The NEW Rack and Launch

Fished with Captain Daryl. Temperature this morning was in the upper 30s and when we quit fishing it was only in the upper 40s. The wind was out of the northwest 10 to 15 knots with waves around a foot. The water temp is 44 degrees and very dirty from all the storms this last week. Toledo Beach is paving the rack and launch area so they have to use the sling to launch the boats for a couple of weeks. We started fishing between Turtle Island and the Light House and we never had a bite. Made a few passes here and then we went to the Radar Buoy. Made one pass here and then we went and fished by the Toledo Light House. Marked a lot of fish but we could not hook any. Made another move to the humps on the Michigan/Ohio border and again no fish. Made one last stop in front of the mansion with the same results, no fish. The day ended with no bites and no fish.

Maiden Voyage

Fished with Captain Daryl. Temperature this morning was in the upper 30s and by the time we quit fishing it was in the lower 60s. The wind was light out of the north and the lake was pretty flat. The water temp is 48 degrees. Once we got Daryl's boat ready for the season, away we went fishing. There were a lot of boats in front of the marina in 14 feet of water trolling but we were jigging today with blade baits and hair jigs tipped with a shiner. We started fishing in a pack of boats (close to a hundred) in between Turtle Island and Toledo Light House. The water was a little dirty but that is how we like it for jigging. Daryl started with the hair jigs and I used blade baits. He caught the first walleye so I switched over to hair jigs. The catching was slow for us but as we looked around not a whole lot of nets were moving. Daryl caught one more fish and we had a couple more hits, but that was it for us. Kept 2 walleye on a beautiful day for fishing.

Getting Ready for Boating Season

Finally able to get my boat, so I will be picking it up from Toledo Beach Marina this morning and taking it to Mike's Marine Fiberglass Repair. Mikes Marine Fiberglass Repair Mike will be replacing the floor in the boat.

I already removed the rotted flooring and the gas tank. Gas tank has been repaired and is currently residing in the basement.

Looks like we'll still be trout fishing for the season opener on April 30. Due to placing Gear Restrictions on the Manistee River in Grayling this year we will most likely be fishing another river.