We launched from Catawba at 6:30 and pulled 4 limits of 18-24" eyes plus a few extra throwbacks by 10. Had to "recount" the 1st mates count to make sure we had our fish before any more went into the live well. We dropped right on top of good marks just west of Green island on a North troll, and didn't have the second line set before we had a fish on. In fact I don't think we had more than 3 lines in the water at any given time till almost 8:00. Finally setting all 6 rods it was a very steady pick with no more than 5-10 minutes between fish. 2oz 25' back at 1.6-1.8 with Antifreeze was the best. Trolling we only pulled 6 white bass and 2 sheeps, that was it. We lost 7-8 eyes at the boat as it got closer to 10, with the last couple coming in barely hooked on the trail hook even after we dropped back on misses. My buddy started casting a harness and pulled a few so we put the trolling rods away and enjoyed some fun fishing for about an hour.
We then decided to run over SE of rattle and try our hands at some perch. My 10YO was still grinning from the walleye when we anchored. By the way, the terrova anchor is awesome and I cant believe I didn't get this motor sooner. So first drop and my son pulls a 12 1/2" er (yay Game on!) and that was the big fish for the day. Lots of 8-9" fish with some smaller that we threw back, mostly on bottom hook but I managed several doubles as well.
We were done and off the water with 4 tix of both walleye and perch at 3:00, with a wicked sunburn.
We then decided to run over SE of rattle and try our hands at some perch. My 10YO was still grinning from the walleye when we anchored. By the way, the terrova anchor is awesome and I cant believe I didn't get this motor sooner. So first drop and my son pulls a 12 1/2" er (yay Game on!) and that was the big fish for the day. Lots of 8-9" fish with some smaller that we threw back, mostly on bottom hook but I managed several doubles as well.
We were done and off the water with 4 tix of both walleye and perch at 3:00, with a wicked sunburn.
