12/30 & 12/31/17 - Trolling & Jigging / Casting
Dec 31, 2017 20:46:00 GMT -5
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Post by Midwest Walleye on Dec 31, 2017 20:46:00 GMT -5
12/30/17:
Weather: 40, with a brisk wind that came in @ 1230 hrs.
WT: 46-47
Technique: Trolling, Jigging / Casting
Time: 1200-1530 hrs.
It looked calm on the lake until I decided to go out for a few hours with a buddy. The winds picked up and altered our plans some. We started by pulling some crank baits and swim baits behind planer boards and an A-rig out the back on wide open main channel points, humps and flats. That did not last long before we moved upstream with the same set up in more wind protected areas. We ran into two other boats who were jigging for stripers and they were getting shutout like us. We finished the day jigging / casting ourselves but still came up empty handed for the afternoon. My buddy has lived on the lake for 10 years and has yet to catch a striper - and until today only tried fishing for them a few times off docks. Even though we didn’t get him one today, he was already talking about getting his pontoon set up for some striper fishing.
12/31/17:
Weather: 21-22 w/ an occasional light breeze
WT: 46
Technique: Jigging
Time: 1120-1330 hrs.
I had a few hours today to get out and with little to no wind, it wasn’t too bad out on the water. I stayed close to home jigging with a 2 oz. brass dardevle spoon around, between, and over the top of trees/brush. I bumped up my spoon size today hoping to entice bigger stripers but only came away with a 27” 7.25 lb’er (released to get bigger in 2018). This one was caught in 62 feet of water with me jigging about 10’ off the bottom to keep from getting too hung up on brush and down trees. I’ll take it as a good way to end 2017!
Happy New Year everyone!
Weather: 40, with a brisk wind that came in @ 1230 hrs.
WT: 46-47
Technique: Trolling, Jigging / Casting
Time: 1200-1530 hrs.
It looked calm on the lake until I decided to go out for a few hours with a buddy. The winds picked up and altered our plans some. We started by pulling some crank baits and swim baits behind planer boards and an A-rig out the back on wide open main channel points, humps and flats. That did not last long before we moved upstream with the same set up in more wind protected areas. We ran into two other boats who were jigging for stripers and they were getting shutout like us. We finished the day jigging / casting ourselves but still came up empty handed for the afternoon. My buddy has lived on the lake for 10 years and has yet to catch a striper - and until today only tried fishing for them a few times off docks. Even though we didn’t get him one today, he was already talking about getting his pontoon set up for some striper fishing.
12/31/17:
Weather: 21-22 w/ an occasional light breeze
WT: 46
Technique: Jigging
Time: 1120-1330 hrs.
I had a few hours today to get out and with little to no wind, it wasn’t too bad out on the water. I stayed close to home jigging with a 2 oz. brass dardevle spoon around, between, and over the top of trees/brush. I bumped up my spoon size today hoping to entice bigger stripers but only came away with a 27” 7.25 lb’er (released to get bigger in 2018). This one was caught in 62 feet of water with me jigging about 10’ off the bottom to keep from getting too hung up on brush and down trees. I’ll take it as a good way to end 2017!
Happy New Year everyone!
