaps he can chime in. As Dave said though, it was somewhat tougher fishing Sat-Tue with improved weather Wed-Fri - plus heading up to Good Hope Wed-Fri also helped things.
My hands are still sore.
Holy crap guys, I totally forgot to post the final Walleye numbers from how freakin long ago?!!! My apologies to all of you.
A BIG THANK YOU to Freshwater as Jerry emailed me the other day asking about it. I had a WTF moment when realizing I didn't get my job done. So again, my apologies for being just a bit late on posting this :glasses9: :dontknow: :banghead:
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Notes:
* Due to LLL motor issues on Sat/Sun, Bill fished with Tommy & Dave while I fished with Steve & Scott on Sunday
Matt, Timbo & Allen did not arrive Hall's Crossing until Tuesday night
If you look at the numbers, it's so very evident of how our normal spots did not produce the numbers it has in years past
So does anybody have any thoughts or questions looking at the numbers? To me, it does tell a story - the group grinded it out in our normal spots for what, 3 or so days before making the big move up to Good Hope Bay. And credit to everybody in the group for helping one another find the bite.
Man I love this trip. Definitely fishing the old spots made a huge difference in numbers. I wonder if it's a water clarity issue or what. Definitely cloudier the further up river we went. Also the weather was very poor and windy for the first few days as well if I recall.