Sunday afternoon, 11-16-08
Mike Benthaus and his cousin Jeff Jones were waiting at the pier for me when John Walker and I pulled in from our morning trip. They both love to fish but neither one has ever been on Lake Wisconsin. They had read many of my reports and were very much looking forward to this half day afternoon fishing trip. Not that they needed any help getting fired up but watching John Walker pull his fish out of the live well didn't hurt in that regard.
After some quick introductions, we headed straight back to where John and I left off and in less than 10 minutes, Jeff was hooked up with a very hard fighting fish. Hard fighting or not, it ended up in the net and what a beauty of a sauger.
I'm not positive but in may very well be the longest sauger in my boat this year. Congratulations on a great catch Jeff!
By far, our most productive depth was 20-21" of water and our best lures were jig/plastic combo's tipped with minnows. Chartreuse pepper was probably our best color but no one color dominated again today. Switching often helped to keep the bites coming.
The bite did slow down later in the afternoon but not before Mike and Jeff put ten walleyes & saugers in the boat. Only the one big sauger went over 20" today but five others were in the legal slot size range.
It was a great time out there with you guys this afternoon Mike & Jeff. Thanks much and sure hope to see you two guys again next year.
