Late report but could serve good to some.

Made the 35 mile trek from Minocqua to fish my spots on Tuesday the 15th. Was on phone with Blue Monday afternoon, looking for the good word, and the fishing was turning on. We went. Early morning at north end (along turtle river channel) started off pretty well with five quick fish off a shallow mid-lake rock island. Fast start, alright, it's going to be one of those days I thought.

The tell tale sign it was going to be sub-par fishing was the fact the fish were barely picking up my football head/chompers hula grub combo. They were eating, but something was up. Not the usual fierce scrappiness I'm accustomed to.

The cold front was coming and it came. Along with it came 30mph winds and white caps. All within an hour.

From 6am til 12:30 my pal and I could only get 15 smallies. None of which had any size to them.

Winds were coming straight north and majority of my productive areas are along a southern shore - rocks, rock points, drop offs, small bars. They were getting creamed by the wind and virtually unfishable. Boat control was lousy as well.

I normally take lots of photos like Bill but didn't catch anything photo worthy.

Was planning on returning again a few days later on Friday for a re-do trip but those dam winds came back. I decided to spare myself another headache and some wasted gas, so my re-do trips won't take place now until first week of June. Hopefully a good post-spawn feed is encountered. Moral of the story is pick your fishing days wisely - especially if you fish from a smaller 16 foot low riding fiberglass boat.

Apparently Gillespie was out there the same day (15th) shooting a show with some locals. Hopefully his mic and audio set up was good enough to handle 30mph winds.