Worked the retail side of the shop this morning..... if we had a puke smiley, insert it here. [___] I would much rather hide in the back room and do the dirty work. 
Anyway........................ After working the morning away... trip to the store for RV winterizing garb... picking some Halloween pumpkins with the kids... then cooking salmon, walleye and mac-n-cheese for dinner....................... decided to head East one city over to the Willard reservoir to beat the bank for some more 'eyes at dusk. It is a decent spot for big bluegill, yellow perch, bass, walleye, channel cats... if you hit it at the right time for each species. They all get big in this reservoir, but the super clear water tends to make the best fishing right at dusk and late into the night.
Got there at 7:30 (sunset at ~7:10) and was still enough light to not need the headlamp, yet. Windy as heck and temp read 43° on the dashboard on the way over. Started to mist and sprinkle as i pulled into the parking lot. Sounds like fun huh? Started off throwing a 1/8th chart head w/ 4" black twister. Couple bumps, but no solid hits. Went back and forth between 2 rods..... jig on 1, suspending Rapala x-rap on the other. Finally switched the plastic twister over to a sculpin mimic tied jig and the fish turned on. Might have just been the right time of night or conditions or whatever, because i did well with the x-rap as well after that.
Caught this on an over flashed, rabbit & bucktail bushy sculpin looking jig, thumping off the bottom on the retrieve. Black/gold was the color. Walleye went 20".
Also caught a few other small bass with it as well near the water intake building. :icon14: Still switched back and forth with the rapala and caught a MONSTER largemouth as well on the x-rap. Did not even measure it since i kept seeing other glowing eyes from walleye swimming nearby. Would guess it went maybe 18"? Was a hog. Never shook its head and never jumped.... just hugged the rocks. Thought for sure i had a monster walleye until i got a good view of it. :exclamation:
I know, i know, only one fish, big whoop. But that one fish with its thick shoulders filled up a freezer bag nicely.......................i will be back beating the bank after the kids hit the sack later next week. :jig:
Anyway........................ After working the morning away... trip to the store for RV winterizing garb... picking some Halloween pumpkins with the kids... then cooking salmon, walleye and mac-n-cheese for dinner....................... decided to head East one city over to the Willard reservoir to beat the bank for some more 'eyes at dusk. It is a decent spot for big bluegill, yellow perch, bass, walleye, channel cats... if you hit it at the right time for each species. They all get big in this reservoir, but the super clear water tends to make the best fishing right at dusk and late into the night.
Got there at 7:30 (sunset at ~7:10) and was still enough light to not need the headlamp, yet. Windy as heck and temp read 43° on the dashboard on the way over. Started to mist and sprinkle as i pulled into the parking lot. Sounds like fun huh? Started off throwing a 1/8th chart head w/ 4" black twister. Couple bumps, but no solid hits. Went back and forth between 2 rods..... jig on 1, suspending Rapala x-rap on the other. Finally switched the plastic twister over to a sculpin mimic tied jig and the fish turned on. Might have just been the right time of night or conditions or whatever, because i did well with the x-rap as well after that.
Caught this on an over flashed, rabbit & bucktail bushy sculpin looking jig, thumping off the bottom on the retrieve. Black/gold was the color. Walleye went 20".
Also caught a few other small bass with it as well near the water intake building. :icon14: Still switched back and forth with the rapala and caught a MONSTER largemouth as well on the x-rap. Did not even measure it since i kept seeing other glowing eyes from walleye swimming nearby. Would guess it went maybe 18"? Was a hog. Never shook its head and never jumped.... just hugged the rocks. Thought for sure i had a monster walleye until i got a good view of it. :exclamation:
I know, i know, only one fish, big whoop. But that one fish with its thick shoulders filled up a freezer bag nicely.......................i will be back beating the bank after the kids hit the sack later next week. :jig:
