Slow Day

Fished with Joe. Temperature this morning was in the upper 70's and when we quit fishing it was in the middle 80's. The wind was out of the southwest less than 7 knots with very little waves. The water temp is 79 degrees. Started fishing by the c buoy trolling with wiggle warts set at 50 feet back heading towards the swamp. Had one nice fish on that we lost and only caught one more fish in this area. There were a few weeds but we were still able to fish. Did not feel like riding around the lake today so we went to the Michigan/Ohio border and trolled with wiggle warts and bandits. Did not mark very many fish and we caught nothing so we pulled lines and went back to the original location. Trolled around just enjoying the day and we finally decided to call it a day. Kept 3 walleye. 

The Bugs Were Terrible

Fished with Captain Daryl and Joe. Temperature this morning was in the lower 70's and when we quit fishing it was in the mid 80's. There was very little wind and there were no waves. The water temp is 78 Degrees. Started fishing the back side of the dump trolling up the Michigan / Ohio border with wiggle warts set at 70 feet back. Started catching some walleye and then the bugs showed up. Thousands and thousands of them! We stuck it out and and around 9:00 am a little breeze came and most of the bugs were gone, except for the ones in and on the boat. When we got back to port Daryl washed the boat to get rid of the gnats. Kept 18 walleye.

Fishing is Still Good

Fished with Joe. Temperature this morning was in the lower 60's and when we quit fishing it was in the upper 70's. The wind was out of the southwest around 10 knots with waves about a foot. The water temp is 75 Degrees. Started fishing at the S buoy trolling towards the C buoy with wiggle warts set at 50 feet back. We were on the fish right out of the gate and it only took 2 passes to catch our fish. Only caught a couple of junk fish. Kept 12 walleye and we had 5 short walleye that we put back.

Fishing on the 4th of July

Fished with Joe, John and Daryl. Temperature this morning was in the lower 70's and when we quit fishing it was in the middle 80's. The wind was out of the southeast less than 10 knots with waves less than a foot. Water temp is 78 Degrees. Started fishing just past the S buoy heading towards the C buoy trolling with wiggle warts set at 70 feet back and large dipsy's and spoons set at 20 feet back. Started picking away at the walleye and once we were close to the C buoy the bite was better. Turned and headed back towards the S buoy and we were still catching walleye. Finished up in short time with 24 walleye. Caught a lot of under size walleye that we put back and we also released about 4 fish that were just over 15 inches. Only caught 3 junk fish for the day. I think the crew had fun.

Too Many Sheephead - My Fault

Fished with Joe and John. Temperature this morning was in the middle 70's and when we quit fishing it was in the middle 80's. The wind was out of the west at 10 knots with a very little chop on the lake. The water temp is 76 Degrees. Started fishing by the radar buoy trolling towards the C buoy. We had wiggle warts out set at 70 feet back. We started catching some sheep head and then we got into some walleye. When we just got past the C buoy I turned around and headed back towards the radar buoy. We were still catching walleye, but once we got by the radar buoy it was nothing but sheep head, and a lot of them! We got turned around and and started heading towards the C buoy and we were back into the walleye. Kept 18 walleye and we were done before it started getting too hot. Went to Trappers and had a walleye lunch.