The event began on Friday night just after midnight, so we planned to go right at midnight and get into the game as soon as possible. However, the weather did not cooperate; the wind picked up and the water got rough in the night, nothing like the nice warm day we had...So we changed plans and decided to go out early in the morning.
It was still cold, windy and choppy at 5am, but we headed out anyway. The bite was on; my friend got the first walleye which was close to 5 pounds...Within 10 minutes, I had one on. Then another about 15 minutes after that.
The perch were giving us a hard time; we just couldn't seem to keep them off. Once things slowed down a little, we headed in for a late breakfast.
We decided to make lunch soon after; there's nothing like a fresh fish shore lunch...
The weather changed drastically during the day; it was soo calm and quiet. We got into a few smaller ones as the evening progressed to night.
You could clearly hear the other fishermen talking on the other boats that were around...The full moon was beautiful; shining radiantly on everything with an equally graceful reflection on the water.
After another slow period, we decided to call it a night.
We got up a little late on Sunday morning, due to a little too much beer drinking the night before. Headed out around 7am, for what was definitely a day of tough fishing. Noone seemed to be getting any action. I was changing rigs every half hour in the hopes of presenting something different that would draw a bite. I did manage to get one more walleye and three decent sized perch to close of my weekend.
At the end of the tournament the Senior Walley weighed in at 11.5 pounds and the senior pike weighed in at 16.6 pounds...
