Upper Deck and I have been planning a fishing weekend for a month or so now. The fish have been biting well on the Missouri and we decided to get in on some of the action. He and a friend (Ron) drove up from Kansas Thursday, while I did little pre-fishing that evening.
We met up on Friday morning and fished out of Cattail landing. The weather forecast called for 10 MPH winds out of the NE. Wrong!! The wind was howling out of the NW which made for some BIG swells and tough boat control. The fish were there though and five of us put 22 walleyes in the boat in about five hours of fishing. We certainly could have got our last three, but we all agreed we were tired of getting thrown around the lake and boat by the wind.
We got back to Upper Deck’s farm, had a great fish fry and planned for an early morning on the water. When we got up the wind was blowing even harder out of the NW so we scraped our plans for fishing that morning and worked on putting up a loft in the “hunting lodge” for Upper Deck’s father. We got it done by mid-afternoon and decided to try our luck that evening throwing crankbaits from shore. The fishing was a little slower, but the fish were definitely bigger! We ended the night early with five great fish as Upper Deck and Ron were leaving early the next morning for a long drive back home. I need to thank Grizzley for loaning us his waders, as we were a pair short.
Great friends, food and fishing. It doesn’t get much better! Thanks guys.
Thursday night pre-fishing
Heading out
Rougher than it looks
It says the fish are here?
Friday's catch!
Nothin' better than fresh walleye
Putting up the loft on Saturday
First fish of the night Saturday evening
Saturday nights final tally.
We met up on Friday morning and fished out of Cattail landing. The weather forecast called for 10 MPH winds out of the NE. Wrong!! The wind was howling out of the NW which made for some BIG swells and tough boat control. The fish were there though and five of us put 22 walleyes in the boat in about five hours of fishing. We certainly could have got our last three, but we all agreed we were tired of getting thrown around the lake and boat by the wind.
We got back to Upper Deck’s farm, had a great fish fry and planned for an early morning on the water. When we got up the wind was blowing even harder out of the NW so we scraped our plans for fishing that morning and worked on putting up a loft in the “hunting lodge” for Upper Deck’s father. We got it done by mid-afternoon and decided to try our luck that evening throwing crankbaits from shore. The fishing was a little slower, but the fish were definitely bigger! We ended the night early with five great fish as Upper Deck and Ron were leaving early the next morning for a long drive back home. I need to thank Grizzley for loaning us his waders, as we were a pair short.
Great friends, food and fishing. It doesn’t get much better! Thanks guys.
Thursday night pre-fishing
Heading out
Rougher than it looks
It says the fish are here?
Friday's catch!
Nothin' better than fresh walleye
Putting up the loft on Saturday
First fish of the night Saturday evening
Saturday nights final tally.
