Beautiful Day on the Lake Today...

I called Larry Crum at the number Larry gave me, and talked with him. He and his son wanted to go for some walleye. I asked them if they would be interested in getting a Canadian lic since the fishing has been so good up there the past few weeks, and he said they would.

Fast forward...After forgetting my crawlers at home, I stopped at the bait shop to pick up some more and to get some ice for the built in cooler in the Ranger. I left the bait shop and drove over to Mazurik's to wait on Larry Sr and Larry Jr.

While I was getting the boat ready, I realized I had left the bait shop without grabbing the ice out of the bin....sigh, I can see how this day is going to go already. lol

I secure the boat to the trailer again and head back to the bait shop. I run in and tell them I forgot the ice, and, of course they laughed at me. :)

I grab the ice and head back to the ramp to ready the boat again. I jump up in the boat and set my course for the numbers Larry Lambert gave me, as it's been a couple weeks since I was out. My last two charters were cancelled due to wind. My clients showed up and the first thing I asked them was, "Did you get your Canadian licenses?" The answer was, "No". Uffda..."Okay", I said. "Well, there's fish on the US side too, we'll just have to find them. 

About 30 seconds later my phone rings, and it's Joe Whitten. He says, "I saw on Facebook that you were headed to Canada this morning. I just wanted to give you a heads up on a hot bite we had there yesterday." He went on to tell me how fantastic it was and the program they used to catch their fish. I told him, "I wish I was going up there, but it looks like I'm headed to the weather buoy. My guys didn't buy their Canadian licenses.  He wished me good luck and I got back to greeting my customers.

We launched and got under way. It was a 19 mile run to the weather buoy. But, on a day like today, it was a pleasurable drive out. Waves were 1' or less and the sunrise was spectacular. Now, that's the way to start a day!

We set in a little SW of the weather buoy and pulled double willow leaf crawler harnesses behind #3 Tadpoles 55-75 back at 1.5-1.7 mph.  We managed to put 5 nice eaters in the boat before the bite just seemed to shut off again.  The Humminbird was showing those fish very deep and some were belly to the bottom for 6 hours! Very few fish were moving up in the water column today. Maybe it was a good afternoon bite, but we struggled for the most part. 

My clients were very happy though, and were just glad to be out on the water. This is the best they had done in their last three or four trips out with other charters, so I didn't feel so bad only getting them 5 fish.  They did get to play with some white bass and some big sheephead, so it wasn't too boring of a troll.

The weather was cool in the morning, but by noon it was almost 80 degrees. It was one of those days where there are clouds all around the perimeter of the lake, but never one that would come and block the sun from time to time. What's up with that? lol

The wind had died down to nothing and those little bothersome gnats showed up. Crawling all over us and going up my nose. That freakn' tickles!

Anyhoo....that's all there is to tell about today. It was a great time with two great guys and they are looking forward to going out again sometime soon. I hope it's a perch trip...have I told you I LOVE perch fishing? ;)

Capt Juls