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Took my son and a buddy out for some jigging. We started around 8:45 due north of wild wings marina about a mile out. 13 feet deep. Got our limit in 2 hours and 45 minutes. The wind was pushing us at .7 to.8 mph so we put the drift sock out. Everyone was using a dark color. 3/4 ounce jigs. Every fish was male and some of them are still leaking the fluid of life.

There is a pack of boats spread east to west along the line where the water is cleaning up and that seems to be the spot.

Got the boat all setup and cleaned this weekend and rewarded ourselves with some fishing!

Friday we hit green can by Mouse first with the little pack there and picked up 1 within the first 5 minutes. Was hoping we could keep nabbing em before that big storm rolled in but never got another one before we were chased north. Went to try Rattlesnake real quick before the storm but nothing there. Hid at PIB for an hour or 2 and then went back out in the break in the weather for another 1-2 hours. Hit Rattlesnake again (nothing), the channel north of MBI (nothing) and then tried a couple drifts just north of Stone Lab and picked up the really nice twins! Both 27.5″ and around 6-7lbs (not sure if my de-liar is calibrated right).

Saturday we hid behind PIB fishing with a couple little packs from the Ballast Island channel, to SE side of back side of PIB, to Mouse Island Reef, then to between Starve and PIB. Got nothing but sheep until the last spot above starve. Little pack there and people were KILLIN it! Seemed like every 30 seconds someone around us was hooked up but for whatever reason, we couldnt buy a bite! We picked through some sheephead and ended with 2 walleye that were a double header! Nothing after those 2 though. Really odd watching everyone else crush it while we were doing the same drift lanes, same jigs, same speed, etc. but i guess it just wasnt our day.

Sunday we slept in and rolled out around 11am and joined the pack at American Eagle. Everyone seemed to be picking them not fast and furious but pretty consistent and we did as well. Ended up with 8 nice ones before we had to jam out to get home to the wives and kids. Would have limited if we had gotten at it earlier or could have stayed later.

Overall good weekend start to the season! Hope everyone else out there did well!! (I know the blue center console charter at Starve did well, we watched him CRUSH it, well done if you are on here!! I believe captain name on the side of the boat was captain Eric)

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We had our shake down trip Sunday to ensure everything is working and caught our first limit of the year. Left the dock around 8a and made a short run from the Portage over to the finger in the cove. Started slow, but bite picked up around 9:30a and was solid until the wind laid down around noon, then slowed waaay down. Got our 12 by 1ish and headed in.

Went out with my wife this morning. We were a little late trying to not get wet. Started at 8:15 and had a limit at 11:30. We should have been done an hour earlier but I had 5 or 6 fish get off before they got to the boat. I also tried to hoist one in for my wife and it fell back. I had just caught one and my stinger was tangled in the net. I should have just netted it too but didn’t want to risk a bigger tangle. Another lesson…

Exactly same recipe as yesterday except there was a good bit more wind. We were moving at .7 to.9 mph which is just a little faster than I prefer but we upsized jigs to 3/4 and all was good

Hi All,

Heading up this weekend with my bro in law to open the boat up, get her all cleaned, and try to find some early walleyes jigging and casting. We are true weekend warriors with no real trolling equipment so handcuffed a little to casting, drifting, or maybe slow trolling cranks hand holding.

I see the weather is calling for a cold front dip this weekend and wondered what the community thought that would do to the eye’s. Plan was to reef hop until we find some coming out of E Harbor. Maybe hit Mouse, Starve, Scott point, etc. toward PIB and maybe run to the triangles of Toussant, Crib, Locust, etc. if walleye dont cooperate at the first spots and weather/waves are conducive. Also had heard people doing well over off E side of Kelleys so considered hitting AE and Red can if that was a better idea.

Any suggestions always appreciated for a low tech weekend warrior!! TIA!

ps: always down to “live share” if others looking for a point in the right direction too so PM me if you will be up this weekend and want to get a text group going.