Steelhead Fishing

Fished with Jim Chamberlin and his friend Matt on the Cold Creek in Sandusky, Ohio. Temperature was in the lower 20s all morning and the wind was blowing out of the West at 25 to 30 knots. We had scattered snow showers and occasional sunshine, not the best day to be fishing. We fished mostly with spawn floated under a bobber and then those guys switched over to small jigs, tipped with and without wax worms. They caught around 15 fish using the jigs and the rest of the fish were caught with the spawn. Jim tied up the spawn sacks using the eggs from last years salmon fishing. The fishing was pretty hot when we first started but as the river level receded the fishing slowed down. We landed close to 45 fish, a combination of Steelhead and Rainbow Trout. The largest fish was about 12 lbs.

Day For The Birds

Fished with Daryl and Dale on Mud Bay, which is part of Portage Lake. Temperature was in the upper 20s to the mid 30s. The wind was out of the south 10 to 15 knots (the weather report called for 5 knots) and the sun was out most of the day. We used a 1 x 6 to get on to the ice even though I don't think we needed it and once on the ice it was 8 to 10 inches thick. The fishing was very slow for us again today and Daryl must have drilled 25 holes trying to find some fish. We were fishing in 20 foot of water and only fishing 5 to 7 feet down. We caught a lot of small Bluegill (25 to 30) but we only had 5 keepers for the day. I fried them up with a couple of walleye fillets which made for a great dinner! Had the camera been ready,I could have caught the two swans flying about 10 feet over our heads, sure would have made a great picture.