05-18-2004, 05:00 AM
Hit Willard tonight to try for some Wipers, and to start breaking in the new 4 stroke merc trolling motor. We pretty much stayed near the north marina, trolling around, and varying speeds for the break in procedure. We didn't mark many fish, and only managed to boat one kitty. We did see one boat with 3 small wipers, but that was it.
The water level is really not as high as I was hoping. There were parts of the north marina that were only 1.5 feet deep! So if you go, be very careful with bigger boats, and don't go too far south in the marina after you launch. We got my dads boat stuck in the mud there. I'm surprised they didn't dredge more of that place out. The chanel that they did dredge is plenty deep, but that won't do much good for luanching boats. They are also doing a lot of work around there as well, which surprises me, becuase the boating season is going to be really short this year. Oh well.
Our fishfinder didn't have a temp sensor, so I don't know what the water temps were.
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The water level is really not as high as I was hoping. There were parts of the north marina that were only 1.5 feet deep! So if you go, be very careful with bigger boats, and don't go too far south in the marina after you launch. We got my dads boat stuck in the mud there. I'm surprised they didn't dredge more of that place out. The chanel that they did dredge is plenty deep, but that won't do much good for luanching boats. They are also doing a lot of work around there as well, which surprises me, becuase the boating season is going to be really short this year. Oh well.
Our fishfinder didn't have a temp sensor, so I don't know what the water temps were.
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