I should have known better than go walleye fishing during a full moon. The moon combined with the warming temperatures on Banks Lake combined to make things difficult. I was just so eager to go that I ignored the conditions. Nate Stull, of Stully’s Guide Service, still put Kelly Byran and me on some walleye last Tuesday. Nate found the docks in at Steamboat Rock State Park, so we used this launch and headed from there to Barker Flats. This is an area on Banks Lake where Nate will look for pre-spawn walleye in the spring. We found some, too. Nate had warned us that the bite was very light right now, and although we did hook some fish, we missed a bunch of bites. Just couldn’t get to the rods in time to set a hook. We spend a good amount of time in the morning here and then explored a few other likely locations. Looking back, Nate said we probably should have ground it out on Barker, but you never know. Second guessing is easy. The day turned out to be flat calm, and the water temperature rose almost five degrees. These conditions didn’t help. We had a great time, though!