The fishing on Lake Poygan for Walleyes continues to be nothing short of spectacular! There are Walleyes everywhere out there! Over the past 2 weeks we have caught them on the west end of the lake, horseshoe hole, near the river mouth, in the deep, shallow, and I would imagine they are also already being caught in the cane beds!
With fishing like this, a guy could use a few more days of vacation to get out and take advantage of the great fishing and weather that is currently in place!
After spending the day on Saturday planting grass and checking as many things off the honey-do list as possible, I was given the green light to fish all day on Sunday. This sounded good in theory, but unfortunately for us the skies had other ideas!
Despite watching the radar only to see a large batch of rain heading in our direction, my dad and I chose to hook the boat up, grab the rain gear, and hit the water. We had the boat in at 7:15, and by 7:45 the rain began. For the next 2.5 hours we caught 16 Walleyes in the pouring rain. There were times that we couldn't even hear the kicker motor due to the sound of the heavy downpours!
I had hoped to fish all day, but after getting poured on for 2.5 hours and no end of the rain in sight, we chose to call it a day and head home for a warm shower and some dry clothes! Surprisingly, the fish bit right through the storms, and remained quite aggressive! We again caught our fish in 6-8 feet of water running our baits 5-7 feet down at 1.5-1.8mph. Color mattered today, as a orange and white Salmo caught 6 fish alone! #5 Shad Raps were also productive, in purpledescent and hot steel.
Since we had so much fun on Sunday in the rain, we planned another outing for Wednesday afternoon. I also invited a friend that doesn't get out much to hopefully cash in on the good action. The fishing actually started off slow for us, as the high fishing pressure in our area had apparently slowed the bite. After 3 passes and only 3 Walleyes in the boat, we decided to head west and try some new water with less fishing pressure.
This was clearly the right move, as a board dropped back before we even could get all 6 lines in the water! The fish turned out to be a chunky 17" Walleye. We continued our pass catching 2 more Walleyes in a short stretch.
The next pass resulted in several more nice Walleyes, including a 24.75" beauty that decided to hit a #5 Firetiger Shad Rap. We also noticed that the brighter colors worked better today, probably due to the sunny skies. We also noticed that trolling 1.8-2.0 mph yielded more fish, but also resulted in more White Bass.
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| 24.75" Lake Poygan Walleye |
By the end of the night, we again ended up with a 2 man limit of Walleyes, catching a total of 13 and releasing 3, including the big one. I expect this bite to hold strong for another 2 weeks, until water temps drive the fish back to Lake Winnebago.
If you have a chance this weekend, take advantage of the great weather and get on the water, the fish are waiting!+
