Fishing Is Still Hot

Fished with Joe. Temperature this morning was in the upper 40's and when we quit fishing it was in the upper 50's. The wind was light and variable with no waves, again. The water temp is 66 degrees. Started fishing where we left off the last trip and the catching was pretty easy. Ran mini disk with spoons set at 70 feet back. Color of the spoons did not matter. Kept 12 walleye.

Did Not Think Fast Enough

Fished with Joe, Dan could not make it today. Temperature this morning was in the middle 50's and when we quit fishing it was in the middle 60's. The wind was light and variable with hardly any waves. The water temp is 60 Degrees. Started fishing where we were yesterday and we started to catch some walleye. We had bandits set at 70 feet back on both sides of the boat. The catching was steady until we only needed two more fish for our limit. We trolled for quite a while not catching anything. Finally we put some mini disk out with spoons set at 70 feet back and it took 5 minutes to catch our last two fish. I just was not thinking, lesson learned! Kept 12 walleye on another beautiful day on Lake Erie.

A Little Wet Today

Fished with Captain Daryl. Temperature this morning was in the upper 60's and when we quit fishing it was in the upper 60's. The wind was out of the south west about 10 knots and it was bringing in some rain. The waves were less than a foot and the water temp is 60 Degrees. Started fishing where we have been and the water was a little dirty but we set lines anyways. Did not take too long and we had our first walleye off a bandit set at 70 feet back and then the rain started. It was just a light drizzle for a while and then it let loose. No lightning or thunder so we stayed put and fished. We never did find clean water but it did not matter because we were catching walleye. The rain quit so we dried off the boat and headed for port. Kept 12 walleye.

Just Call Me Chicken

Fished with Joe. Temperature this morning was in the lower 60's and when we quit fishing it was in the upper 60's. The wind was light out of the northwest with hardly any waves. The water temp is 59 degrees. When we came out of the harbor the water was very muddy. We headed towards the E buoy and the water started to clear up. Set up just north of the buoy and we were not marking very many fish but we set lines anyways. We had bandits set at 70 feet back on one side of the boat and 80 feet on the other side of the boat. Caught a couple of fish on the 70 foot setup so we switched both sides to 70 feet. I received a text that severe weather was in our area and I thought it was for later in the day. About 15 minutes later I received another text about the weather so I checked the radar on the phone and it was showing a large storm heading our way. I told Joe that we have 11 walleye and I don't want to caught in a storm for 1 walleye so we pulled lines and headed for the barn. Come to find out the storm broke up and we just had a little drizzle. Kept 11 walleye.

Just Another Great Day

Fished with Joe. Temperature this morning was in the upper 50's and when we quit fishing it was in the lower 60's. The wind was out of the north less than 10 knots and it started to switch to the east. At one point the sun came out and there was no wind and it felt pretty warm. That lasted about 15 minutes. The waves were less than a foot and the water temp is 57 degrees. We set up just north of the E buoy trolling less than 2 mph with bandits set at 70 feet back and wiggle warts set at 80 feet back. The bandits started to catch some fish so we put both sides to bandits. The catching was pretty quick and we caught all walleye. Kept 12 walleye and I think even Joe had a smile on his face.

Nice Weather Made Us Come Again

Fished with Joe. Weather this morning was in the upper 50's when we started fishing and when we quit fishing the temp was in the middle 70's. Very little wind and very little waves. The water temp is 55 Degrees. Started fishing where we left off yesterday and the catching was slow. Started moving towards the dump and we started to catch some walleye. It was a slow pick for us today, no lure was really hot. We ran the same program as yesterday and changed lure depth and speed but it was not working for us. Kept 10 walleye and enjoyed a beautiful day on the water.

First Trip of the Year

Fished with Joe. Temperature in the morning was in the lower 50's and when we quit fishing it was in the middle 60's. The wind was light and variable with no waves. The water temp is 53 degrees. Started fishing in the swamp and we were marking a lot of fish but the water was dirty. Picked up one walleye off a bandit. Started trolling towards the dump and the water started to clear up but we were not marking very many fish. Only caught one more walleye. Got a call from Daryl and he was catching some fish by the C buoy so we started trolling that way. Finally started to catch some fish running bandits 50 feet back and wiggle warts 70 feet back. Finished the day with 11 walleye.

Trout Fishing 2019

Headed up north with Joe and John on Thursday  morning to set up camp on the Boardman River. When we arrived the temp was in the middle 60's and no snow on the ground. A good start for the season.
Saturday morning the temp was in the lower 30's with a lot of wind. The fishing was tough but we ended up keeping 4 Brown Trout, enough for a trout dinner. Sunday morning the temp was in the upper 20's with a little wind which made for some tough fishing. By mid day the temp was pretty nice and the fishing improved. We caught our largest fish on Sunday evening. We had a 17 inch brown, a 21 1/2 inch brown and a 22 inch brown. In 40 years of trout fishing we never had two brown trout over 20 inches for the opening weekend. From here the weather went south and so did the catching. We kept 10 Brown Trout for the trip and I won big fish for Trout Camp. I also had the Grand Slam!