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Dont be these eejits.

Waterspouts are dangerous in that they can change direction and move quite quickly. BUT the wind field in VERY tight, meaning that only 100 yds away you may not even feel a breeze. That being said, again, they can change direction and head right for you lol. They are quite common down south in summer and with warmer water. Up here they are apparently less powerful, but should be avoided while on the water lol.

I had my little 16' Palm Beach CC a few miles out in Gulf one June a few years back. Saw a funny looking "boat" on water a few hundred yds behind us. My buddy said just keep fishing. A few seconds later, the "boat" (actually the bottom of a water spout that hadn't spun up enough water yet) rose 1500 feet up. (The Weather Channel later confirmed lol). Yelled at my buddy to haul anchor fast! Lmao as he pulled anchor over bow I put the throttle to the console!! Almost threw him over as he went from bow to stern in a second! As we took off single water spout became 3 and you could hear them as they closed! Funniest part was as we were FLYING BY a bigger anchored boat w family fishing, Capt threw his hands up at me like wtf? I just pointed behind us. Was hysterical to watch them all start running around boat to evacuate area LMAO. Got back to dock and house and turned on weather channel to see Bill Kinealy reporting a HUGE water spout spotted just off Hudson Beach Fla. My buddy and I were like WE KNOW!

With all due respect to you, but NO, its not! When you by it, you are GUESSING the merchant and ALL who touched the product and packaging have not been in contact with anyone who was positive. The cost of buying a fish may be your life. So again. nope! Go solo. Contact no one. Fish. WAY safer the buying it. Just saying.

Thanks both Riggered and Pierce. At least I know I was hitting the right marks w speed and depth. But was using big motor this summer a bit, and even into the current it was just too fast (about 1.8 to 2.3mph.). But w electric I can tweak all I want. Then again had 14 x 19 wheel on . Just switched this morning to a 17". That may take .5mph (to .25) off the speed at idle(while giving me more holeshot I am looking for in freshwater). Riggered I have tried RI a couple years ago while staying on Wellesley. Marked some nice fish, but only managed a short or 2. Will give it another go next wk. Hoping water has cooled down a couple degrees from August and that should help. Will probably get another Canadian license again, in case I want to hit some spots there. Did ok on smallies right off Little Grenadier, and marked what I thought were Eyes a little deeper off ledge there in August. Do you guys find the Walleye feed shallower when water cools at night in fall? Or still target same depth's?

Pierce1308, if you don't mind me asking, what speeds do you slow troll at? Also what depth range? Thanks for any info. Heading up this Sat for 6 days. Staying in Goose Bay. When I was up at Kring in August, took Video of a bunch of nice fish in vicinity of Excelsior shoals in 50 to 60'. They would not bight worms in harnesses or gulp baits. I both drifted through (when I sent down camera), and trolled both with and against current. BTW, do you all favor with or against current trolling. I realize predators rather face into current to feed, but sometimes I will use current to control boat speed, depending on wind and current conditions. Thanks for any info. I have been coming up to the 1000 islands very summer for 15 years, but didn't really start trying for walleye in all seriousness, till I 1st saw the on my underwater camera 3 years ago. Bill

I haven't run down that far either. I KNOW there were a ton of walleye east of Abay last summer. I videoed them chasing my baits and smacking but NOT biting them on my underwater camera in 65'. But didn't have worms that trip and was pulling Gulp leeches on worm harnesses behind 3 n 4 oz bottom bouncers. watched over a doz BIG eyes track bait and even smack it. But camera makes it even harder to feel a bite, but was cool vid footage.

Well one of the biggest problems is that there is SO MUCH good structure! So which pieces hold fish at any particular time, is sometimes hard to determine! Then, which techniques will work best at that time (or season) is another piece of the puzzle. I have been able to catch smallmouth, largemouth ( in the bays) and perch without much issue each summer trip, but walleyes have given me fits!! I read EVERYTHING thing I can find, and follow some of the experts (who put there time in!!) on this site and others. I am not looking for spots, but rather a particular technique that is working at that moment. But sometimes that still doesn't pan out. I spent whole week of 8/10 thru 8/17 trying to target 'Eyes with no success. But I got hung up on trolling and drifting bottom bouncers w worm harness's and could only get perch and gobies. lol. When i got home, read Kevin Legg's posts(he puts in a LOT of time on the river and that is invaluable!) on here that he got fish almost every day (night lol) that wk trolling deep divers! I had them, tried w them once or twice, but kept going back to my original rigs. Bad choice. If you want to catch smallies, trolling deep crankbaits on points or shoals, or fishing with dropshot rigs, WILL put fish in the boat, BUT you have to trust your electronics and ride over some of these spots before you drop a line and waste your time. Even the cheapest depthfinder (sensitivity turned up!)can show life on pieces. Remember, 90% the fish, are in 10% of the water. Also, buy the "fishing maps" available in almost every tackle store up there. Info is a bit dated, but most of those spots will hold some fish, while giving you an idea about what type of structure and spots you should be looking for on any chart you have. Good luck. I just am now booking a 2nd trip up in 2 wks, to give walleye another shot! Water should be cooling and bite should heat up. And get shallower, from the 50 to 70 ft depths I was working in August!

how did you do? I was up from 10th to 17th in Cabin 7. Caught a few smallies and bunch of yellow perch without really trying, but walleyes eluded me this year