Got on the water about the same time, about 7am. Started trolling just west of dumping grounds a headed east. Same setup as previous days bandits and husky jerks. trolled east for a little bit but only caught 4 so far and waves already starting to get rolling so we turned NE and trolled with the wind. Trolled for a while with the waves but only caught 1 or 2. Decided to bring everything in and big motor back to dumping grounds for another pass. Big motored passed dumping grounds and went a little farther south to try a little shallower, plus it gave us a little more wind break. Stopped at 30 ft deep and then started trolling with the wind. Started catching fish pretty quickly in the beginning. With the wind and the waves, didn’t need to run quicker motor, was able to hold speed with trolling motor only. Was a lot rougher today, so trolling with wind was about the only way to troll now. Caught fish till we got out in the deeper water then they tended to shut off. Not sure if it was cause the water was cleaner to where they could make out the baits better or because the waves got bigger and it was too much surge. Reeled everything back up and headed back SW with the big motor to get setup again. Stopped at 25 ft this time and gave it a try. That was too shallow, started picking up drum at that depth. Once we got out to 30ft started catching walleye again. We made 3 passes with the waves and managed our limit. trolled 30-45FOW fished 15-24 ft deep. All depths caught fish but 17ft deep tended to be the hot depth. Hot colors were bandits sunspot, chrome fruit dots, chrome and purple, DHJ12 pink squirrel. Took us longer to figure them out today, didn’t get limit till 3pm. All in all still a good day on the water. Supposed to head home tomorrow the 5th and they are calling for rain and thunderstorms are likely. We’ve had a good run this week, fished 3 1/2 days and caught 67 walleye. We will probably just pack up and head home tomorrow.
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