Sunday morning, 11-16-08
It was a real treat to share my boat with fellow fishing guide John Walker from Green Lake, Wisconsin. He runs Johnny Walker Guide Service on Big Green Lake where they target Lake Trout, Walleye, Smallmouth, Northern, White Bass and Bluegills.
John has never been out on Lake Wisconsin before and that's why he decided to hook up with Ballweg's Guide Service. No matter how good you are at fishing, it never hurts to get a little help when visiting new waters.
The bite was a little slow for us this morning. We started out using blade baits and switched colors often. After an hour or two and a couple of missed bumps, John finally connected with his first fish. The fish put up a real nice fight but it was no match and soon enough John led a very chunky 19" sauger right into the net. The bite ended at this location after that fish so we moved off to another to try our luck.
The strong west wind gave me a few problems with boat control at the new location at first but once I got that under control, we slowly started to put together a pattern that worked pretty good considering the activity level of the fish was still not all that great. Jig & plastic combinations tipped with minnows ended up being our best bait choice and that's what we stayed with the rest of the morning. We wrapped it up at 11:45am and headed back to the pier.
Seven walleyes and saugers found there way over the side of the boat. The best one was a 22-1/2" walleye that John caught and released. He kept three other nice ones for a fish fry.
