Day Two

After getting six bites on day one, two of which were very nice fish I was sitting in 5th place.  Not a bad place to be on a lake I have never fished before.  So, you would think my anticipation was high to go out and put another big weight, well, not really.  I have been doing this long enough to know that when you only get a few bites a day, you are gambling and it is very hard to do each day.  My only real hope for a big day was that the bite was picking up some and I would be able to get 7-8 bites a day.

When I arrived at my first spot I was surprised as the first Off Shore Planer Board went back after only 10 minutes of fishing.  This was a good sign, as I said earlier, half the battle was finding biting fish early in the AM when they were actually willing to bite.  So, having a small school of fish located and no boats in site I ran back up to set up again and make another troll across the same spot I got that fish.  On the next troll we had a planer board go back but were unable to get the fish to the boat.  We decided we better make another troll across that spot so we ran back up and made another pull through that area, and wouldn't you know it, we lost another fish just after we had the planer board off.  This was not going according to plan, but at least the bites were encouraging.  So, we set up for a forth troll across that area and the fish were gone, just what I figured would happen,    We now had one fish in the box after 4 pulls over a school of fish and were losing valuable time.  It was time to make a quick move.

We made the move to spot two and it was evident the bite had ended at that spot also as the few boats that were there soon scattered.  So, we made pulls on all my remaining spots and could only scratch up one more little walleye.  Missing those two fish in the morning really hurt as the bite window was short and you have to make each bite count.  Unfortuately today we did not.

In the end we only could weigh two fish on day two.  This is not the type of day that I had planned, but one I certainly knew could happen.  Missing those fish during the bite window was the recipe for disaster and I had to deal with it.  That pretty much took care of any chance I had at making a run at Anger or the Year, but tomorrow was another day and I certainly wasn't going to give up without a fight. All I could do is smile and go home and get ready for tomorrow and hope for better results.