Pairing up on big walleye while wading the St. Joseph River

Capt. A.J. Cwiok low keyed it when he messaged Friday, “Couple of good ones on the [St. Joseph River] this morning before the big blow this weekend.”

Cwiok, who has captained for Storm Warning Charters out of Burnham Harbor the last four years, was wading from shore while walleye fishing in Michigan.

He messaged that they came “on suspending jerk baits, long pauses, like 15-30 second pauses in between jerks. Didn’t get a length on `em.”

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