A good one while casting for walleyes on Lake Thompson.

[John Kelley]

Hey guys, here is a South Dakota 15 pound, 37" gator I caught last night while fishing my favorite walleye spot on a bottle neck area between the main lake and a huge, shallow slough attached to it.  I had its twin on later on a jig and leech, too, but it cut me off. The Lake is called Thompson.  The lure I was casting was a blue and silver Rapala Husky Jerk.  Depth of water was 5.5'.  I also caught several nice walleyes in the 15"-18" range, and numerous white bass.  Fun night on one of my favorite home lakes.  Most of the walleyes were actually caught on a 1/4 ounce fireball jighead tipped with a ribbon leech.

Edited June 21, 2015 by John Kelley