Rosert,I'm glad to hear you are still fishing. You will be back to your prime in no time! Then the Eyes better watch out! I'm not equipted to safely go out there at night but hope for some early mornings in the future. God's Blessings...BOB

The fishing conditions were actually lousy. The middle of a cold front, high sky, almost full moon, holiday weekend and too many jet-skis doing donuts. I actually suffered some hypothermia and had to put on long underwear and thermal socks to get to sleep last night. So I was disappointed but it was a good chance for Robert and me to get out and do some experimenting. As was mentioned we caught and released one walleye, wrapped another nice one around the bow anchor rope, and dropped four five on hook sets. No smallies or trout which is a surprise. Went out about 6PM and stayed out until 2AM. Could not gather a herring school under the lights. They are scattered and in spawning mode now but at dusk they were all over the surface. Literally the entire lake was one huge display of herring on the surface everywhere you looked as far as you could see. It makes you wonder how you catch anything in there. Later in the night we tried a different pattern fishing in tight to shore in only a couple of feet of water. That is how I took the smaller walleye. We did break out the big lights though and then went into shore area pockets to look for "eyes" to see if we were really just wasting our time with this pattern. One spot we hit showed three huge fish we first mistook for carp they were so large but when they turned in a foot of water and faced us huge saucer eyes glared out at us and we were staring at enormous walleye in the ten to twelve pound range. As they cruised under the boat into deep water they looked to be 30 inches or more and unbelieveably thick across the shoulders.
So, late at night, think shallow, be stealthy and use finesse techniques to place herring baits into pockets where large walleye can trap big baits and herring pinning them into these pockets and ambushing them as they try to escape the pocket water. Just another idea for those who may be dedicated and interested enough to try to take a trophy walleye.

Way to go guys & thanks for the report it gives us all something to think about. Robert, Buck is one heck of a nice guy & a true sportsman as you. In a few weeks when I have some free time you can join me for some WA night fishing if you are up yo it.