After getting skunked for walleye below Wells we were ready for some action. We actually left the sunshine and drove back into snow flurries to fish. My fishing buddy had invited me along to try out his newly aquired boat. As I'm used to being exposed to the elements in my livingston this is a dream come true. It's a 19Ft. Lowe with windshield, top, heater, & a bow mount troller. We headed out from the Corps launch with a slight breeze. We trolled for a couple of hours up by pumps 1& 2. We tried rapalas,flies,hot shots & multiple colors of wedding rings behind dodgers without success. We both have 2 pole permits so we were really giving it all we could. The wind was picking up so we decided to slip into a cove & plunk some power bait. Within a couple of minutes of casting out I had my first fish of the day. It had swallowed the hook. A newly planted 14" tagged triploid. As I'm cursing my choice to use bait my other pole gets bit. In less than five minutes of choosing to fish bait I've killed 2 fish that had the potential to get BIG some day. My partner caught a 15" & 18" fish in short order also. All 4 fish didn't quite weigh 8 LBS total. Those fish would have been a good time on the fly rod or spinner. But they just wouldn't hit 'em. Water temp was 52 Degrees. I'm sure it will pick up soon! Be safe out there!

Lundegard

11/29/2010 7:51:00 AM

Thanks for the report. Interesting that the fish wouldn't take anything trolled....

DannyHoey

11/29/2010 3:53:00 PM

See any ducks out that way?

afk

11/29/2010 5:35:00 PM

Hey DannyHoey, Yes there were some ducks & quite a few geese too!

afk

11/29/2010 5:44:00 PM

Hey Lundegard, I've had some really fun days dragging flies. I'm not a very proficient fly fisher & yet I've been able to do OK. I don't know why they didn't like any thing trolled. We tried right tight to the shore till we were getting into the weeds.

blufin loui

11/29/2010 10:27:00 PM

Hey afk, thanks for the report, I haven't been out in a while, but I did hear a report of a 10 pound plus fish coming from the Brant's landing area about a week ago. a coworkers hubby fishes from the bank and pulled in a nice one up there. Didn't sound like there was much else going on though. If you guys start catching eyes at wells, I'm going to have to try it too. LOL.
Keep up the good reports, and best of luck out there.

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