[Bruce Litton]

That's just what I've been thinking about last couple of years--the herring. I know Joe at Dows puts his light-traps here & there & the herring show up. I've always been of the sort of thinking that the fish will relate to structure (point & hump drop-offs, the hybrids more suspending, though like I've said, I've seen the stripers way off structure), and have fished close to the drops, until a couple of years we began drifting herring well over the depths & out a bit from the drop & hooked up. So my thoughts about the hybrid/walleye/herring relationship have been tugging me towards thinking the fish aren't as bound as I presumed. I always assumed they roam, even though I witnessed a tight school of hybrids stay in one place for many hours, many dozens of them caught. We've had other experiences when we've caught both walleye and hybrids (also many good sized smallmouths) on herring staying in place with herring right on the bottom edge of a favorite drop-off. When the bite stopped, we moved on. Unfortunately, my graph unit seems to be on the blink. I didn't use it Saturday. We caught some fish regardless, since I know more than a few drops pretty well. Sometimes the walleye hug bottom so close you can't see them on the graph anyway. I think sometimes they are inside rock caverns or undercuts, waiting to ambush. They sure do rise to hit on the surface at night early June--from what I've read, haven't done this.

It sure is exciting when the graph lights up with big fish icons. That was a point to remember you, Jimmy the Greek, made about clouds of herring with fish on the edges, stripers. We're always looking for such when we have the unit! But it's good to hear it from someone else. Want to use that Binsky and catch more than just one walleye or just one hybrid on it: the usual result. So far, we've done much better on herring.