Greg: Roosevelt - 5/13/2022

I had errands to finish in the morning, so I didn’t get on the road until about 130 PM. It was a cold and windy morning, so fishing the afternoon and evening worked out fine. It took me about three hours to catch my first walleye, but ended the day getting 8 walleyes and 2 smallmouth bass. I was surprised to see the lack of boats on the lake. I covered a lot of water and only saw 3 other boats that were fishing on the Spokane Arm. Maybe the wind and the cold kept folks off the lake, but the afternoon and evening weren’t too bad. Water temp was 48 to 50. Lake level 1253 ft.

More info for club members: I cast blade baits and jigs into current seams and eddies as I made my way up the Narrows and toward Marker 5. I caught a couple of smallmouth on jigs in the Narrows, but couldn’t find any walleyes. I finally found 3 walleyes between the Concrete Stairs and Marker 5. The water was low and the current was fast so I was unwilling to go any further up the Arm. I trolled bouncers and spinners on my way back to Porcupine, but had no bites. I spent the last hour on the water at Blue Creek and picked up 5 walleyes in about 25 to 30 feet of water on a chartreuse smile blade and with my blade bait.