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| Calm water at 7:00pm |
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We had a great time fishing Houghton Lake on the walleye opener. The morning was cold and the NE wind made fishing a little challenging. Working with the wind we fished the South shore from the Limber Lost to the Heights targeting 5 to 7 FOW along the weed edges. We started out by trolling a slower presentation at 1.6 to 1.8 mph with TD 5 tail dancers, thunderstick jr, and 3-inch bombers without any luck. On our second run we changed to TD 7 tail dancers and Berkeley flicker shads trolled at 2.0 to 2.3 and hooked four small pike and then a walleye at 11:20am. We hooked our second walleye at around 2pm in 6 FOW South of the Elks Club on a white thunder stick and then the bite stopped.
At 3:00pm we headed to the boat launch to cook lunch and meet up with the rest of the fishermen. The reports were all the same. Cold water, floating weeds, and a slow bite. Out of five boats only two walleyes were hooked and not much else. Our friend Joe who guides for Cal Stier's www.nofishnofee.com had a slow day on the south shore, but did note that they found walleyes in the channels while pan fishing on Friday.
We started our afternoon fishing trip at 4:30pm and continued fishing the South Shore. The wind died off and the water temp held at 48 F the rest of the afternoon but the bite never improved on the South shore. We hooked two walleyes at 7:40pm and that was it. After fishing all day we hooked four walleyes and a lot of small pike. The weather and floating weeds didn't help, but overall it was great to be back on Houghton Lake.
Good Luck...
At 3:00pm we headed to the boat launch to cook lunch and meet up with the rest of the fishermen. The reports were all the same. Cold water, floating weeds, and a slow bite. Out of five boats only two walleyes were hooked and not much else. Our friend Joe who guides for Cal Stier's www.nofishnofee.com had a slow day on the south shore, but did note that they found walleyes in the channels while pan fishing on Friday.
We started our afternoon fishing trip at 4:30pm and continued fishing the South Shore. The wind died off and the water temp held at 48 F the rest of the afternoon but the bite never improved on the South shore. We hooked two walleyes at 7:40pm and that was it. After fishing all day we hooked four walleyes and a lot of small pike. The weather and floating weeds didn't help, but overall it was great to be back on Houghton Lake.
Good Luck...
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| Afternoon walleyes South Shore 6 FOW |
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