It was a beautiful day on Potholes Reservoir last Monday. It was also a holiday, and I guess the fish decided to take the day off. Brian Neilson, Lou Larsen and I left the launch at Mar Don Resort and headed out to the fishing grounds that Brian knew intimately, and we have both had great success catching walleye in this area, northeast of the State Park. However, we were only able to take one walleye and a small largemouth bass here. We really expected to catch more walleye and a bunch of bluegill, crappie and even catfish while trolling our bottom bouncers and spinners baited with nightcrawlers. It was dead calm, which didn’t help. We tried another area at the top end of Medicare Beach and put one more walleye in the livewell. The highlight of the day was when Lou landed the biggest largemouth bass he had ever caught—in 30 feet of water! We figure that when we get a few frosty days, and the water temperature drops the fishing will pick up on Potholes. In the meantime, I plan on fishing for steelhead on the Columbia River, for the first time in nine years!