Different Story, Different Day

Fished with Joe (Trout King) and John H. Temperature this morning was in the lower 60s and when we quit fishing it was in the lower 80s. The wind was out of the southwest 5 to 15 knots with waves 2 feet or less. The water temp is 72 degrees. Started fishing north of the E-buoy (41 50 800 / 083 19 300) trolling jet 20s back 55 feet and dipsy's back 65 feet. Caught a lot of junk fish (silver bass,white perch and sheep head) and a few walleye. Pulled lines and ran out to the border and saw no boats so we came back to the original spot. Trolled again for a while and caught all junk fish so we pulled lines again and tried to find some fish, the only problem is the fish finder does not work very well (thanks Lowrance). Wasted some more time looking for some boats and could not find any so we ended up back by the E- Buoy. Stayed there until the storm warning came over the radio and then we headed for the barn. We just got done cleaning the fish and the storms let loose, and they were pretty bad. Kept 8 walleye for the day and caught a whole lot of junk fish. The fish are in the shallow waters but I do not have the program down to catch them, yet.

Just Like the Old Days

Fished with Uncle Dan and Dwayne. Temperature this morning was in the lower 60s and when we quit fishing it was in the upper 70s, The wind was out of northeast around 10 knots and the waves were about one foot. The water temp is 69 degrees. Started fishing just east of the E-Buoy trolling northeast in 20 feet of water (41 49 900 / 083 18 800). Set dipsy's at 70 feet back on one side of the boat and jet 20s at 70 feet back on the other side. The dipsy's were hot right out of the gate, by the time we had the lines set we had 4 fish in the box. Made a pass up the lake and turned around to head back over our spot and the fishing just stayed hot. Took just over a couple of hours to catch our limit and we threw one small keeper back. The fish were so aggressive that they were engulfing the whole spoon. This was the heaviest cooler of fish that we have caught in a long time. Just a great day on the lake. Kept 18 walleye with the largest at 8 lbs.

Clean Water but Still Slow Fishing

Fished with Captain Daryl and Mark. Temperature this morning was in the upper 50s and when we quit fishing it was in the lower 80s. On the lake the air temp was in the middle 60s. The wind was out of the east at 10 knots and the waves were around a foot. The water temp is 63 degrees. The lake is starting to clean up very nice, finally. We started fishing the south side of the dumping grounds and picked up one fish right out of the gate. Started running a troll along the Michigan / Ohio border heading northeast and we just stayed in this area (41 49 500 / 083 17 700). We ran jets 80 feet back on one side of the boat and dipsy's set at 90 feet back on the other side of the boat. After a while we put out jet 20s on both sides of the boat. The catching was slow and we kept changing lure colors so I'm not sure that any color was hot but a lot of the fish came off a spoon with a pink back. Kept 7 walleye with the largest measuring 26 inches.

Beautiful Day on the Lake

Fished with Captain Daryl. Temperature this morning was in the upper 50s and when we quit fishing it was in the lower 80s. The wind was out of the east 5 to 10 knots and the waves were less than a foot. The sky was blue and the water temp is 62 degrees. When we left out of the harbor you could see the lake was starting to clean up from all the east winds lately so we headed for the dumping grounds. We slowed down and looked for some marks on the fish finder and only had a couple so we headed northeast. Made a few more stops with not too many marks on the fish finder until we got to the number one buoy on the River Rasin channel (41 52 400 / 083 16 000). Trolled around here for a while and we would catch a fish every so often, just enough to keep us in this area. Trolled with jet 20s set at 75 feet back and dipsy's at 110 feet back. I do not think the spoon color mattered today. Kept 5 walleye and we lost a couple.

Dirty Water and Tough Fishing

Fished with Daryl. Temperature this morning was in the lower 50s and when we quit fishing it was in the middle 70s. The wind was out of the southwest 5 to 10 knots and the waves were less than a foot. The water temp is 61 degrees. The water in front of Toledo Beach is very dirty so we headed back to where we were fishing on Saturday. Started trolling with crawlers and gulp worms at 1.5 mph and we could not keep the white perch off the lines. After a couple hours of doing this with no walleye we pulled lines and headed to the International Buoy. The water was very clean so we trolled here with jet 20s and dipsy's without any luck. Pulled lines and made a move towards Sputnik and did not see any boats so we headed back to our original location, set lines and headed towards Stoney Point. Trolled jet 20s 75 feet back and dipsy's 105 feet back with spoons, anything with orange on it. Started to catch a few walleye this way at 41 55 200 / 083 14 800 and then it was time to call it a day. Kept only 3 walleye and we released 2, one at 13 inches and one at 14 inches.

Nice Day Fishing, Slow Day Catching

Fished with Joe, John had to cancel to do yard work. Temperature this morning was in the upper 40s and when we quit fishing it was in the middle 60s. The wind in the morning was out of the northwest at 5 to 10 knots and then around 11:00 AM it switched to the south at 5 to 10 knots. The waves were less than a foot and the water temp is 56 degrees. Started fishing on the east side of the dumping grounds where the water started to clear up. Trolled here heading northeast with wiggle warts and spoons. Caught nothing but silver bass so we pulled lines and headed to Breast Bay (41 53 900 / 083 13 800). Trolled with spoons and body baits and caught nothing so we put on bottom bouncers and crawlers on one side of the boat. Caught a small mouth bass and then we finally caught a walleye trolling at 1.5 MPH. Switched over to bottom bouncers and crawlers on one side of the boat and bottom bouncers and artificial bait on the other side of the boat because we were short on crawlers. We used 2 oz. bottom bouncers set 75 to 85 feet behind the boards. The crawlers caught most of the fish and we caught one gator using a glub worm. Kept 6 walleye for the day.

Time to Start Trolling

Fished with Captain Daryl. Temperature this morning was in the upper 50s and when we quit fishing it was in the upper 60s. The wind was out of the southwest at 10 to 15 knots with waves around a foot. The water temp is 56 degrees. Started fishing on the humps in the dumping grounds jigging hair jigs tipped with a minnow and caught a white perch. Made a move to the flats by Turtle Island and the water was very dirty. Fished here for a half hour and then we made our way back towards the dumping grounds. Caught nothing but white perch so we moved to the west side of the dumping grounds and drifted with crawler harnesses and also jigged. Picked up one walleye off the harness and that was it for us. Saw some other boats catch some walleye in this area so the fish are there.

Detroit River Fishing

Fished with Captain Dwayne out of Belanger Park. Temperature this morning was 67 degrees and when we quit fishing 20 minutes later it was still 67 degrees. The wind was out of the south at 10 knots and the river was in good shape. Made a couple of drifts in front of the steel plant by Belanger Park and the sky started to get dark and nasty. After one more drift the lightning started on the horizon so we called it quits. We just got the boat out of the water and the rain started. That's my second trip on the river this year without any luck. This picture was taken during the storm in the daylight, that's how dark it was during the storm!!