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    THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST
"Right place......Right time.............
Dave W. (Pictured below this article) Was out
checking the marina for a possible slip for his boat when a 
complete stranger walks up and offers him a guided tour of
the lake to show him where the walleye were hiding. The
stranger took him to an area known as the power lines. They
fished for about 1 hour and hit their limit of ten walleye.
Now that they had their limit they figured why not have some
fun and catch some more. They went back out for an hour and
picked up another ten. They let the second ten go free.
The bait used was Sandy's crawlers and crawler harnesses.
They were trolling as slow as possible and using bottom bouncers. The day after a large storm came through with
4 inches of rain. The rain clouded up the water and the storm frightened the fish. Dave's timing could not have been better.
The author of this article fished for 3 days before the storm and caught 87 walleye.............the next  3 days only gave up 3.
The sun came and the water was mud. Keep an eye out for
clearer water and cloudy days and you could limit too.
 "FIGHT OF A LIFETIME"
The weather was rotten. Winds were gusting up to 35 MPH and the fish just would not bite. Tony and Litha Mason, were fishing on a trip with the author when we noticed the Graph was full of fish. We anchored and dropped some minnows and crawlers down to the fish but to our surprise they would not bite. We were on a school of white bass (a huge school ). So I suggested we get out of the wind and see if calmer waters would help. Tony asked me "where is a good spot that is out of the wind". I replied...... how about there ( pointing at his boat slip ). So we pulled into his slip and tied up. Litha dropped her line and caught a smallmouth bass about 10 inches long. Then she dropped a Sandy's Marina minnow down and something latched on to it and started stripping line out. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....ahhhh the sweet sound of a properly set drag system. Litha battled this fish with all she had making sure it did not get into the motor's prop. Finally....about 7 minutes later she brought it to the surface and we netted it. A 7 pound catfish and a story to go with it. We all had a good time and plan on going out again in calmer conditions. Bottom line is to not give up and keep
trying. You will get your fish if you have a little patients. Stop
buy Sandy's and pick up some fresh bait. Head on out to the 
lake and look for fish on your electronics. Good luck, and don't 
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