Walleye Jigging Almost Done

Windsor Casino

My intentions were good but an early morning start didn’t happen.  Getting in at 3am made getting up early difficult.  I did eventually drag my self out of bed and was off by 9:30am.  I tried a new spot to launch and went over to the US side with all the other boats.  The bite must have slowed because within a half hour, I was one of a few boats left and I didn’t see a fish caught.  The Sunday crazys were out  flying by me going to another spot down the river where the bite must have been better.  With the wind that had picked up and large boat waves  I was getting tossed around like a floating log.  I had just about had enough and was minutes away from packing it in and I finally hooked about  a 16 or 17 inch walleye and as I was netting it the hook came out and the fish rolled out of the net.  Then I noticed both boats that were still fishing the area I was had fish on their lines.  I peddled back to the start of the drift and picked up another one a 17″ little skinny walleye.   Once the bite picked up more boats came back to the area and everyone was catching fish.  They were all about the same size as the ones that I caught and smaller.  Looks like it is time to hit Lake Erie and troll for the bigger ones that have now gone out to the lake.

Last year I when I first tried Colchester on Lake Erie at the beginning of May, an oldtimer (older than me anyways) told me that the walleye won’t bite in the lake until the lilacs bloom which is usually at the end of May.  Well the lilac tree at the end of my driveway is blooming now and has for a week.  Time to get the trolling gear out.