Fast and Furious

Fished with Norm. Temperature this morning was in the upper 60s and when we quit fishing it was in the lower 70s. The wind was light out of the west and the waves were less than a foot. The water temp is 74 degrees. Started fishing by the E Buoy trolling southwest with wiggle warts set at 70 and 75 feet behind the boards. We were on the fish in a hurry and were done fishing in a hurry. All that we caught were walleye. Kept 12 walleye and lost 5 walleye behind the boat.  

The Boy Had a Ball

Fished with Captain Daryl, Randy and Spencer. Temperature this morning was in the lower 70s and when we quit fishing it was in the lower 80s. The wind was light out of the south with waves less than a foot. The water temp is 74 degrees. Started fishing at (41 49 300 / 083 20 120) trolling to the southwest. We ran wiggle warts set at 70 and 75 feet back. There are a few weeds in the area but they were not too bad. Started catching fish right out of the gate and Randy and Spencer were non stop catching fish. Made a couple of passes in this area but the catching started to slow down. We figured we would fish for one more hour and call it a day. About that time the coast guard pulled up along side of us and wanted to check everything out. We had to pull all the fishing lines and the planer boards in so they could board the boat. They took our driver license's to run checks on them and proceeded to check for all the required equipment on the boat. The Captain had everything that was needed so they gave us back our license's and they were on their way. Since we had all the lines pulled we decided to call it a day and head back to port. Spencer drove the boat all the way back to port without a problem. I'm not sure if we should call him Captain Spencer or Walleye Spencer since he caught most of the walleye. Kept 15 walleye and we put back 2 under size walleye.

It Was a Hot One

Fished with Joe and Daryl. Temperature this morning was in the lower 70s and when we quit fishing it was in the upper 80s and it was hot. The morning started with a brief rain shower that actually felt pretty good. The wind was out of the south southwest 12 to 17 knots in the morning and about 10:30 AM it laid down to less than 10 knots. The waves in the morning were 1 to 2 feet and then the lake laid down to waves less than a foot. The water temp is 72 degrees. Started fishing at the south end of the Ohio dumping grounds ( 41 47 250 / 083 18 100) trolling towards the Toledo Light House. We ran jet 40s set at 35 feet back and mini disk set at 45 feet back. Started to catch some walleye off the mini disk so we put them on both sides of the boat. We messed around trying to figure the correct depth and we finally figured out that 45 to 60 feet back was the best setup. We started to catch some fish at 41 46 300 / 083 19 220 so we just stayed in this area. We caught some junk fish but it was not too bad. Kept 18 walleye and we put back 8 walleye that were under size.

Different Day Same Results

Fished with Dwayne and Dan. Temperature this morning was in the lower 60s and when we quit fishing it was in the upper 70s. The wind in the morning was out of the southwest 10 to 15 knots with waves around 2 feet and by 11:00 AM the wind started to come out of the south less than 10 knots with waves less than a foot. The water temp is 69 degrees and the mayfly hatch is starting. Started fishing at 41 45 125 / 083 12 450 trolling with jet 40s set at 30 and 35 feet back. After a while we put the small dipsy's on one side of the boat set at 80 feet back and that caught 1 walleye. The water was pretty bumpy and the mayfly larva floating on the surface of the water made setting the lines difficult. We fished around here until 10:30 AM and only had 3 walleye so we pulled lines and ran out to 41 49 100 / 083 07 300. Set up here with jet 40s set at 80 and 85 feet back and the catching was still pretty slow so we put out the small dipsy's on one side of the boat set at 110 feet back. That started to catch some walleye but now it was getting late in the fishing trip so we pulled lines and came home. Kept 7 walleye for the trip. On the way back to the harbor the boat quit running 2 miles from shore and it would not start again. We started the kicker motor and started to come in with that until we got the main motor to run again. We made it back to the harbor and I was heading to the fuel dock to fill up and the motor quit running again when we were about 25 feet from the dock. Made a crash landing at the fuel dock and put some nice scratches in the boat. Put some gas in the boat and got the main motor to start again and we made it back to the rack and launch without another accident. Now I need to figure out what the problem is.

Still Tough Fishing For Us

Fished with captain Daryl. Temperature this morning was in the lower 60s and when we quit fishing it was in the upper 70s. The wind was out of the northwest 15 to 20 knots in the morning and around 10:30 AM the wind died down to less than 10 knots. The waves in the morning were 2 to 3 feet and when the wind laid down the waves were less than a foot. We caught most of our fish in the rough water. The water temp is 68 degrees. We started fishing at 41 48 750 / 083 09 125 trolling with jet 20s set at 70 feet back and jet 40s set at 75 feet back. Most of the fish came off the jet 40s and we were fishing at 41 49 600 / 083 07 500 trolling into the waves. The best spoon was the cat dog on the 40 jets. Most of the fish we caught were pretty nice size and we had 3 throwbacks that were under 15 inches. Kept 7 walleye and caught very few junk fish for the trip.

The Weather Was Great

Fished with John, Sherrill and Dan. Temperature this morning was in the middle 50s and when we quit fishing it was in the upper60s. The wind was light and variable and the lake was pretty flat. The water temp is 64 degrees. Was not sure where to start fishing so we headed out across the lake. We set up at (41 09 250 / 083 09 800) trolling with jet 40s set at 65 feet back on one side of the boat and 75 feet back on the other side. The catching was very slow so we moved the shorter side back to 80 feet back. Nothing seemed to work and most of the reports we had were not very good. We caught most of our fish on the 07 line and even then it was slow pickings. We kept 7 walleye and everyone seemed to have a good trip.  Again the best report was around the McDonald's area.

Rough and Long Ride

Fished with Daryl and Mark. Temperature this morning was in the middle 50s and when we quit fishing it was in the middle 60s. The wind was out of the north 10 to 15 knots and the waves were 2 to 4 feet. Around 10:00 AM the lake laid down to 2 foot waves. The water temp is 63 degrees. The water is dirty in Michigan so we had to cross the channel to fish. We set up at 41 47 100 / 083 10 250 and trolled with the waves using jet 40s set at 75 feet back. We caught 1 fish right out of the gate but then it slowed down. We ended up fishing at 41 46 200 / 083 06 500 which is too far to go for walleye. We could not troll into the waves so we would pull lines and run back into the waves and set up with another downwind troll. Kept 6 walleye and we only caught a few silver bass. Hopefully the lake will clear up by tomorrow so we can fish closer to port. We added a new buoy report on the blog which is located just this side of McDonald's, called it the Bolles Harbor Weather Buoy. It has some very useful info.

Cold and Chilly Start

Fished with Captain Daryl and Captain Ron. Temperature this morning was in the lower 40s and when we quit fishing it was in the lower 60s. The wind was out of the northwest 10 to 15 knots this morning with waves 1 to 2 feet and after a couple of hours of fishing the wind started to lay down and so did the waves. It was a pretty cold start this morning with the wind chill factor. Started fishing just the other side of the dumping grounds in 19 to 20 feet of water trolling jet 40s set at 50 feet back and jet 20s set at 60 feet back. We only caught a couple of walleye and a lot of silver bass so we pulled lines and went back to the location we have been fishing the last 2 trips. We set the jet 40s at 65 feet back and the jet 20s at 80 to 90 feet back and we started to catch some walleye and less silver bass. Kept 9 walleye and 3 perch and we put back 5 under size walleye. It turned out to be a nice day on the water.