Greg and Gordon: Roosevelt - 9/19/2022

My father-in-law doesn’t fish much, but does enjoy visiting Washington and eating walleye. We headed to Porcupine Bay for a beautiful day at the lake. Gordon hooked up with a 19 incher within 5 minutes arriving at our first spot. I got a smaller keeper shortly after, but that was it for spot #1. Our next 3 spots produced nothing but a trout. Spot number 4 wasn’t a place that I have had much luck, but it did produce well for us this time. Once we arrived, it didn’t take long for Gordon to start putting fish in the boat. Within a couple of hours, we ended up with a dozen small keepers and a 13 inch perch. Gordon enjoyed catching walleyes, but he may have enjoyed eating walleye tacos the following day even better.

More information for club members: A submerged point across from Porcupine gave up a couple walleyes in 50 feet of water. Blue Creek, the Narrows, and Buoy 7 gave us nothing. Since Buoy 7 is my mid summer spot and Blue Creek is my fall spot, I pulled up a lake map to find a place between the two that resembled a point near deep water. It was just below Buoy 3 not far from a shore restoration project. Walleyes were schooled there in 45 feet of water near the channel edge. A silver speckled smile blade was by far the most productive color.