Well the May long weekend is over and is time to go back to work tomorrow. All in all, a great weekend for fishing. I’m glad to say I made it out to Crawling Valley today and had a great day fishing. Another warm one out at the Valley, with the temperature reaching 25 degrees Celsius. I was kind of in a hurry this mourning and totally forgot to bring the sun screen, what a big mistake and I paid for it with a pretty bad sunburn. It’s always a good idea to keep sun block in your backpack which I call my tackle box, because you never know when your going to need it.

 Like the old saying goes, it you don’t have it you can’t put it on. So for all you fisherman out there with sensitive skin like me put some sun block in your tackle box. I managed to get out of bed early today to make it to Crawling Valley before someone else was sitting in my “honey hole” and when I got there at 7:30 AM I was pleasantly surprised that I had it all to myself. So I proceeded to set up shop for the day and catch myself some big fat fish. Hooked up the Pickerel rig and baited up with some frozen minnows and I was fishing. It took about 40 minutes to get a bite and when I finally did, I got too antsy and missed him. The first four fish I lost out on, as I was too anxious to set the hook.

 When fishing Walleye here with bait it’s a good idea to wait a couple of seconds after the initial bite so as to let the fish get the bait in it’s mouth. I know this as I have fished here many times before but sometimes it’s hard to settle down. Once I came back to my senses I was in to my first fish of the day, a big fat Pike that was peeling line off my reel. I don’t think he liked my size 1 hook in his yap per.  The pike here are usually medium size on average but I do not specifically target them I’m here for the Walleye. About 10 minutes after the first fish it’s nibble, nibble and I’m in to my first Walleye of the 2006 season.

 The Walleye here are light biters so you must pay close attention to your rod tip. A sure fire way to know if your getting hits is to hold your rod in your hand and then you will know without a doubt. Also, it’s a good idea to move up and down the area your fishing to try and find the prime location where the fish are holding. So today was a pretty good day for fishing at the Valley. In total I caught six Walleye and three Pike with my biggest Walleye measuring in at 26 inches and weighing approximately 6-8 pounds. Not too bad for a days total. I have had many days that were more productive here but you know what I’m not complaining, I have also had worse days at work and I know where I would rather be.