Wow More Fish Commin!!!

[Capt.Bob]

Finally time to take a day or two off. I have been pounding the Walleye on the world's largest river run for about 3 1/2 weeks now and the new school of fish is entering the river as the old school is exiting. Yesterday it was hard to find a fish over 17" and many were under 14", this just means the river is filling up with new young jacks from another huge school of fish getting ready to enter the river. The small jacks are the workers and come in first to ready the spawning grounds, and the larger jacks will start in as the females are ready to spawn, they are the breeders for the most account. I have had a great year and still have a couple weeks of stellar fishing before it's time to hit the lakes and streams inland.

 

Pretty soon the white bass will enter with the same agenda, breeding. They are a ball on light and ultra light tackle. I usually make the drive a couple days a week just to bend the rod, as the freezer is full of tasty Walleye for the year by then, and don't care for most bass as edible to my palette. Most days with doll fly's or spinners, you can catch these white bass till your sick of catching them, over 100 a day is common when your in the right spot. They can range from 10" or so to over 16" with 12" to 14" the most common. Great on my 6'3" L.E. MXF w/1000 Stradic or my Loomis LF IMX with the same size reel. I seldom use my 6' UL Avid with a 1000 size reel as once in a while you will pickup a straggling Walleye that can be a hand full with the light rods let alone an UL, when this happens it's water to table that night. 

 

Well anyway with the late spring and late mushrooms this year the river has been my daily agenda, and limits like the picture below are why. I will get some homework done today and be after em again tomorrow, FISH ON!!

23" triplet Jacks, and their 26" sister "shes a hog" , I seldom take the Hen's  but once in a while I will to keep for the grill, the thicker backs are great on the charcoal and stay moist where the smaller ones are a little dryer. The 23" jacks are the perfect size for the deep frier, I like to keep the 20" to 23" fish for the table, as the larger ones hold to much moisture and make the breading soft, when I deep fry I prefer crisp breading and seldom ever mix a batter. The thicker backs on the fish over 23" are great baked in recipies also. It is truly a blessing to be able to decide what you will keep for your stringer of 4, as there are so many fish to choose from. I think I have probably caught an average of a dozen fish a day and as many as 25 to 30 on some rely good ones so far, but limits are almost always assured. It is hard to keep track and then there are the ones you snag. GREAT FISHING!