First Time On The Water 2013!!!

We set out yesterday morning, with frost on the windshield, in search of some cleaner water. Northwest winds that blew earlier in the week had churned up the water near shore, turning it a muddy brown color, and too muddy for a good bite.

As we traveled out a few miles, the water started to clean up, and we stopped to check the sonar reading on the Humminbird to see if there were any fish below us. There wasn't. We concluded the water was too clean where we stopped, and the water temps were colder than the fish wanted, so we moved back in towards the mixing water, where it wasn't too clean and it wasn't too dirty, and found a pod of fish stacked up there. Now, we just had to see if they were biting. 

After setting lines and trolling for about 20 minutes, we hooked into our first walleye of the season. She was a nice fat 8 pound female full of eggs. After taking a few pictures of her we let her go back in the water to live on and spawn. We would catch one more for the day and lose one big one.

We were only out for a few hours, because I had to work in the afternoon and we were hungry and decided to go have some Mexican food for lunch. :)

I cannot give you any of the information yet, since my fishing partner and I are fishing the LEWT event out of Fenwick next Saturday and I have been sworn to keep my mouth shut until the event is over.  Ha! That's easier said than done, but I will bite my tongue until then. 

It was a great feeling getting back on the water again. The sun was warm and shining most of the day, and the north wind stayed below 10mph. It was a perfect day to get the cobwebs and cabin fever removed from my head. :)

The next report will come after the tournament on Saturday March 30th, so stay tuned....and, wish us luck!!

Capt Juls