06-18-2022, 01:31 PM
(06-17-2022, 05:09 AM)Wasatch801 Wrote: Well... the forecast of 11 mph was total BS! But the W was not too bad when I arrived, however. I started pulling cranks for walleyes about 8am. I worked Charleston 9-18 ft for several hours only catching a few smb. Decided to go after some troutskies from the island to past the ramp using dodger n hoochies and caught a nice rainbow. I missed a few bites as I was by myself. The chop came up so I decided to go back and pull plugs for eyes on the flats working my way down the tracks. Nothing but smb. So I worked my way back toward the flats bottom bouncing. The wind had started ripping now and even big boats split. I was using gulp crawlers (forgot the worms)! Finally i hooked an eater walleye in about 12 ft. I worked back through the area... no other bites. Where have all the walleyes gone? Or was it that Strawberry moon that messed up the bite? The W has gotten pretty bad now... I'm the only person fishing as far as I can see. I went back to trout fishing pulling Flicker minnows. I caught 3 more to finish my trout limit. Finally left to retrieve my boat solo in the wind. OH JOY! I tried the 50-50 method usng clips on the line for controlled fepth trout trolling for the first time. I think it's the cat's ass if ya don't have d-riggers!
DC is always a hard one for me to figure out, at least on a regular bases. The trout are always there for the taking but the eyes can be tough. We have done our best with jigs and a crawlers, casting toward shore at first light, then they move into deeper water and we have been able to vertical jig below the railroad track. In more recent years we have caught them bottom bouncing on the flats between the Island and the inlet but lots of weeds there, if you get too shallow. At least you got one eye. Love that 50/50 method, when fishing deeper water we use it all the time. How big was your eater eye?