Memorial Weekend Trip

Fished with Joe and Dan. Temperature this morning was in the lower 70's and when we quit fishing it was in the lower 80's. The water temp is 63 Degrees. The wind was out of the southwest for most of the trip, less than 10 knots and there was just a little chop on the lake. Started fishing by the S- buoy trolling about 2.2 MPH with thunder sticks 65 feet behind the boards. Caught 4 quick walleye and lost one behind the boat and then they just shut down. Made four more passes through the same area and we did not catch a keeper walleye. Started trolling towards Turtle Island (41 46 925 / 083 21 900 ) and we found some active fish again. We stayed in this area and caught the rest of our fish. Kept 18 walleye, caught and released 16 short walleye ( between 10 and 14 1/2 inches ) and only caught about a dozen silver bass. Joe and I worked on the boat last week replacing the power assist unit and everything worked great today.

Good Day of Fishing

Fished with Captain Daryl and Joe. Temperature this morning was in the lower 50's and when we quit fishing it was in the middle 70's. The water temp is 53 degrees. The wind was out of the north very light when we started and switched to the east about 12 knots with waves around a foot. Started fishing at the S buoy trolling towards Turtle Island. We did not get very far and we ran into dirty water. Turned around and headed back towards the S buoy trolling junior thunder sticks 80 and 100 feet back. We would catch a walleye every once in a while, just enough to keep us in the area. Both sides caught fish so we left things the way they were for the whole trip. We caught 7 small walleye between 10 and 14 1/2 inches that we put back and we caught very few silver bass, which made everyone happy. Kept 10 walleye for the trip.

First Trip Out On The Birdnest This Year

Fished with Joe and Daryl. Temperature this morning was in the lower 50's and when we quit fishing it was in lower 60's. The water temp is 52 degrees. The wind was out of the east about 7 knots when we started fishing and picked up to about 14 knots when we quit. There was a small chop on the lake when we started and when we quit fishing the waves were 1 to 2 feet. Started fishing the humps on the dumping ground trolling junior thunder sticks set at 55 and 65 feet back. Caught silver bass, not just a few silver bass but a lot of them. Made the move close to Turtle Island fishing in Michigan waters. There was a mud line there so we tried to fish the edge of it. When we first set up we caught a walleye and then we had a long dry spell. Change the length of the leads to 80 and 90 feet but the catching was very tough. Kept 3 walleye and we caught a ton of silver bass, Joe even caught two on one lure.

First Trip of The Year

Fished with Captain Daryl and Tom. Temperature this morning was in the lower 50's and when we quit fishing it was in the upper 50's. The water temp is 53 degrees. When we started fishing the wind was out of the southwest about 10 knots with waves less than a foot. The wind did a slow switch to the east and we went from a flat lake to waves about one foot when we quit fishing. Started fishing at the S-buoy trolling towards the E-buoy with Thunder Sticks set at 55 feet on one side of the boat and 65 feet on the other side of the boat. Made the pass through the dumping grounds and we caught no fish so we pulled lines and headed to the edge of the swamp. Set up here with worms and bottom bouncers set at 40 and 45 feet behind the boards. Trolled around here trying to find some fish and we finally caught a walleye (41 47 350 / 083 23 400) off the 45 foot side with a plastic worm. Couple of minutes later we had another walleye off the 45 foot side with a plastic worm. Made about 4 passes through this area and had no more luck. By this time the wind was out of the east with one foot waves. Switched to wiggle warts and we caught one more walleye and then we called it a day. Went to Trappers and had a walleye dinner and everyone was happy.