Fun day today...
by Capt Juls on 05/14/13I waited at Mazurik's launch this morning for my Father and Son charter of Steve and Jeremy Champman. They were running on schedule, but got delayed by a train and a school bus, that made many stops to pick up children. So, they were about 15 minutes late.
We launched and headed to the SE corner of Kelly's Island, but the "slop chute" was pretty rough, so I decided to change course and head up the west side of Kelly's to get around to the North side.
I hadn't been out for about 5 days due to my work schedule, and it being Mother's Day weekend, so we would be hunting for them and figuring out a program that would work today.
After setting up by the "Carpenter's Dock", we trolled a line to the East, staying in about 32 foot of water. After about a mile, I checked my facebook messages and found one from Zak Jobes telling me that he was in North Bay and there were nice "eaters" in there (3-5 pounds), and they were protected from the wind there. So, we pulled our lines and moved about a mile up from where we were trolling. Thanks Zak! :)
We set lines again with 1 oz inlines 30 back and 2oz Tadpoles 28 back. We were using purples and pinks with blades that had either chartreuse or pink antifreeze colors on the underside of the blades. Both of those leads/combos worked well today. Our speed was kept at 1.0-1.3mph.
We went 9 for 13 fish today and had a blast.
This was Jeremy's birthday present from his Dad, and he said he had the best time he's ever had on Lake Erie, and that he would be coming back with his wife. Saying, "she would love this, this is so much fun!"
Temps were chilly this morning, but it improved all day and was 74 when we got off the water. Tomorrow is supposed to be nearing the low 80's, so hopefully that will also improve the bite tomorrow.
Unfortunately, the winds are predicted to be even stronger tomorrow, and out of the West. Today they were out of the SSW.
There was a flotilla of boats trolling the shoal area, and some out by Gull Island Shoal too. I don't think anyone had a hot and heavy bite going on but I'm pretty sure everyone out there today caught a few fish. There is also an MWC tournament this weekend that a lot of my friends are fishing in, so I know they won't be talking much.
Time to play with the dogs and then hit the hay...I'll be back at it again tomorrow with two nice fellas from my home state....Wisconsin! :)
Good luck to all who get out tomorrow. Be safe!
Capt Juls
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