Times Two
08-07-2007, 12:20 PM
Fished the 3rd Annual Conservation Club Walleye Tournament in
Dunkirk Fri-Sun. 100 boat field, already 30+ boats on a waiting
list to get in next year.
Day 1-Friday
Looked like it was going to roll again, so we decided to try a north-south
troll. Goal was to hit the border eventually, unless we did some fish. Ended up 6/7 on the walleye, with 2 steelhead. Three fish weighed
in at 17.97lbs, good enough for 13th out of 100 for day 1. Steelhead
came on the rigs, 52 and 60 down on a stinger confusion and a stinger
chicken wing.
Walleye...4 on a 10 color, watermelon hatchet harness. 2 on the big
slides..1 on an orange harness, the other on a DW ss chicken wing.
1 on the boards, little slide, 200 back.
I felt pretty good about the fish I saw, and thought Day 2 would be ok.
Day 2: 8/4
I had previously booked a charter for the morning, so you know what happened next.....we went 14/14 on the 'eyes..big box, including 1 10lber, and 2 9's, and probably another 3 over 8. One of the best boxes I've
had in a long time. Awesome.
10 color with a big hatchet; 5 color with dave kabooms on the boards, wire big slides at 155 and 175 back...DW ckicken wing and harnesses, and little slides on the boards with harnesses. 1.6-1.8 at the ball.
Went back in the afternoon with my derby crew, did 8 'eyes and 2 steelies in 2.5 hrs. No real size, but good eaters...same stuff as the am, plus 2 on a watermelon yeck off the 55 rigger.
Slide a bit in the standings since we couldn't post the weight we
had in the morning...but still in 28th out of 100..going into day 3.
Day 3: 8/5
Loads slower today for everyone.
Did 4 eyes early, then it died out. Mix...1 on wire 175 on 3 on
a harness; 1 on a 52 rigger on a DW confusion; 1 on 5 color on a
gold daves kaboom and 1 on a 200 little side, orange/copper harness.
Weighed in just under 12 lbs...good enough for 20th place out of 100
teams.
Would of, Could of's......
If we could have weighed in the Saturday morning box, we would have
had the 2 largest 'eyes for the day, probably the 1st or 2nd heaviest box
for the day, the 2 heaviest fish for the derby, and would have been in 2nd
or 3rd overall..... I kind of had a feeling it would stack up that way!
Food
Club did a massive fish fry at the end. Deep fried, oven baked, and grilled
walleye! Winner by far, though was a bacon wrapped walleye. Scallop
size walleye nuggets, wrapped in bacon,toothpicked, and sprinkled with
Old Bay. Put right on the grill until the bacon was crispy. Delicious!
John
Dunkirk Fri-Sun. 100 boat field, already 30+ boats on a waiting
list to get in next year.
Day 1-Friday
Looked like it was going to roll again, so we decided to try a north-south
troll. Goal was to hit the border eventually, unless we did some fish. Ended up 6/7 on the walleye, with 2 steelhead. Three fish weighed
in at 17.97lbs, good enough for 13th out of 100 for day 1. Steelhead
came on the rigs, 52 and 60 down on a stinger confusion and a stinger
chicken wing.
Walleye...4 on a 10 color, watermelon hatchet harness. 2 on the big
slides..1 on an orange harness, the other on a DW ss chicken wing.
1 on the boards, little slide, 200 back.
I felt pretty good about the fish I saw, and thought Day 2 would be ok.
Day 2: 8/4
I had previously booked a charter for the morning, so you know what happened next.....we went 14/14 on the 'eyes..big box, including 1 10lber, and 2 9's, and probably another 3 over 8. One of the best boxes I've
had in a long time. Awesome.
10 color with a big hatchet; 5 color with dave kabooms on the boards, wire big slides at 155 and 175 back...DW ckicken wing and harnesses, and little slides on the boards with harnesses. 1.6-1.8 at the ball.
Went back in the afternoon with my derby crew, did 8 'eyes and 2 steelies in 2.5 hrs. No real size, but good eaters...same stuff as the am, plus 2 on a watermelon yeck off the 55 rigger.
Slide a bit in the standings since we couldn't post the weight we
had in the morning...but still in 28th out of 100..going into day 3.
Day 3: 8/5
Loads slower today for everyone.
Did 4 eyes early, then it died out. Mix...1 on wire 175 on 3 on
a harness; 1 on a 52 rigger on a DW confusion; 1 on 5 color on a
gold daves kaboom and 1 on a 200 little side, orange/copper harness.
Weighed in just under 12 lbs...good enough for 20th place out of 100
teams.
Would of, Could of's......
If we could have weighed in the Saturday morning box, we would have
had the 2 largest 'eyes for the day, probably the 1st or 2nd heaviest box
for the day, the 2 heaviest fish for the derby, and would have been in 2nd
or 3rd overall..... I kind of had a feeling it would stack up that way!
Food
Club did a massive fish fry at the end. Deep fried, oven baked, and grilled
walleye! Winner by far, though was a bacon wrapped walleye. Scallop
size walleye nuggets, wrapped in bacon,toothpicked, and sprinkled with
Old Bay. Put right on the grill until the bacon was crispy. Delicious!
John