Productive Old Haunts

Rich was back today for another outing and flying solo! He had picked the best day of the week for conditions and I was glad to be on flat water for a change. Hopefully I would remember how to catch fish without giant waves! We were on a mission, hitting all kinds of areas I hadn’t fished in quite some time. With any luck, they would all produce today!

First stop saw a few walleye and a couple of bass landed before the rest of them just stopped biting. The second area was a bit different as I was marking all kinds of fish with the FFS, but couldn’t get them to bite. We were also seeing several fish break the surface and still couldn’t get them to hit. Eventually I managed to get one to commit and battled a heavy fish to the boat. To both our surprise I had hooked a channel catfish! This thing had actually eaten a dropshot! I weighed it before the release and at over 11 pounds, I knew why the battle was so long. We covered more water after with faster moving baits and managed to pick up a few decent bass before moving on.

With each move, there were fish caught but not the numbers I had expected. Both walleye and bass were landed from just about everywhere we stopped. I had decided at the start of today, that we would only fish places I hadn’t touched in quite a while. Some of them even in years! All produced fish!

With limited time remaining in the afternoon, I went to a place for a few walleye. Rich landed several good keepers and a couple of big overs before we were done. Time really flew by today, fishing all the old areas. It was great trying them and seeing that they were still productive. Hopefully it won’t be years before I fish them again. Too many spots, too little time!!