Greg: Roosevelt - 4/27

My father-in-law and I hoped to improve upon our catch from the previous week, but found it to be another slow day at Roosevelt. We launched out of Porcupine around 930 am and fished until 5 pm. We caught 9 walleyes and only kept 5 in the 14 to 18 inch range. There were only half the boats on the Arm as the week before, and anglers were scattered and frequently moving. By 3 pm, there weren’t many boats left on the water. I suspect fishing was slow for most of us. Water temp 49 to 50. Light winds and high, thin overcast. Water clarity 5 feet.

More info for club members: We started above buoy 7 attempting to fish current breaks and eddies. The swift current was difficult to fish. We snagged in the boulders frequently losing jigs, blade baits, and bouncer rigs. We did catch a ripe 18 inch male in the swift current, but decided to move downstream to get out of the snags. We ended up trolling channel edges from Marker 5 to Buoy 1 picking up scattered bites in depths from 30 feet to 50 feet. Better sized fish were the furthest upstream. We tried the Narrows and Blue Creek with no success.