Reports from Doug's Birdsnest

I'm a US Coastguard licensed Captain. I mainly fish Lake Erie, with a summer trip to Lake Huron, or Lake Michigan for salmon. I also enjoy small stream/river trout fishing with an annual opening day weekend trip in April. Weather conditions permitting, I also ice fish. My blog will report on results of my fishing trips and planned future outings. Hope you find it helpful! My MMSI # is 338010883.

Friday, July 14, 2017

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!!

Posted by Captain Doug at 7:21 PM

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