Sunday Bloody Sunday

Fished with Daryl. Temperature this morning was in the lower 40s and when we quit fishing it was in the upper 60s. The wind was out of the East around 10 knots. the waves were around 2 feet for the ride out and started to lay down as the day went on. The water temp is 65 degrees. Started fishing in the same spot as the last trip. We ran dipsy's set at 120 back on one side of the boat and jet 20s set at 75 feet back on the other side of the boat. The fishing was not fast and furious but we caught enough fish to keep us in this area. The second fish that we caught swallowed the hook and it bled all over the place. About two fish later another fish did the same thing, it was starting to get ugly on the boat with fish blood all over the place. About a half hour later Daryl cut his finger on the gills of one of the fish, and it would not stop bleeding. Now we had fish blood and his blood on everything. Not to be out done by Daryl, I cut my little finger the same way he cut his but probably a little worse. Now we had a bloody mess. My finger hurts so bad that I'm typing this report with one finger. Today we kept 10 walleye between 16 and 24 inches and one walleye that we put back that was under size.

Windy but Nice

Fished with Captain Daryl. Temperature this morning was in the middle 50s and when we quit fishing it was in the middle 70s. The wind was out of the West at 12 knots and the waves were about a foot. The way the wind was blowing on shore I thought we would never make it out fishing. The water temp is 64 degrees. We started fishing straight out in front of the two stacks in 23 feet of water, and I do mean straight out in front of the stacks. When we looked on the GPS we were in the River Raisen shipping channel. 41 51 100 / 083 15 470. We trolled with spoons and dipsy's set at 90 to 100 feet behind the boards. We stayed right in this general area fishing the mud line. Took most of the fish on a spoon called the Pirate, black and dark purple combination with a copper back. We kept 12 walleye between 15 and 22 inches and threw back 10 walleye between 8 and 15 inches.

Michigan/Ohio Boarder

Fished with Daryl. Temperature this morning was in the upper 30s and when we quit fishing it was in the lower 50s. We had a frost this morning! The wind was out of the North rotating to the East throughout the morning. The waves were less than a foot and the water temp is 63 degrees. Started fishing on the Michigan/Ohio boarder just the other side of the dumping grounds 41 49 900 / 083 18 130. Caught two walleye right off the get go using jets at 65 back and spoons. Picked up one more gator in the next 1 1/2 hours so we went back to our starting spot and started trolling with crawlers. Picked up 5 more walleye along with a lot of silver bass and white perch. Kept 8 walleye and one perch for the day.

First Trolling Trip of the Year

Fished with Daryl. Temperature was in the lower 50s all day and the wind was out of the North 10 knots. Waves were about a foot and the water temp is 60 degrees. The lake is very clean and that is probably from all the Southwest winds we had the last 2 days. Started fishing on the East side of the dumping grounds drifting with crawlers with out any luck. Made a move over to the S Buoy and drifted with no luck so we headed towards Turtle Island and drifted with crawlers and jigged with minnows, still nothing. Made a move towards the center of the dumping grounds and started trolling with crawlers on one side of the boat and Jr. thunder sticks on the other. Picked up a walleye off the crawler so we switched to all crawlers. Caught 5 more walleye this way but two of them were under size. (14 1/2 inches). Kept 4 walleye and 2 perch for the day.

North East Winds

Fished with Captain Doug Sowa. Temperature this morning was in the upper 40's and when we quit fishing it was in the middle 50's. The wind was out of the Northeast 10 to 20 knots. When I left the house this morning the flags were blowing pretty good so I knew the lake would be rough. I tried to talk Doug out of going but he was ready to fish, so away we went. We headed out to Maumee Bay in 2 foot waves, which was not too bad. The lake was very dirty compared to Saturday but we fished anyways. Never had a hit so we moved towards Turtle Island. Now the waves were 2 to 4 feet and building. Fished there about 10 minutes and decided to call it a day. No hits, no fish and no pictures. Just a bad day of fishing.

Still Jigging

Fished with Captain Daryl, John and Pete. Temperature this morning was in the lower 40s and when we quit fishing it was in the upper 50s. The wind was out of the South Southwest 10 to 15 knots with waves around 2 feet. Started fishing at the West end of the dumping grounds without any luck so we moved to the pack of boats by Turtle Island. Made 4 drifts through there and caught one fish using the blade bait so we headed across the ditch and fished there. Nothing happening so we moved towards the pack of boats up in Maumee Bay. Made 3 passes through there and we caught 5 walleye jigging with minnows. Should have caught more but the wind started to blow pretty hard and is was difficult to get a nice drift. Caught 6 walleye for the day.