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| Slip Bobber Walleye |
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| Line change makes big difference |
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| Really big difference |
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Don't forget about the contest
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Every year for the past thirty years the Welsch party comes to Rainy Lake Houseboats for a week. I am lucky enought to guide for them a couple days each year. Todays pattern was similar to yesterday with one exception. We switched to a snap jigging technique. We cast back behind the boat about 50 ft. and snap the 1/8 jigs as we move either forward or backwards with the boat at a speed of .4 to .6 mph. The reason being the walleyes were spread out on a 1/2 mile stretch of shoreline. We tipped the jigs with chub mminnows, Gulp 3" Minnows, and Impulse Paddle Tails. Our keeper walleyes all came on plastics. We fished 5-9 ft. of water. Nine of us put eighty walleyes in the boat in the
Voyageur National Park of Rainy Lake.
I drove up the lake with a 10-15 mph NE wind. I stopped at the Welsches
Lady Of the Lake houseboats and the wind died. About 8:30 a 10 mph NW wind started with a steady light rain. The walleyes were right where they were supposed to be; on a south east wind blown shoreline.
Back to the houseboats for the Sunday afternoon steak barbeque!
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| Master Chef Bob Welsch |
