"The area I fished today is unbelievable. I actually found this spot last year at the championship,"

WALKER, Minn. – Kevin Carstensen has been fishing tournaments on Leech Lake in northern Minnesota for several all inclusive vacation packages cancun years. But admittedly, Leech hasn’t been his favorite lake as the style of fishing required doesn’t suit his angling preferences. Instead of fighting the tried-and-true tactics, Carstensen finally decided to accept them this year. And now he’s learning to love Leech Lake.
After catching 13-5 on day one and 15-11 today, Carstensen leads the National Guard FLW Walleye Tour event with an opening-round weight of 29 pounds even. With an improved bite Friday, Carstensen was one of several anglers all inclusive vacation packages cancun to greatly improve his weight.
“We crushed; we were done at 10 a.m.,” said the Merrill, Wis., native. “I have two primary spots and today I flip-flopped all inclusive vacation packages cancun the order. I went to my shallow-water spot first and it worked out great. I found out in practice that I was giving too much thought to my fishing and I needed to keep it simple.”
“The area I fished all inclusive vacation packages cancun today is unbelievable. I actually found this spot last year at the championship,” Carstensen added. “I don’t even think the locals all inclusive vacation packages cancun know about it. Both my co-anglers have been shocked by how fast and furious it fishes. When I first got there both of them thought I was crazy. Neither one of them thought we would catch a fish there but you can catch small fish all day long, it is so much fun. It will be my first stop tomorrow.”
“I’ve got a whole bait shop in my boat. But in my shallow-water spot, they are really feeding on crayfish. And as a result, the unders are fat. These 17s weigh more than the 17s elsewhere all inclusive vacation packages cancun on the lake.”
“This feels really good. I came into this tournament hoping to get two overs. I’ve already got three so I’m ahead of the game. If I get one more over and some slots tomorrow I think that will be enough, but you never know.”
Bill Shimota rose from eighth place to second place on the strength of a 15-pound, 14-ounce stringer. all inclusive vacation packages cancun The National Guard pro finished the opening round with 27 pounds, 11 ounces. Shimota claimed his first Tour win approximately one year ago on Pool 3 of the Mississippi River.
“We got our first over in the first 15 minutes and our second all inclusive vacation packages cancun one two hours later,” he explained. all inclusive vacation packages cancun “So I had basically five hours to fish for small ones but I struggled. At the end of the day I had to go to a tiny-fish spot to scrounge out a limit.”
Shimota said he rigs with chubs and leeches in Walker Bay for his overs. For his unders, he rigs with night crawlers or trolls with spinners and crawlers. In total, he caught 12 fish Friday, six of which were of legal length.
all inclusive vacation packages cancun “The over was my second fish and it came at around 9:30 this morning,” he said. “I stayed on my primary area today until 1:30 p.m. or so. When I left, I had four in the box and at 2:10 p.m. I caught my last slot fish and then came in.”
Courts said he caught roughly 30 walleyes total and isn’t worried his spot is running dry. He says it replenishes because of the shiner spawn, which is triggered by the impending full moon. When baitfish spawn in shallow water, walleyes quickly all inclusive vacation packages cancun follow for an easy meal.
Alan Wegleitner of Somerset, Wis., rose to first place in the Co-angler Division after catching a five-fish limit Friday weighing 14 pounds, 8 ounces. Combined with his day-one weight of 11-14, Wegleitner’s total stands at 26 pounds, 6 ounces. On day one, he drew pro Tom Keenan and today he fished with Christianson, the local Leech Lake guide.
Wegleitner fishes Leech often, but this is his first Walleye Tour event. His friend has a cabin on the lake so he figured he’d put his experience to use. However, he never dreamt he’d be leading with one day of competition left.