| After catching up from being over at Petenwell for most of the last week and a half, I finally got out on Pool nine in the rain this afternoon. This is the time of year with the transition from spawn to post spawn your depthfinder is the number one tool in your Boat. I us an Fishfinder 2(really and X51), and when it shows fish on the bottom it is almost always walleye or sauger ,(okay sometimes catfish). Whether on Pete or the Miss.
Anyway there are very large concentrations of sauger and walleye in several spots up and down Pool 9 right now. Were talking 10-15 per hour. Most are from 13 inches to 16 inches and females don't seem to be biting. This is the move
we see each year as the Saugers come in heavy right after the walleye finish spawning. Again if you do have a fishfinder don't waste much time if you don't see the marks.
10-14 feet of water was by far most productive depths. If I was going to find the schools on my depthfinder to fish them I would concentrate on 12-13 feet.
Used three-way live bait again today, using Magnum flatheads. Whenever they are available they seem to move the average size of your catch up nicely. Captain Hook's in Genoa has a good quantity of Mags right now, but I will probably grab most of them in the next three days, because I will have my bait keeper in the water again tommorrow.
Today I didn't notice much difference when changing from bright colored to red hooks. Ofcource the Magnums probably kind of cover any loss of interest brought about by the brighter hooks. I pulled the riggs upriver, downriver, across the river and really didn't see much difference. I did notice a difference in the length of the snell... when I went to 6 feet I couldn't keep it from snagging, and less than three feet and I seemed to get less bites... Again let me stress that if you go to a spot that you usually catch fish on and you don't see the marks on your depthfinder...move to the next spot.
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