June 11th Trip with Jerry, Mike, and Mark

Jerry Cohen, last year's Commodore at the CIC on Catawba Island, and two friends of his were to meet me at Mazurik's launch at 8am. I was about a 1/2 hour early, and so were they! However, they had forgot to pick up fishing licenses, so I sent them over to Hi-Way Bait to get them before heading out.

We launched at 8am just like we planned and headed to the area I was fishing on Sunday...between North Bass and Middle Island in 34 feet of water just South of the Canadian line. We were using the same program with the double willow leaf harnesses as Sunday, which was #2 Tadpoles and 2oz inlines at 40-55 back. 

We made two passes and picked up three fish in the first pass. One of them was a nice fatty 29 1/2 inch walleye. That one got high fives all around. We caught one more walleye in the second pass and decided to pick up and head over the East side of Kelly's Island where Duncan Wooster, another Captain friend of mine, was fishing and catching some nice 'eaters', along with one or two "Fish Ohios" if I'm not mistaken.

Anyhooo...we started out deep, but Duncan called and said to come inside to the 18-20 foot contour...so, we did.  It wasn't long before we had a planer board go back and another walleye in the livewell. We continued on that contour and ran into some thick algae weed like substance that stuck to the planer boards, inline weights, and harnesses...Yuck! But, we also had another board go back telling us another fish was on. This one would escape Jerry as he tried to reel it in closer to the boat, due to a hook that was barely holding the fish on.

Even though their time was up, we stayed out a little longer and managed to get one more fish on the line. This time it was another big fish. A nice 28 incher! High fives all around again and we called it a day.

My guys did very well learning how to troll with Off Shore boards and crawler harnesses. By lunch time I had them setting all the lines while I made them some sandwiches. They did a fantastic job and I hope to fish with them again soon.

Thanks Jerry, Mike, and Mark for a very fun day! :)

Capt Juls