Fly In Perch Trip...:)

Brad Jackson, and his two sons, Sam and Alex, flew in from Indiana yesterday morning. It was an hour flight, so when he texted me to tell me they were taking off, I went to Hi Way Bait to get my ice and minnies for the trip and headed to the Port Clinton airport to await their arrival.

When they arrived they loaded up in my truck and we headed to Mazurik's ready to go....or, so I thought.  As I was getting the boat ready for launch I asked, "does everyone have their fishing license?" And, the answer was, "No, I didn't know we needed one here. In Florida where we fish we don't need one." (I guess when you fish in the ocean you don't need a fishing license?)

So, I secured the boat back down and we drove back to Hi Way Bait to get their licenses.

After making them all legal like, we arrived back at Mazurik's at 9:30. We arrived at my perch spot at 9:45 (I love this lake when it's not rough...lol) And, we proceeded to start catching perch.

The bite wasn't as strong as it had been for the last couple of weeks/ (I will have to start looking for another good perch bite someplace else). I like a quicker bite than we had. It wasn't bad, but it could have been better. Had I not had to work last night, we could have spent more time looking for a better bite, and made it longer than a 4 hour trip. But, Brad understood that a last minute booking on a night I work would limit us.

FYI: Reports of big perch 1 mile out of the Vermilion River, in 36-40' of water, are coming in...with perch going 2 to a pound. Wowza, those are big perch! 

We only had 4 hours to fish, because I had to work last night, so we finished the day 15 perch short of a 90 perch limit. 

It was really hot yesterday, and the wind had died down to nothing by 1PM, so the two boys jumped in the lake to cool off before we headed back to the ramp.

After dropping the fish off at Bomba's to be cleaned, we went over to Big Boppers for a bite to eat, while we waited for the fish to get finished.  I then drove them back to the cleaners to get their fish and loaded their cooler with ice for their trip back to Indiana.  When I dropped them back off at the airport we said our good byes and I wished them a safe flight home.

I had just enough time to get home and cover the boat back up, jump in the shower, and let the dogs out.  The dogs were a little confused when I said, "I have to go to work now; you have to stay here", since I was only home a short time.  I hate when they look at me with sad faces....sigh  But, if they want to keep eating, I must work. :)

Anyhoooo...it was a super fun day with the Jackson family and I look forward to fishing with them again, soon. 

Capt Juls