CWA tourney - Weather was perfect, but fishing was tough. Only 15 teams (either most are out hunting or most know to stay away from Chatfield with all the pleasure boaters). Only 3 fish were weighed from two separate teams. Winning Weight was 4.60 lbs with big fish of the day being 2.38 lbs. Spoke to a few other competitors and some caught fish, but they were all under the 18" limit to weigh. We pre fished on Sat and caught a 22" and lost another decent fish at the boat, but Sunday was tough.
The DOW rears Walleye at Chatfield so you know there are good numbers of Eyes and good quality as well. I'm assuming that due to the extreme boat traffic that those fish are hugging tight to bottom in the deepest areas of the lake and don't feed until lower light periods of day and thrughout the night. There is a lot of great structure in Chatfield and many different areas look productive for Walleyes.
The boat traffic was bad, as usual I'm sure. It was my first time ever fishing Chatfield and I could not believe the Chaos. There is a sail boat with some nice jewelry hanging off his outboard after running over our rigs. I'm surprised people don't get killed every weekend at Chatfield. It was just fun to be out on the water fishing.
If you are headin to Chatfield for Eyes, go at night or early, early in the morning.
The DOW rears Walleye at Chatfield so you know there are good numbers of Eyes and good quality as well. I'm assuming that due to the extreme boat traffic that those fish are hugging tight to bottom in the deepest areas of the lake and don't feed until lower light periods of day and thrughout the night. There is a lot of great structure in Chatfield and many different areas look productive for Walleyes.
The boat traffic was bad, as usual I'm sure. It was my first time ever fishing Chatfield and I could not believe the Chaos. There is a sail boat with some nice jewelry hanging off his outboard after running over our rigs. I'm surprised people don't get killed every weekend at Chatfield. It was just fun to be out on the water fishing.
If you are headin to Chatfield for Eyes, go at night or early, early in the morning.