Big D Overnighter 4.16-4.17

[Skunk City]

Planned to do this trip 2 weeks ago, but 60mph winds and snow had us thinking otherwise . Rescheduled it and glad we did.. 5 of us launched around noon Saturday and reached our destination around 4pm Sunday. Camped out on one of the free sites in the Recreation Area saturday evening, which happened to be in one of my favorite stretches of river.

Between grilling and bs'ing, we managed some time for fishing. Landed a handful of Walleyes, a few Smallies, and a mixed bag of Rockbass/Green Sunfish/etc. Swimshads and bladebaits during the day and jerkbaits at night. My buddy landed one rather strange looking Walleye mid-day on a big floating Rapala . Fish had wart-looking lesions on it, as well as small worms on its fins. Other than being a little skinny (spawned out?), it looked healthy. Unsure of what the condition was, I mentioned keeping the fish to my buddy, but the fish flopped out of his hands while I was snapping pics. Definitely going to forward it to F&W for their input.

Overall, we could not have planned a better weekend. Some fish and scenery pics, as well as a shot of an active Bald Eagle nest through binoculars..