Fishing with Ken...11/21/2025
by Capt Juls on 11/21/25Ken doesn't live far from me, and drove in from the west, so I just had him meet me at my house this morning. I asked him to be here at 6:45. I was out warming up the truck at 6:30, when he pulled in. He knows I'm always early, so he showed up early...which was good. It gave us a little extra time to get to Huron.
I was originally going to go out of Vermilion, but I had seen a post on Facebook stating that one of the ramps was damaged, or something, and that it was down to one usable ramp, so I opted for Huron. The winds were light, so running a little further wasn't a problem.
We were headed out of the river at 7:45. The Vexus glided over the 6" waves as the 400 purred at 50mph. The Garmin was marking a lot of fish from Huron to Vermilion, so we set down and set up just east of Vermilion, in 36 feet of water.
Not having a plan, I started with yesterday's program of the Purple Mist Bandit at 145 back on the outside Off Shore board (on both sides), and the Flashy Pearl and Slick Purple Bengal Flicker Minnow 11s... 50/30 with a 2oz Guppie weight.
Speed was 1.7mph (Fish Hawk reading).
Water temp was 46 degrees at 18' down.
We trolled from 36 to 42 feet, but turned around to keep it at 36-38', where most of the fish were hanging out.
Best Bandit colors were:
Purple Mist
RC Crush
and, a blue/orange/chartreuse chrome one I don't know the name of, and I don't know who painted it. It's a custom...not stock.
Ken was entered in the Fall Walleye Brawl, so we were hoping lightning would strike and catch a big one, but all we caught were nice eaters, which is okay too.
It was a great day to be on the lake at the end of November. It was 50 degrees with a light SW wind. The sky was gray, but it wasn't raining, so that was a blessing. :)
Ken has his own boat, so he likes to ask a lot of questions to help get ideas of what to do to improve his fishing machine. We both had a good time today, and caught our limits of walleye. You can't ask for more than that.
Good luck to all the anglers who have already weighed in a big one for the tournament! You only have another week to wait.
I may or may not get out again before the end of the week...we'll see.
Stay tuned...
Capt Juls
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