Water temp in pool 9 has finally dropped to 50 degrees. Walleyes started arriving at wintering areas downstream from the dam Wednesday afternoon, starting to chew a little yesterday.Today should be a good day if the water temp is a solid 48 when the boat gets wet about 9 a.m.

Today we will target fat girls instead of eaters. Weapon of choice a BFishn Tackle B3 blade of Cotton Candy Ribb finn soaked w/ Liquide Willowcat.

The arrival of <50 water is about 3 weeks behind the norm. Looks like i’ll be guiding until mid-december this year.

Fish were holding @ 15-17′ contour yesterday. don’t expect this will change much over the next several days.

Caught more 12-16 ” goats yesterday than walleyes. Not a bad thing. Sheep are the vanguard of walleye migration. When they start showing up in good numbers, the eyes are usually far away.

Probably won’t post or blog much over the next couple weeks. i’ll be on the water.

btw–River is up almost a foot from this time last week. A fair amount of fence post sized wood is floating down the mainstem. Be careful!