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That evening I decided to try a different area just northwest of Presbytery Point
in front of Tower Bay. Tower Bay is connected to the main lake through a small
channel and I was told that the walleye go up and spawn there.
Looking at the map I could see there was a shallow area
with a point out a few hundred yards in front of the inlet. The shelf was
5 to 10 feet and with a steep ridge dropping off to 25 foot. I would start there.
I dropped lines and started to zigzag along the break targeting the 20 foot range.
This is the depth I had been catching most of the walleye this week. I was running
the crawler harnesses at 12 feet to keep them at the same depth of the shallower
shelf. If the walleye were there they would be looking up trying to catch food
moving off the upper shelf.
I noticed a campfire and people fishing
from the railroad bridge marking the entrance to Tower Bay so I figured I was in the right spot.
The right spot it was all right and on my second pass coming down the point
I noticed the line on one of the rods went slack. Something had picked up the bait
and after a hard swing on the rod line started to run out. This one was staying down
and had a strong even pull and not a fast jerky motion. This felt like a longer fish
and it was. Pulling it in the boat I measured a 26 inch male and in an hour had
landed four more a bit smaller. They were feeding heavy and every one came
off the point directly out from the railroad bridge in 18 to 20 feet of water.
It was the hottest evening yet and by dark I had landed 8 and headed in
with a smile on my face and a walleye dinner for two!
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