Willard Report ... 4-8-06

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We also hit Willard today. Launched at 7:00, got off around 2:30 from the North Marina. Everything was good about the fishing today...except for the catching. Something really smelled bad in the boat and then we realized it was the skunk...and then we found my cousins old worms. But we still got skunked. We also marked fish here and there. Sometimes schools of 3 or 4, mostly singles. Didn't know if they were carp or wipers or what. We trolled the whole west and north dikes, anchored out on the island for a while, anchored out by the lightpole, etc. etc. There were 4 of us using 2 poles each (Try that next time in a boat...we untangled more than anything) so I figure we put at least 63 man hours in today trying to catch a fish. We THINK we had one or possible even two bites trolling, but could not confirm either. We also noted that the wate temp varied from 47 on the east shore by the south marina, to over 50 (50.3) at the lightpole. We tried EVERYTHING. At least I tried everything my buddies had...since I left my tackle box in the truck (doh!). Anyway, it was a really good day to be out on the water, but I can't wait for the catching to get a little better. We talked to a lot of people and never saw one fish caught. After that we didn't feel so bad!

Randy
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