Fishing Report #23

11/20/06

 

 

 

 

Right now, the eyes are feasting on gizzard shad and you best be set up by 4:45 P.M. the latest. First the shad show up then the walleyes oblige. The strong bite is from 4:55 - 5:30 P.M. and then it's a matter of finding the more gluttonous ones or the later arrivals. Here is a shot of a fresh shad I found in a walleye's stomach. No signs of deterioration...so this walleye had just arrived for his last meal. I guess you could say dessert in the form of an XPS Bass Pro Shops Suspend Lazer Eye minnow killed em.

 

 

On Friday evening John Lamb and father-in-law Dave Shults (Utica, NY) and I also boated our limits of "eyes". Same scenario same results. Of course the lures are coated with Mustad's famous fish catching elixir "Ultrabite". Which by the way is available at Bass Pro Shops in Auburn. John had been trying for two years to "hook up" with me for an evening walleye gig and got weathered out several times. His patience definitely paid off.

 

 

 

Dick Williams, (Auburn, NY), his friend Judy, daughter Cindy and her husband Mike also had their way with the walleyes. Prior to the walleye bite they practiced their angling skills on a few pickerel and a perch which we released. By the time the eighth walleye hit the deck they decided to head back to the barn even though the eyes were still biting and on the prowl. Their catch consisted mostly of eighteen inch+ walleyes with bulging bellies.