DATE ---------------------- 5/22/99
TIMES --------------------- 4-6pm
CONDITIONS ------------- Hot, Mild Wind, Very Rough Water
AREA FISHED ------------- Davis Cove To Bonapart Point
FISHING METHOD ------- Casting
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Road Runner, Small Spinner Baits
NOTES --------------------- Due to boat traffic and rough water trolling and down rigging wasn't producing. My partner Fred Nytek suggested we cast the shore line for pan fish. At 4:30 using this method, we had caught two Pickerel over twenty inches, a 3 lb. plus largemouth and something I'd never seen. He threw a white road runner to shore and it actually hit a rock on the shore, the second it dropped off the rock and into the water it was hit with what he thought was a large fish. Using an ultralight rod and 4lb. test ten minutes later we got our first look at what had hit his lure. It was a 5lb. plus hybrid, but the most interesting part was as the hybrid came close to the boat, each time it did, there was a much larger one under it so close if we had a bigger net we might have gotten them both. Adapting to conditions produces fish. We never leave the dock without a variety of rods for all species. It just goes to show, you never know about what you might come up with. Five minutes later we got a 3lb. plus walleye topping off a slow starting day and making it very productive.
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NAME --------------------- Webguy
DATE ---------------------- 5/14 and 5/16
TIMES --------------------- all day
CONDITIONS ------------- fantastic
AREA FISHED ------------- all over
FISHING METHOD ------- trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Rapalas and Phoebes
NOTES --------------------- I took off friday May 14th and spent the day on the water. What a great day! I boated 7 trout, lost the 8th and thought "I hope I do as well at sunday's contest." Well sunday came around and it was even better. Between myself and Eric we boated 19 fish and lost a couple more. We weren't in the money but the fishing was great. 13 trout from 11-16 inches, a striper, a largemouth, a smallmouth, a pickerel, a rock bass and a big hungry sunfish, with a Spittin' Image, on the first cast off the dock while waiting to go. The wierdest thing that happened was when the largest trout of the day, while taking line at mile a minute, became airborne and spit the lure. Not so wierd right? When I pulled in the lure a found a KDC fin tag attached to it.
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NAME --------------------- Jim Salerno
DATE ---------------------- 5/11/99
TIMES --------------------- 5:45 - 8:45 P.M.
CONDITIONS ------------- Clear and calm, water temps 60 to 66 degrees
AREA FISHED ------------- South side of Raccoon and Halsey to Bradys Bridge
FISHING METHOD ------- Trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Rapalas and spinners
NOTES --------------------- Co-member Jim DiSilvestro landed a healthy 2 Lb. 9 Oz. Smallmouth bass which was quickly weighed and released (CPR). I landed two nice Pickerel, one of which weighed in at 3 Lbs. 12 Oz. It was a beautiful night to be on the lake and Jim was happy that I had abruptly planned this "emergency fishing trip."
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NAME --------------------- Jim Archambault
DATE ---------------------- 5/2/99
TIMES --------------------- 10am-5pm
CONDITIONS ------------- Clear, warm, and windy at times
AREA FISHED ------------- East shore-line
FISHING METHOD ------- Trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- stick-baits and Phoebes
NOTES --------------------- Landed 2 small "state-bait" trout and 5 pickerel. It was a tough day in the wind trolling solo in a small boat but a beautiful day overall, and I kept hoping to see another big muskie at the end of my line.
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NAME --------------------- Tim Clancy
DATE ---------------------- May 1st
TIMES --------------------- morning and evening
CONDITIONS ------------- clear
AREA FISHED ------------- north east
FISHING METHOD ------- trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Rapalas
NOTES --------------------- Picked up 4 lb 5 oz walleye 8:30 AM downrigging in 14' of water between Halsey & Raccoon, then got another around 4 lbs at dusk at Brady Bridge flat lining and a bunch of pickerel, a trout, and a largemouth between those two fish. Took a break for lunch and a nap in between. Good start for first day of walleye season.
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