It's Official, I'm Done Fishing From the Boat

Fished with Captain Dan. Temperature this morning was 30 degrees and when we quit fishing it was in the lower 40s. The wind was out of the southwest 10 to 20 knots with waves 2 feet with an occasional 3 footer. The water temp is 46 degrees. This is one day we should have stayed home. The coldness, the wind blowing hard and the water splashing over the boat made for a terrible day, not to mention we had motor problems. We headed out to the dumping grounds where we have been fishing and had no bites. Moved to the west about a half mile and we caught 1 keeper perch. Moved in front of Toledo Beach in 14 feet of water and we caught one throw back perch. Went to move again into the swamp and the boat would not stay running when we put it in gear. Tried about 20 times with out any luck. Pulled off the flame arrestor to check the carburetor and everything looked OK. Left the flame arrestor off and ran the boat for 10 to 15 minutes and it seemed to be OK. Tried one more spot in the dumping grounds without a hit so we called it a day, and I know we were both happy to call it quits. Kept one perch for the trip.

Chilly Willy

Fished with Captain Dan. Temperature this morning was 27 degrees and when we quit fishing it was in the middle 40s. The wind was out of the northeast 10 to 15 knots with waves 1 to 2 feet. The water temp is 49 degrees. Once we scraped the frost off the windshield away we went. Today was definitely a cold one on the lake. Started fishing in the dumping grounds in 14 feet of water and we never had to move, which always makes for a great trip. The bite was pretty steady until the wind switched and came out of the south around 10 knots for at least a half an hour. We had the waves pushing from the northeast and the wind blowing from the south. The boat did not know which way it wanted to go so we did a lot of floating around the anchor. Once everything got back to normal we started to catch some fish again. We only caught perch today and we kept 60 of them. The season is coming to an end just when the fishing is at it's best.