Normandy Walleye 6-12-2015

 

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This was my first stab at  walleye this year and I anchored down the back of Pete Hatchet’s boat this morning. Pete has been catching several good walleye lately with one over 6lbs just this week.  We found today to be a little tougher but the 2 that we put in the boat weighed in at 6 3/4 pounds and currently  reside in my refrigerator until supper time tonight. We also caught some Spots, blue gill and channel cats.  We trolled night crawler rigs  weighed down with 3/4 ounce sinkers to keep them on the bottom. VMC www.vmchooks.com  makes a terrific rig for this style of fishing (pic center) with your choice of multiple blade colors (some UV bright) and either a single or tandem kook set up.  Each rig has a 10lb 72 inch Sufix  Fluorocarbon leader and VMC Fast Grip needle point hooks. The blades on these rigs are called “Hydro Flow” and designed to let water through a small slit in the blade which creates increased vibration and you can use these at lower speeds and still get a great spin on the blades.  I believe this is very important when the fish are sluggish and not in the attack mode.  I like to fish these on a 7 foot AllPro APX Med/Hvy Casting rod  www.allprorods.com and 10lb test Sufix Mono. www.sufic.com  More next week Lord willing. I’m  still having some back and leg problems but hopefully I can be back in my boat next week.  Thanks for visiting my site. Rick McFerrin www.tennesseebassguides.com