Written by Dave Johnson
We decided to avoid the Mall traffic on the river and launched at Linwood Beach Marina. Got there at 6:00 a.m. and we were the 4th boat heading out. That was amazing to see but I guess the wind report may have had something to do with that.
The wind reports predicted 1 to 2 footers, but I would say the waves were closer to 2 to 4 footers. We headed due east into 17′ of water and decided to just start drifting – rough ride out.
Three of us boated our limit within 3 hours after several throwbacks. We did just as well drifting as we did trolling all going with the wind. Crawler harnesses some on purple and some on fire tiger. Sure wish I had a boat that didn’t have an open bow though..first time ever taking on water and getting wet! Also, I finally figured out that walleye seem to like cloudy days with some chop!
It’s nice to see someone got out on the opener. Sam & I drove over to the Flint to check up on Keith Perior. Keith limited out on 15-18″ males. I spoke with Terry Cassidy, and he and Terry Mack also limited out on the Tittabawassee below the dam.
Good report and way to tough it out. I checked all of Dave Ks’ weather sites and decided againist even trying. So the boat has been sitting in the drive ever since.