Willard 4-30 - Printable Version

Willard 4-30 - Printable Version

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Willard 4-30 - 2knots - 05-01-2024

Meet Ira with his boat and Dave at the south marina this am, we were greeted with a pretty stiff wind from the northeast that sent a couple others back home. It looked like it was laying down so decided to give it a go after seeing 2 others work out into the big water. We headed for the Freeway area hoping to get a little more relief from the breeze which was the case. Water temp was 56 when we dropped the bottom bouncers in and started working the area. Ira as normal, put a couple of eyes in the box right off before Dave or I started getting any attention, could of been that his green and black spinner was the hot ticket until later when the fire tiger started producing. We kept working areas and ended the day with 13 eyes with the biggest just at 20”s. Water temp when we got off was 58. Dave found a tough snag that broke his line before it broke the surface but a while later Ira recovered 1/2 of someone’s spinning rod.

RE: Willard 4-30 - Redrebel - 05-01-2024

(05-01-2024, 12:22 AM)2knots Wrote: Meet Ira with his boat and Dave at the south marina this am, we were greeted with a pretty stiff wind from the northeast that sent a couple others back home. It looked like it was laying down so decided to give it a go after seeing 2 others work out into the big water. We headed for the Freeway area hoping to get a little more relief from the breeze which was the case. Water temp was 56 when we dropped the bottom bouncers in and started working the area. Ira as normal, put a couple of eyes in the box right off before Dave or I started getting any attention, could of been that his green and black spinner was the hot ticket until later when the fire tiger started producing. We kept working areas and ended the day with 13 eyes with the biggest just at 20”s. Water temp when we got off was 58. Dave found a tough snag that broke his line before it broke the surface but a while later Ira recovered 1/2 of someone’s spinning rod.

Nice job! Bummer about the snag, but that rod looks salvageable.

RE: Willard 4-30 - MWScott72 - 05-01-2024

Those will be some good eats!!

RE: Willard 4-30 - SkunkedAgain - 05-01-2024

That sounds really good, maybe the hot time of year is almost here... Thanks for the report... Jeff

RE: Willard 4-30 - wiperhunter2 - 05-01-2024

Glad you guys were able to get out there and brave the waves and have some great success. No cats?

RE: Willard 4-30 - 2knots - 05-01-2024

(05-01-2024, 12:48 PM)wiperhunter2 Wrote: Glad you guys were able to get out there and brave the waves and have some great success. No cats?

1 cat

RE: Willard 4-30 - oldguy - 05-01-2024

(05-01-2024, 01:16 PM)2knots Wrote:
(05-01-2024, 12:48 PM)wiperhunter2 Wrote: Glad you guys were able to get out there and brave the waves and have some great success. No cats?

1 cat

Nice job. Did you catch them all on bottom bouncers?

RE: Willard 4-30 - 2knots - 05-01-2024

(05-01-2024, 01:55 PM)oldguy Wrote:
(05-01-2024, 01:16 PM)2knots Wrote:
(05-01-2024, 12:48 PM)wiperhunter2 Wrote: Glad you guys were able to get out there and brave the waves and have some great success. No cats?

1 cat
Nice job. Did you catch them all on bottom bouncers?

Yes, we lost a bunch of fish also

RE: Willard 4-30 - BoatBallast - 05-01-2024

(05-01-2024, 02:45 AM)SkunkedAgain Wrote: That sounds really good, maybe the hot time of year is almost here... Thanks for the report... Jeff

Let's hope!

RE: Willard 4-30 - oldguy - 05-01-2024

(05-01-2024, 02:33 PM)2knots Wrote:
(05-01-2024, 01:55 PM)oldguy Wrote:
(05-01-2024, 01:16 PM)2knots Wrote:
(05-01-2024, 12:48 PM)wiperhunter2 Wrote: Glad you guys were able to get out there and brave the waves and have some great success. No cats?

1 cat
Nice job. Did you catch them all on bottom bouncers?

Yes, we lost a bunch of fish also

Thanks we are going to try on Thursday.

RE: Willard 4-30 - BearLakeFishGuy - 05-02-2024

Were you running planer boards? Or just long lines with your bottom bouncers?

RE: Willard 4-30 - 2knots - 05-02-2024

(05-02-2024, 01:12 PM)BearLakeFishGuy Wrote: Were you running planer boards? Or just long lines with your bottom bouncers?

No we weren’t running “boards”, 2 oz weight/bottom bouncer about 38’ of line out in 19-20’ of water