Afternoon Report 5/10
Posted: Wed May 11, 2022 12:15 pm
Fished a new area yesterday afternoon. Some recent reports for the waters between Colchester Reef and the Winooski piqued my interest.
I knew walleye season had opened and that the ramp might be busy. Sure enough, it was buzzing when I pulled in. I quickly put a few items in the boat, backed down the ramp, and splashed. Not too bad, all things considered.
Motored out the river and started just inside the drop off. Basically worked between 14 and 20 feet for the entire trip.
Ran a stick bait on a flat line and put 3 colors of lead off a side planer. A fish whacked the lead core about 2 minutes in. Heavy fish. Slid the planer off and continued the slug fest. Just as I saw color, the fish made a run and I felt something pop. Operator error. Somebody didn't close the crankbait snap... Goodbye fish, goodbye CI copper bikini.
Put a CI gold bikini on and doubled checked the snap this time. Continued toward the reef and landed a nice fish. Turned and landed another.
So it went for the next 1.5 hours. Each time I hit 16 feet of water at 49 degrees, the lead core fired.
Did not get a bite on a flat line or a (snapper) torpedo diver. Leadcore with the CI gold bikini WAS the rig.
Might make it out late this afternoon.
I knew walleye season had opened and that the ramp might be busy. Sure enough, it was buzzing when I pulled in. I quickly put a few items in the boat, backed down the ramp, and splashed. Not too bad, all things considered.
Motored out the river and started just inside the drop off. Basically worked between 14 and 20 feet for the entire trip.
Ran a stick bait on a flat line and put 3 colors of lead off a side planer. A fish whacked the lead core about 2 minutes in. Heavy fish. Slid the planer off and continued the slug fest. Just as I saw color, the fish made a run and I felt something pop. Operator error. Somebody didn't close the crankbait snap... Goodbye fish, goodbye CI copper bikini.
Put a CI gold bikini on and doubled checked the snap this time. Continued toward the reef and landed a nice fish. Turned and landed another.
So it went for the next 1.5 hours. Each time I hit 16 feet of water at 49 degrees, the lead core fired.
Did not get a bite on a flat line or a (snapper) torpedo diver. Leadcore with the CI gold bikini WAS the rig.
Might make it out late this afternoon.