Tough Day Walleye Fishing

Fished with Daryl. Temperature this morning was in the lower 70's when we started fishing and it was in the lower 80's when we quit fishing. The wind was out of the west switching to the southwest less than 8 knots with just a light chop on the water. The water temp is 79 degrees. Started fishing by the Water Intake (41 43 350 / 083 14 250) and trolling east with wiggle warts set at 70 and 90 feet behind the boards. We were catching a lot of short walleye and then we finally caught a keeper off the 80 foot set up. Switched the longer leads to 75 feet but we were still catching a lot of junk fish. Daryl put out a couple of large dipsy's with bomber As set at 25 feet back and they started to catch some walleye. We were just picking away at the walleye until the sun started getting above us and then the catching just shut down. The last two hours of the trip we did not box any walleye. Caught a lot of walleye between 13 1/2 and 14 inches. Have not seen this size walleye for a couple of months. Kept 6 walleye and two of those were just 15 inches. It might be time to start perch fishing unless the walleye decide to move back to Michigan waters.

Still Fishing in Close

Fished with Captain Daryl and Mark. Temperature this morning was in the lower 70's and when we quit fishing it was in the upper 70's. The wind was out of the west any where between 15 to 24 knots. When we were fishing in tight the waves were less than six inches and the one time we got out to 15 feet of water the waves were just over a foot. The water temp is 77 degrees. Started fishing right in front of the marina trolling with wiggle warts set at 40 feet behind the boards heading towards the swamp. We did not catch our first walleye until we were in the swamp. Stayed around the 11 foot range and we picked up one ticket of fish. Made a move out to 14 feet of water and we would pick up an occasional walleye. Set one side of the boat to 50 feet back and that helped a little bit. Made one more move to 55 feet behind the boards and that was the ticket. Kept 14 walleye and only had about 10 short walleye that we put back. Caught about a half dozen sheep head, half dozen silver bass and one little muskie.

Lake Erie at It's Best

Fished with Captain Daryl, Mark and Joe. Temperature this morning was in the lower 70's and when we quit fishing it was in the upper 70's. The wind was out of the southeast around 10 knots when we started fishing and backed down to around 5 knots after a hour into the trip. The waves were about a foot when we started and laid down to less than 6 inches. A great day to be on Lake Erie. The water temp is 76 Degrees. Started fishing in the swamp up close to Woodtick Peninsula trolling towards the 3 stacks with wiggle warts set at 50 feet and 40 feet behind the boards. We were on the fish right out of the gate but most of the fish were caught off the 40 foot set up so we switched both sides to 40 feet. We caught the first 9 walleye pretty quick and then it shut down. We thought the calm water shut the fishing down. We were deciding where to move to and before too long we were back on the fish again in 12 feet of water. We just stayed put and punched our 4 tickets. Kept 24 walleye and one perch. Had about 16 short walleye and a couple sheep head that we put back. Our game plan was to take two boats fishing today but my shoulder was not very good this morning so we fished with Captain Daryl aboard the Lucky Strike with his new auto pilot, and boy is it nice!

The Wind Was Snapping Today

Fished with Joe and Dan. Temperature this morning was in the upper 60's and when we quit fishing it was in the lower 70's. The forecast was for the rain to stop early in the morning with the wind blowing out of the southwest 10 to 15 knots. When we arrived at the marina the rain was almost over ( we never got wet ) and the wind was out of the southwest about 10 knots. It did not take too long before the wind was up to 20 knots and at one point it got up to 24 knots. Not the day we planned for. The water temp is 74 Degrees. Started fishing in the swamp with wiggle warts set at 50 feet back and we had two nice walleye on right out of the gate and then it slowed down. We reset the lines to 40 foot leads and we were back to catching fish. Things were going good until the wind started blowing hard again. Even though we were fishing in the swamp we had waves between 1 and 2 feet for about a half hour. Once the wind backed off a little we were catching fish again. We were averaging about 3 short walleye for every keeper walleye. Kept 18 walleye and I think Dan caught the biggest one. Caught about a dozen white perch also.