It Was a Windy One Today

Fished with Joe. Temperature this morning was in the lower 60's and when we quit fishing it was in the lower 70's. The heat wave is done for a while. The wind was out of the northwest 15 to 25 knots with waves 2 to 3 feet. The water temp is 76 Degrees. Our game plan was to troll with the waves, run the back side of the Michigan dump, pull lines and do it all over again. We set up 2 miles east of the E buoy trolling with bandits set at 90 feet back. We were marking a lot of fish but we were also catching a lot of weeds. Once we got close to the E buoy the weeds were gone. The windward side of the boat started catching fish and on the first pass we kept 6 walleye. On the next pass we put the leeward side to 125 feet back and we only picked up 3 more keeper walleye. On the third pass we ran the same set up and we finally got our 12 walleye. Caught around 15 short walleye and we only had a couple of junk fish. A pretty bad storm blew through the area yesterday and a lot of trees were down in the subdivision by the marina. Thought the lake might be full of debris but it was in good shape.

It Was a HOT One Today !!

Fished with Captain Daryl and Duane. Temperature this morning was in the lower 70's and when we quit fishing it was in the upper 80's. The wind was out of the southwest less than 8 knots with waves less than 6 inches.The last couple hours of fishing it was pretty warm. The water temp is 78 Degrees. Started fishing halfway between Sputnik and West Sister Island trolling storm deep diving thunder sticks set at 110 feet back and 120 feet back. We had a slow and steady pick of the fish but the good news is they were all nice size walleye. We just stayed in this area but the bite started to slow down. The last four walleye we had on we lost and then the catching just shut right down. Kept 13 walleye and we had some pretty nice fish. Only had a handful of short walleye and a few junk fish to contend with. The water is very clean and there were no weeds.

Beautiful Day on the Lake

Fished with Joe. Temperature this morning was in the middle 60's and when we quit fishing it was in the upper 70's. The wind was out of the northeast less than 10 knots. The waves were less than 2 feet when we started fishing and after a couple of hours they were less than a foot. We started a little late this morning because the wind was out of the northeast last night up to 20 knots with waves 3 to 4 feet. The water temp is 75 Degrees and the algae bloom is starting. We set up 1 mile east of the E buoy trolling with the waves and we caught a nice walleye right out of the gate. Fished this area for another half hour and caught 1 more walleye but the weeds were too bad for fishing. We moved out to McDonald's and fished the Michigan side of the channel and started to catch a few fish running bandits 110 and 140 feet back. If we got too close to the dumping grounds we were back into the weeds. Kept 11 walleye and had the usual amount of short walleye.

Not Sure Which is Better!!

Fished with Joe. Temperature this morning was in the upper 60's and when we quit fishing it was in the upper 70's. The wind was mostly out of the west less than 10 knots. Waves were about a foot when we started fishing and then the lake laid down to less than a foot. The water temp is 76 Degrees. We headed towards Little Cedar Point. The water was clean in Michigan waters and then when we got close to the Toledo Light House the water was very dirty. Once we were by the Light House about 1 1/2 miles the water cleaned up so we set up lines. Started trolling bandits 110 and 125 feet behind the boards and we never switched the program. I think the 110 foot side caught more keeper fish but not sure. Caught our share of short walleye but it was not as bad as the last trip. Did have a triple header of large sheep head on that cost us some fishing time. Kept 12 walleye and 1 perch. It was just one of those great days to be on Lake Erie. Just a side note, catfish Joe did not catch a catfish fish today. One more thing, not sure which is better, fresh walleye or a tomato from our garden today!!

Catfish Joe Strikes Again

Fished with Joe. Temperature this morning was in the lower 70's and when we quit fishing it was in the middle 80's. It was even muggy out on the water. The wind was less than 10 knots out of the southwest with just a light chop on the water. The water temp is 76 degrees. Started fishing the other side of the Ohio dump trolling bandits 130 feet behind the boards. Once we got out of the dump area we did not mark any fish. We were catching a few fish so we put spoons and mini disk at 120 feet back on one side. Started catching walleye right away but they were all shorts. We pulled lines and headed back to Michigan waters. Set up at the S buoy trolling towards Turtle Island with wiggle warts set at 70 and 90 feet back. Started to catch fish right out of the gate but again we were catching a lot of short walleye. We just stayed put and sorted through all the small walleye to get our 12 fish. Caught some large sheep head and a few white perch and yes Joe caught another catfish.

Had to Work For Them Today

Fished with Joe and John. Temperature this morning was in the upper 60's and when we quit fishing it was in the lower 80's. The wind was light and variable, less than 7 knots with waves about a foot. The water temp is 72 Degrees. The small bugs started to show up but thankfully the wind picked up a little bit and they were gone.  We made a pass through the swamp hoping to fish here but we did not mark enough fish to stay so we headed towards the Toledo Water Intake.We had to dodge a lot of large logs floating in the water which made it difficult to stay on course. We set up around Little Cedar Point and started running wiggle warts set at 80 feet back and bandits set at 65 feet back.  For the first 45 minutes we had no fish, then I got a report that they were catching some fish around the turnaround  buoy. We finally caught a keeper walleye so we just stayed put. Started to catch some walleye off the Warts set at 100 feet back, so we put Warts on both sides. We were catching a lot of short walleye so we just sorted through the short fish hoping to catch our limit. We tried spoons and dipsy's without much luck so we went back to the Wiggle Warts. Our best Warts were anything with orange on them. Kept 15 walleye and 2 perch. Also caught a lot of junk fish today. Garbage man came through again today! He caught a another large cat fish that would almost put him into the hall of shame.