5 hours of fishing

[Mjen]

I pulled my wheeler out for the season on Sunday Dec. 18. I was up at LOW the previous week. Went out of Hillman's about 5 miles. Buddy has the road out about 6. Big heaves in the road make some slow going and tough sledding off road. The snow hasn't drifted much yet because not many people are out yet. (Most appear to be in shallow for northerns?) The snow off road can be 3" in some spots to 18" in others. The change is gradual and hard to see. I got stuck pulling my wheeler a couple of times but was able to dig myself out. Watch out for slush. The heaves on the road are under the snow off road. It is bumpy. My guess is it is going to be a tough year to get away from the crowds unless you have a snowmobile or 4 wheeler. We will surely get more snow. I was only able to get about 80 yards off the main road. Got set up by about 2PM. Caught some tiny walleyes and perch right away. Then a small northern. My AquaView wouldn't work. The water is still too murky to see. At sunset the bigger walleyes hit non stop for about 1/2 hour. I wouldn't even see them on the Vexilar they just raced in and hit. Then nothing. I had to leave by 7PM so it wasn't a long time out there, but no crappies. I talked to another wheeler on my way out who had set up for the night earlier and were leaving. No crappies for them but nice walleyes. At Hillman's they said they knew 2 parties caught a few, most people nothing. Maybe the murky water? Sooner or later they will show up.