Last Trip Walleye Fishing

Fished with Joe. Temperature this morning was in the upper 50's and when we quit fishing it was in the lower 80's. The wind was out of the west less than 10 knots with waves less than a foot. The water temp is 70 degrees. Did not know how the water was going to be after a 2 day blow but the lake was in good shape. On the way out we slowed down by the c buoy and we started marking some fish so we set lines. We used crawlers with 2 oz weights set at 45 feet back and 3 oz weights set at 30 feet back. We started catching some fish but they were small white perch. We kept on trolling out to deeper water and we were still catching white perch and small walleye. When we got close to the Ohio border we started to catch some walleye. We stayed in this area for the rest of the trip and we ended up with 6 walleye. Next trip will be for perch, time is running out.

Happy Mennonites

Fished with Captain Daryl and Joe. Temperature this morning was in the upper 60's and when we quit fishing it was in the lower 80's. The wind was less than 10 knots but in the morning we had the residual waves from last night. When we started fishing the waves were less than two feet and after a hour the lake laid right down. The water temp is 71 degrees. Started fishing the back side of the Michigan dump and the water was dirty. We followed the Michigan line east and when we got around the Ohio dump we started to find some clean water and some fish. We were using crawlers on both sides of the boat with 2 and 3 oz. bottom bouncers. Again we lost some fish but that is expected this time of year. Ended the day with 5 walleye. This morning I met some Mennonites from Indiana in the bait store and was just talking to them about fishing. They left the bait store and were out side talking to Joe and Daryl about fishing and we happened to see that they were fishing off a pontoon boat. Thought nothing of it. When we were done fishing Daryl asked if we wanted the walleye and we said no that he could have them. Well, he did not want them so he decided to give them to the Mennonites if we could find them on the way back to the marina. We saw a large pack of boats around the e buoy and lo and behold we spotted their boat. We pulled up next to them and asked if they wanted some walleye and they said yes so we gave them our fish. They only had a few catfish and no perch so they were very happy and I think Daryl saved their fishing trip.

Should Be Perch Fishing - Not Walleye Fishing

Fished with Joe and Daryl. Temperature this morning was in the upper 60's and when we quit fishing it was in the middle 70's. The wind was light and variable with no waves. The water temp is 69 degrees. Started fishing the back side of the Michigan dump trolling with bottom bouncers and crawlers and junior thunder sticks. Caught a walleye off the crawler set up and lost a couple of fish off the thunder sticks. Made a pass up the back side of the dump and turned around and headed back to where we started. Caught a couple more walleye off the crawlers so we put crawlers on both sides of the boat. Once we got dialed in with the right depth and speed it was game on. Best set up was 3 oz. weight set at 42 feet back and 2 oz. weight set at 55 feet back. We lost a couple of fish right behind the boat and a couple just got off. We ended up using all 3 dozen of our crawlers and we only caught a couple of junk fish, one small perch and 5 under size walleye. Kept 18 walleye.

Another Slow Day

Fished with Captain Daryl and Joe. Temperature this morning was in the lower 70's and when we quit fishing it was in the middle 80's. There was no wind so there were no waves but we did have the small gnats. Not a lot of them but enough to bother you. The water temp is 71 degrees. We decided to go walleye fishing again. Started by the e buoy with bandits set at 75 and 85 feet back trolling towards the River Raisin. We were not marking very many fish and it was not looking good. Made a turn and headed for the Michigan/Ohio line and we started to mark some fish. Picked up the first walleye off a bandit set at 85 feet back. Caught the last one off a bandit set at 100 feet back. Marked a lot of fish but just could not get them to bite. Kept 2 walleye. Just might try for perch on the next trip.

Walleye or Perch?

Fished with Joe and Daryl. Temperature this morning was in the lower 60's and when we quit fishing it was in the middle 70's. The wind was light out of the northwest with a little chop on the lake. The water temp is 71 degrees. We had no good perch reports so at the last minute we decided to go walleye fishing. Headed out to the e buoy and set lines with wiggle warts set at 65 and 85 feet back. The lake was dirty and there were some weeds floating so the conditions were not great. After about a half hour of trolling we picked up a little keeper walleye which gave us some confidence but the weeds were getting worse. It got to the point that we were constantly checking the poles for weeds and it was a pain. Made it to the River Raisin and the weeds were worse so I turned and trolled towards shore. It helped a little but the weeds were still there. Everyone was tired of checking poles so we decided to call it a day when we got close to the c buoy.. Kept 6 walleye. Just hope the perch show up pretty soon.