Morson LOTW Early Summer report

[Shorelunch]

Fished out of Morson Friday and Saturday. It was windy, but found some opportunities and timeframes for really excellent fishing. We started off on a traditional Spring spot with rip rap and sand shore and a nice point. Nobody home. So we journeyed into the islands in between Gooseneck, Harbor Island and Dawson channel. Did really well. Trolled spinners with minnows or plastics (no difference) and found active walleyes in 10 - 18 feet. Marked a bunch in deeper water (26 feet) but couldn't get them to go. Caught one 26" and two 24" plus a few mid-30 inch northerns and a couple of supposedly even bigger fish escaping the net.

At one island near the Harbor Island area, we were catching nice sized walleyes with fresh teeth marks - including the 26 incher. Must have been big northerns or muskies in the area.

Back up next weekend.

[Shorelunch]

Fished Saturday and Sunday out of Morson. Had fairly strong winds out of the East, but the fishing was good once again. Caught a lot of nice eater size walleyes and a few mid-20 inchers on Sunset channel points in 10 - 15 feet. Was all the further we needed to go. Trolled spinners with minnows, crawlers - and the largest eye came in on an Impulse plastic crawler. Walleyes wanted minnows when we jigged - didn't want plastics from us.

In the afternoon, we fished for smallies with a few "bonus" northerns caught too. Smallies cooperated fairly well, which my two boys love.

Back up over the 4th of July week.

[Sumander]

We fished Friday and Saturday a bit further West than Shorelunch. Fish are on the reefs. Jigs and minnows in 13-15 FOW. Lots of nice 16-17" fish. When we got to a reef that hadn't been fished the action was pretty fast and furious. Overall size wasn't as good as our trip over Memorial Day weekend. Biggest fish was a shade over 25" with several more in the 22" range.

Unfortunately for me it will be the end of July before I get back up to BVR.