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June 16


Walli1

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Heading down to the river in less then 5 hours looks like a few rain showers possible, should be a great morning, see you on the water! cool.gif

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Sort of had a light show this morning and a little rumble but the eyes were bitting had my limit in the box by 7:30, spent the next two hours trying to upgrade one sauger, ran bottom bouncers with spinners but couldn't seem to find any bigger than 15 1/2 to replace my smallest, got a few smallies and one heck of a big sheep, all eyes came out of 12-20 fow on crawlers! Had a blast!! cool.gif

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There deffinetely not in Prescott anymore!!

One sauger and a couple of rock bass where all that bit?!?!

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dang airjer my old man has been nailing em at prescott,crawler,hook,drift,31,29,28,2@27,3@25,a couple 22" all back in of course,but man has he been slautering the big eyes just not the keepers grin.gifand he said the 31 was a PIG;oink

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It's rare but I made it down to the croix for alittle evening fishing and bottom bounced are way into 5 nice ones, I took my son out and we battled the waves but we put fish in the boat check it out, one slimer

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I was down there Sat. morning and did pretty well. 5 eyes, 3 sauger, a big crappie, cattie, a rockbass, several smallies......and probibly the biggest walleye of my life! I've never got one in the 30" range, but I think I had one on. It hit like a snag, like most where doing, and as I turned the boat around with the troller it took off! I didn't think it was too big at first, but after a few hard runs I was loosening my drag in respect. I got it up off the bottom and within a few feet of the boat,once, and with a flash of his tail he was GONE! The rig busted at the loop to the swivel. I was sadd... and I still am. Ohh well maybe next time. I'll be up north this weekend but I can't wait to try the river again.

I was fishin a worm harness, no spinner or float, just a bead w/ a nightcrawler. Found fish from 13-28 fow, with 16-24 fow being the best for walleye. Most fish seemed to be in concentrated areas and they would hit it hard once and hold it. The 2 walleye I kept where both hooked deeply in the throat with atleast one of my hooks, and I wasn't giving them much line.

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