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Are the walleyes still going strong at the gap and Bowens flats? I might be coming up again this weekend.

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Hey Batter and Fever- I only fish Winnie a couple times a year-but usually always try to fish right around the corner to the right while coming out of plug hat landing.in about 12 ft with leeches we always seem to catch those wallys in June.We always seem to be alone too. well maybe not now!-Ha.

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Your never alone out there, just look over your shoulder and you'll see a Gray and white 17' Alumacraft Competitor.

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Oh that was you Beerbatter?-we kept saying , I wonder if that guy knows were catching all these fish! Ha! It seems like you're alone when you're not bumping into 25 other boats like up towards Tamarack point. You can always find a "nice honeyhole" on Winnie. How much of a lead do you usually have between sinker and hook? I've tried up to 7 ft. last few times(regardless of wind) and had great success,while boatmates didnt, at 3 ft. Of course,jigging is good too. Good Tuggin!!

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I was using a 1/4 oz jig and a 3/8 oz fireball with either a fathead or shiner. My uncle had some success with a shadrap.

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Just left Winnie today ..had to come home early cause of a family emergency.
Had a so so week. First few days starting Saturdy found us on The dishes working the 7 to 10 ft depths. Most of our fish come from 9 to 10 ft. Tuesday found us wandering elsewhere. We tryed Tamarack Point with limited success...we did watch a boat from Indiana catch Walleye left and right and not check one fish for length! We watched for aprox. 45 minutes as these two old dudes pulled in at least 8 fish and I KNOW some were over the slot. Wed we headed for Mallard and did pretty good. The wife and I threw back several over the slot and got a few keepers as well. On our way back to Cutfoot we stopped at the rock piles on the north end and made a few passes and watched one boat catch a nice wally in the 26" range it was a nice fish that got thrown back...YES!
Thursday fished Cutfoot filled the 3 empty walleye spaces avalable in the freezer, packed up after a phone call and came home. All our fish were caught on Green fire ball or Glow jigs and shiners. no hits on Leeches or crawlers

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Trux,
It looks like you had a good trip. Why is it that many times out of towners(Indiana) confirm what we already know? I wonder many limits of fish they'll be taking home? Did you do any lindy rigging or did you strictly fish jigs? Were there any reports of fish being caught on leeches?

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Wallter: I did lindy rig Rebel bar and an unamed one to the south west of rebel lay a email addy and I can give you some gps data
Got some hits on leeches but nothing on crawlers. Weather was rather cold begining of the week but warmed considerably by wed. I was hoping to get some action on the bars too but it wasn't in the cards so stuck pretty much to Jigs and shiners. That was a rather expensive venture it self at 4.50 a dozen for shiners but we had a good time

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And By the Way I HOPE THOSE OLD DUDES GET CHECKED!! If we all have to abide by the rules so should our out of state visitors! They sure would bum out if the DNR took there nice shiny Indiana licensed boat and auctioned it off to one of us less fortunate fisherpersons!

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Trux,
I would like those GPS spots., but am a rookie on the computer and can't fugure out how to e-mail you directly. Any help would be great. I understand that you probably don't want everyone to have your e-mail. Your e-mail address does not show up on your profile.

By the way have you ever noticed how much the out of town crowd likes to clean perch?
WOW!!!

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