You have to give us some credit for perseverance, My fishing buddy Dennis Beich and I have had some very tough days on Banks Lake fishing for walleye. I suppose it’s the memories of very good days of filling the live well with them is what keeps us going. This year it has been disappointing. We are fishing our usual hot spots without success. We usually start on Barker Flats, where walleye marks are marching across the screen on the Garmin fish finders, and it is typically good for several fish. Not so this year. We also try the Clay Banks and sometimes make a pass through Poplar Bay. Last Wednesday we hardly marked any fish. Then we will finish our day off the Million Dollar Mile. This where Dennis landed a couple of nice keepers. I am sure that Dave Junker, who joined us on our trip, was impressed with our efforts, as meager as they were. I had fun playing some of new features on the Thunder Jet Luxor while we zoomed around looking for fish. I think we were the only boat fishing for walleye, probably due to the smoke. We’ll try it again in September.