Well gents, to quote a certain spinach addled sailer, "That's all I can stands, cuz I can't stands no more..." I decided to declare last Monday as
the start of "Go Fish Week":
Monday Apr 05, 2021 - The Maumee walleye run: River 1 Eddy 0. It is 198 miles from my driveway in Indy to the Jerome St. rapids, but I try to
make an over night trip there at least once a year. Last year's trip will always hold a spot in my memory. Litttle did I know
that, as I left home that day, I also was leaving a pre covid world. Driving around Ft Wayne on 469, I tuned in a radio station
that informed me that the players in the opening game of the Big 10 BB tournament had just been returned to their respective
locker rooms. I drove back home that same evening to masks,empty shelves, and panic over toilet paper... i only caught 1
walleye that afternoon, but it was a dandy - 27 " long. Last Monday, a year later, I made the trip again. The "numbers", water
level, temp and weather forecast, were not good but I went anyway. I left home at 10:00 AM and got there a little after 1:00
PM. I fished from 1:00 to 4:00 - not eactly prime time fishing. 3 hours of the "Maumee shuffle" yielded one large snagged
carp. Retreating and declaring victory, I returned home to learn that the walleyes turned on at about 5:30... Yep I traded 6
of driving for 3 hours of fishing - fair trade I say...