Help me locate more fish!!

[binfordw]

Well I went ahead and worked until about lunchtime today, but decided to hit the lake and see if I could do anything afterwards.


It was muddy, and up!

A quick pic before I jumped in





I hit the first big creek channel on the west side of lake, and focused on the north shore. I made a pass at idle and had a look, I saw trees, no real bait balls though. It gave me a chance to try out the navigation stuff a bit more with the Ulterra. I threw 3 rods out with jigs/plastics and cruised along the bank at about .6 mph


I wound up going all the way back into the creek channel. Water temps went from 43 to almost 49. It was real muddy.


There was lots of trees, I snagged a few times and lost a couple jigs.



I crossed over a couple spots that looked good, I couldn't tell what it was exactly but it looked like piles of fish to me. I marked them and went back and vertical jigged for a bit but had no luck.

The new Ulterra was awesome- again. It allowed me to cruise at .5-.8mph and pay little attention to boat control. I was a little confused with the tracks and navigation options, I need to read up a little more. It was a bit hard to use follow contour due to the trees.

I tried shorter casts out on my way back. I had no idea really how deep the jigs were, but since I had snagged a few times I assumed they were probably close to bottom or on it. I was overall happy with how easy it seemed, and can see myself doing it again as the weather gets better. ( My wife might even enjoy it more as I can use lighter rods with the jigs- = a little more fun catching the fish instead of just reeling them in) but pulling cranks is going to be so easy with this setup!






The ramp was busy as I left at 5:30 pm, I imagine the dam will be full of boats tonight tossing cranks and jerkbaits for walleye.