Wicked fucking trip with 2 of my boys out here on a little aluminum boat, was a fuckin blast! 23 walleye I think we got? All pretty good sizes! Was an all around sick day, and Ill tell you guys how to have a good time on that lake too, show you some pics, and tell a couple funny ass stories that happened.
Well let's start off by saying, we didn't need much to make this trip a hell of a time, Brought a tin of minnows, bunch of beer, and our rods with some jig hooks, set up with a couple weights. All in all, it was a pretty inexpensive, 6 hours of awesome fun. Personally all I used was a jig head, no weights, and a minnow on the end of my hook. It seemed more like they were going for the color green more then anything.
I reeled in the first one after a couple spot switches and some waiting, it was pretty slow going for the first hour or so, but fuck did it pick up! Our strategy was to drop the line till it hit the bottom, then reeled up a foot or so. It took a few spot switches till we found a nice little in-cove that was pretty deep. This is the key to Walleye. Considering this is a lazy, stupid species. the don't usually move around much, so there not costantly swimming around looking for shade like some fish. Boats on the other hand, are great because after everything settles, fish tend to be attracted to the shade it creates! Anyways, so after we finally hit a good spot, I hit the first 3 fish, this got my buddies mad because they didn't even have a nibble, or they did and didn't set it properly. That's always one good way to distinguish a good fisher from a bad one. Using the same set-up, you'd assume everyone would have an equal chance, wrong. It's the guy that actually jigs his bait (either lifting the rod or pulling the line slowly back and forth) to attract the fish. Also once a bite happens, you have to set the hook, if you don't the fish can spit it out! That's why when you watch fishing shows and shit, you see them just heave on there rod when they get a bite.
After a little while, everyone started catching them, it was awesome! I love taking people out and seeing them catch fish, teaching them how to do it properly and them coming through, and being super happy about it! It's awesome. Anyways funny story about this trip, my buddy Ty, this guy on the right here, is a pretty smart guy, and loves to up me in everything we do. So after I was beating him in the fish count he'd had enough of it and started to pay 100% attention. He had this strategy of "Nibble, Nibble, Bite". It was hilarious, he wouldn't set the hook until he'd had at least 2 nibbles, no matter what the circumstance. So this one fish bites his hook, and as he's slowly saying NIBBLE, NIBBLE, his rod is already so bent because this fish took his hook and was trying to swim away, but noooo, Ty has to wait till the end of him saying nibble to set it. By that time the fish had spit his hook out already!
Chris, on the left, was the funniest because he didn't know how to tie his hook properly, or set a hook, so he was losing lures and fish every fucking time, it gort to the point where Ty and I decided to help him out. I was considered the netter/hook remover on the boat, because most people are afraid of there sharp as fuck fin they have on their back that they stick up, but one time they both had a fuckin fish, and while im helping Chris get his fish out, Ty decides instead of just waiting for me, to heave the fish out of the water as hard as he can. Well turns out I WAS IN THE MIDDLE and got clocked in the fuckin head by this fucking 3 pound walleye. They had a good laugh about it.... It was pretty funny though looking back at it.
But all in all, it was a fucking great day, Ty and I tied the fish count at 9 a piece, and Chris clocked in at 5. It was a great few hours out on the boat! I think Ty caught the biggest one, it was super fat, it was near the end of spring, so it's possible it was a pregnant female, but it was huge in weight!
I have most of the pics of the fish I'll put in a gallery or some shit later on, but yea, A tin of minnows, a couple jig heads, and some beers and that turned out to be one hell of an afternoon! Great fucking fun. If you guys can get out to Alberta Beach for some fishing, it's awesome! Send some pics if you do! or tell me some stories, James outty, Happy fishing!
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