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| Spent a marathon of a Saturday, with a good Rap-Jigging fisherman. Otherwise know to the few of us on WalleyeFirst, as Trap. With little sleep, our day started at 3am, driving up through Escanaba and Gladstone, past Rapid River, and around the bay. Then pulled into the Vagabond Resort launch area. Here we unloaded the sleds and equipment, walked out a mile, and jig-fished all day. We walked off the ice (it was very slippery and will say you'll need cleats on your boots should you go!) at dark. Then after eating like ravenous wolves at the Delora Restaurant, took the 3 hour road trip and arrived back home at 9:15pm. Now thats a marathon! Otherwise, this was the first time ever I sat all day, and just jigged. Trap has developed a few techniques to entice walleyes to grab Jigging Rapalas, and it fascinated me greatly! Will volunteer this much, Trap became very excited when he read what he perceived to be a live wire on his sonar. And he was at an emotional high just before he got bit. He certianly knew what he was doing! Edited by Rick Larson 12/28/2003 1:00 PM Attachments ----------------  28inch LBDN.jpg (136KB - 194 downloads) | |||
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 Member Posts: 2680 Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | |||
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| Rick Larson |
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| We caught 2 bigger ones (or rather Trap did), maybe 7-8 cigar sized fish (we had a funny debate on how long one of them was (but still to short!), and one perch. We also had a few heavies that shook the hook on the way up. Ice was a very safe 8 inches thick and there were many 4-wheelers moving around the whole of the bay from Kipling north. Although Trap said we marked alot less fish than his previous trips, I thought we had enough going to keep us interested all day - with the best action the hour before dark. If the weather stays warm with no snow, use ice cleats on your boots! It was a very good thing for me that Trap had them, as my boots had no grip at all. It was so bad, that when a gust of wind hit me, it would blow me like I was an iceboat. Here's a picture of how I made it back in. Traps my hero! Edited by Rick Larson 12/28/2003 12:01 PM Attachments ---------------- Pulling Me To Shore.jpg (149KB - 172 downloads) SledPushingWater.jpg (143KB - 176 downloads) | |||
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Member Posts: 377 Location: Neenah Wi | |||
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| walleye express |
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Member Posts: 2680 Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | |||
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Member Posts: 2680 Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | No problem Rick. I'll start with Silver/Blue and work my way through Perch, Gold/Orange FireTiger and a few of those bastard colors they came out with last year. All of these are #7 Rapalas though. I'm assuming so where yours. I always use one rod as a flyer with a dead rig or experimental lures anyway. I'll let you all know how we do after next week. And you know I'll have some killer pictures.  Edited by walleye express 12/28/2003 1:15 PM | ||
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