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Storm, Thanks for the detailed report.

I fished out of AuGres with a couple of neighbors. I was aboard the Brandy, owned by John B. Three of us took 9 walleye, some farm animals, and a few catfish. It wasn't hot and heavy like it was a month ago, but it was a nice day on the bay. B.B. and meat 26-28 FOW near Pt AuGres. Chartreuse, and Purple, seemed to do the trick. They liked it a lil faster today around the 1.7 to 1.9 MPH. Like the Big Bopper once said, "You know what I like". The usual K.I.S.S. method. I'm probably going to start trolling for walleye early, and fishing perch as the sun comes up. The weather this time of year can get rougher and keep you on shore a lot of the time.

The reason I asked was the flatfish type lures like Quikfish usually run best below 2 MPH. I have been experimenting with some large flatfish, to troll them faster. I have drilled some holes down the bill from the original hook up. I slip a bead chain swivel through the drilled hole and hook my line to it. I put a large split ring on the bead chain so it doesn't go all the way through the new drilled holes. The lower hook up point takes a little of the bite off these and allows them to perform better at faster speeds. Not many fishermen use the Quikfish lures in these parts. It is very popular on the West Coast. I know fishermen there that even fasten herring to the back of the Quikfish with rubber bands. The West Coast river fishermen even anchor in the river current and let them out, and the current does the work. I'm going to add some super glow stuff on some of mine. I got these for a buck a piece. I think they will work as well as any plug.

GJ Tom & Pat. Love that Glow Ghost J. I have several of glow Js, and J Plug wanabees. They seem to be the bomb.

GJ Witt.

WTG Mike.

GJ Reely. A warm welcome to you.

WTG Toxic.

Sorry about the results, but at least you made it out.

GJ Capt.

WTG Jason.

A very nice hat rack.

She's a beauty. I moved the pics under boats.

Old habits are hard to break, but we probably should start posting Walleye reports in the NEW Walleye section. Mike gave us the space, we better utilize it. You know, "Use it or Loose it".

GJ Beth and Jason. I may be out on the Brandy near AuGres tomorrow. I haven't been on the Bay for a few weeks.

Those Amberjacks are nice. Ya know I'm a Hardtop man. I have some large flatfish like the Quickfish that I may try next year. They use them a lot on the W.Coast. What speed were you running them at??

WTG Jason.

GJ Terry and crew. What's that saying???? "Every DOG has it's day". It sure seems like you are having one heck of a season. It must be that long rest you gave the dog last year, after she came up lame. She came out of the gate stronger than ever. Gotta love those old Islanders.

Dan, I agree that The late May through July is usually the best time to hit the walleye on the bay. We do get some limits in Oct, but not the easy ones like the Summer.

WTG Slammer. GL in Manistee.

WTG again Tom.

That seems strange, especially line tangles that are on releases above the probe. It's difficult to phantom how that could happen.

Mine were true to size. I think it depends on what you are comparing the size to. I noticed in a lot of the cheaper footwear, I'd have to go up at least one size. So if your walking around in, made in China sneakers then you would probably go down a size from them. At any rate a little more room can be compensated for with an extra pair of socks.

WTG Snaggletooth.

Way to Gitter Done Mitch.