6th Annual Greenhouse Bash

Fished with Captain Russ and crew, Jennie, Deb, Richard, Julie and Mark. Temperature this morning was 66 degrees and when we quit fishing it was in the upper 70s. The wind was out of the northeast 10 to 15 knots with waves 2 to 3 feet and as the day progressed the wind switched to the north 5 to 10 knots and the waves laid down to about a foot. The wind the last few days cleared out all the algae. Started fishing northwest of the Toledo Water Intake in 22 feet of water running wiggle warts 85 feet back. The catching was slow but the report was bad from all the other boats in the party. We stayed in this area for the whole trip and would pick up an occasional walleye. Again we caught very few junk fish. After the fish were cleaned we went to the Harbor Inn restaurant in Bolles Harbor and had a great walleye dinner. Kept 7 walleye for the trip and everyone had a great time.

Jim's Maiden Voyage

Fished with Daryl and Jim. Temperature this morning was in the middle 60s and when we quit fishing it was in the middle 80s. There was no wind so there were no waves. The lake was so flat that it felt like we were riding in a new car on a new road. There was a small mayfly hatch last night. Started fishing by the Toledo Water Intake (41 41 800 / 083 17 000) in 20 feet of water trolling wiggle warts 100 feet behind the boards. We marked a few fish but the catching was slow. We tried putting the warts back at 120 feet on one side of the boat and that caught a few fish but not enough fish to have both sides at 120 feet back. Best color wiggle wart was the purple and I only have one left. After picking up a few walleye we tried perch fishing. Hit one spot inside the Toledo Light House and only caught 1 keeper and then we moved to the east side of the Light House, without any luck. We should have stayed walleye fishing. Kept 6 walleye and lost 2 behind the boat and kept 2 perch.

Just A Hand Full

Fished with Joe. Temperature this morning was 74 degrees and when we quit fishing it was 72 degrees. The weatherman called for a nice day with low humidity. When Joe came to pick me up this morning it was raining cats and dogs with a lot of lightning. As we drove towards the marina the rain was coming down harder. We stopped and bought some shiner's at the bait store(very small one's) just in case the walleye fishing was slow. We sat around the marina for about 45 minutes and then it started to clear up so away we went fishing. Headed towards the area that we fished on the last trip. Set lines 75 feet back with wiggle warts and trolled towards the Toledo Water Intake. After 30 minutes of no fish and the weather looking worse we pulled lines and went perch fishing by buoy 17 on the shipping channel. Started to catch a few perch and then the wind started blowing out of the northeast at 20 knots. It started to rain again and the waves were building to 3 feet so we decided to call it a day. It was a tough day right from the get go. Kept 6 perch and when it was all said and done we were glad to be back on shore.

Still Hot Fishing

Fished with Daryl and Norm. Temperature this morning was 70 degrees and when we quit fishing it was in the upper 80s, another hot July day. The wind was out of the west southwest 10 to 15 knots and the lake was pretty calm. Started fishing about 3 miles the other side of the Toledo Light House in 18 feet of water. Marked very few fish and we did not start catching any until we hit 15 to 16 feet of water (41 42 600 / 083 17 400). We were running wiggle warts 75 feet back on both sides of the boat. Best colors were anything with chrome (blue, red and purple) and the best was chrome and orange. The catching was not fast and furious but enough fish to keep us in this area. Only caught 1 sheephead and about 10 white perch, which made for an enjoyable day on the water. Kept 18 walleye and we lost 5 behind the boat.

Slow But Nice Day On The Water

Fished with Captain Daryl and Mark. Temperature this morning was in the lower 70s and when we quit fishing it was in the upper 80s. The wind was out of the west around 10 knots and the waves were about a foot. The surface water temp is 82 degrees. With all the west wind lately the lake is in great shape. We started fishing in the same area that we have been fishing (41 48 800 / 083 19 900) running wiggle warts set at 75 feet back. The catching was slow for us today so we put on dipsy's and spoons set at 80 feet back. Caught a few fish off this setup but not worth putting on both sides of the boat. We marked a lot of fish but we had very few takers, even the junk fishing was very slow. The fish are still in this area but we just had a bad day of fishing. Kept 6 walleye and we only had 2 throw backs(1 and 8 inches and 1 at 14 inches). Mark is holding the big fish of the year, it measured 28 inches and the fish in it's mouth is 17 inches. You won't see a picture like this again, it was very hard to get the small fish out of the mouth of the larger fish.

Good to the Last Clip

Fished with Daryl and Doug S. Temperature this morning was in the upper 60s and when we quit fishing it was in the lower 80s. The wind was out of the northeast at 10 knots with waves around a foot. The water temp is 80 degrees. The sky was over cast and it sprinkled a few times. Just a nice day to be on the water. Started fishing in the same spot as the last trip 41 48 300 / 083 19 600 running wiggle warts 75 feet back on both sides of the boat. The catching was great and we caught bigger walleye and fewer junk fish today. Only had to make 3 passes today and we had our limit. Caught 4 walleye that were under size and 1 pike that was just under size. We were running out of releases and we caught our last fish with no more releases left, perfect timing. Kept 18 walleye today.

Dan's Maiden Voyage

Fished with John, Dan and Doug E. Temperature this morning was in the mid 60s and when we quit fishing it was in the lower 80s. The wind was light and again there were no waves. The water temp is 81 degrees. Started fishing between the E buoy and the Mich/Ohio border trolling wiggle warts set a 75 feet back. The fishing was great right out of the gate but as the sun got higher the fishing slowed down. Caught a lot of sheep head and white perch. Tried running dipsy's and spoons and they caught a lot of small fish. It got to the point that if we did not catch any fish we would check the lines and they all would have little fish on them, so we stayed busy tending the lines today. Kept 22 walleye and 3 perch. Had at least 10 small walleye that we put back, any where between 8 and 14 1/2 inches.

Hot Fishing in July

Fished with captain Daryl, Mark and Doug S. Temperature this morning was in the middle 70s and when we quit fishing it was in the upper 90s. The wind was light at 5 knots out of the southwest and there were no waves. The captain turned on his wash down hose and set it on a fine mist and put it in the rocket launcher, that way we had a fine mist on us all day, which sure did help. Started fishing at 41 47 900 / 083 06 900 and we never left the area. We set jet 20s at 95 feet on one side of the boat and 100 feet on the other side. The fishing started off pretty slow but as the day progressed the catch rate picked up. Had to weed through a lot of sheep head and white perch but that just kept everyone busy. We also ran some of the big dipsy's set at 1 1/2 and back 49 feet off the side of the boat and they caught a few walleye. Caught 26 walleye and had only one throw back that was 14 1/2 inches.

Happy Fourth of July Fishing

Fished with Daryl and Joe. Temperature this morning was in the mid 50s and when we quit fishing it was in the lower 80s. This morning the wind was out of the southwest 10 to 15 knots with waves around 2 feet and by 11:00 AM the wind laid down to less than 5 knots with very little waves. When the wind laid down the bugs started to show up, the first time this year for us. The water temp is 75 degrees and the algae bloom is getting larger. Another mayfly hatch occurred last night. Started fishing 2 miles northwest of Sputnik trolling with jet 20s set 70 to 85 feet back and we only caught 1 walleye. After we wasted over a hour fishing here we pulled lines and ran to 41 49 100 / 083 09 400 and set lines with jet 20s set at 90 feet back and dipsy's set at 120 feet back. Started to catch some fish so we just worked this area until the catching stopped. We then trolled towards the turn around buoy (41 50 120 / 083 10 100) and picked up our last 5 fish. Again Cat Dog was very hot and also a new spoon with orange/black and chartreuse was very good. Kept 18 walleye and we caught very few junk fish.