Greg K and Ken L: Snake River - 8/28

I met Ken Monday evening. We fished for an hour until the sun set. We caught a 17 inch walleye and a bass before heading back to camp. We hit the water before 8 AM on Tuesday. It took us until 11 AM to put our first walleye in the boat. We moved around a bit and finally found some active walleye among a bunch of little bass. By 3 PM, we landed 7 walleyes between 16 and 21.5 inches. Ken headed home, and I stayed for a couple more hours. Ten minutes after I dropped Ken at the ramp, I hooked into a 23 incher.  We ended up catching a total of 11 walleyes (larger ones released), dozens of little smallmouth, and 2 catfish.

More info for club members: We launched out of Texas Rapids. Trolling crankbaits was not effective. Tuesday was the first bright and sunny day after weeks of smoke and haze. Only 2 walleyes were caught trolling crankbaits, so we switched to bottom bouncers and fished deeper (30 to 35 feet). Two ounce bouncers trolled along rocky channel edges produced steady action through the afternoon. Our best spots were near the Texas Rapids campground and the Mouth of the Tucanon.

Ken with a 21.5 incher. He dropped it several times to grind fish slime in with a container of crawler dirt that he spilled on the floor of my boat.

Greg released this 23 inch walleye.