June 28th Fishing Report

He sent me the fella's number and said his name was, "Nick".  I called, but there was no answer. I left a message telling Nick that I was driving to work and that he had 15 minutes to call me, or else I would have to call when I got out of work that night...which wouldn't be until 10 ish or so.  Long story short....he called me back right away and while I walked into work, I set up the charter for the morning.

The weather report had me a bit concerned, but it ended up being one of the those very lucky days where from the moment we set off from the dock the weather was perfect. The fishing was great, and the storms stayed away until my boat was back in the driveway in the afternoon and covered back up.  I couldn't have staged it any better if I had written the script myself. 

We met at Mazurik's at 6:50 and were on our way up to the west side of North Bass, on the line, by 7am. By 7:20 we were setting our lines out with a mini seminar on how to use the equipment and fishing.

Today we had Nick, his Dad (never remembered his name, because it was more fun to call him, "Daddy"! lol) and Nick's friend Chris. Chris is from Texas and had never caught a walleye before.  

Same program again....sorry, boring, I know...lol But, hey, if it's not broke, don't fix it! ;)

By the end of the day they had their 18 fish, plus a few in the box for me. Unfortunately, they were all just small eaters and no big ones that Lake Erie is known for. However, they wanted good eating fish and that's what they got....perfect eaters. Those 16-24 inch fish.  They were very happy to have gotten out with such a short notice, and had a great time.

They were a great group to fish with. They learned quickly and retained the information, so when we ran up to make another pass, I jumped up in the seat on the bow of the boat and said to them, "Okay boys, get us set up again. It's all you now. You're officially trollers, and I'm just going to steer the boat."  They did an awesome job, and only needed me interjecting when I saw something about to happen that shouldn't, or they needed reminding of something that should be done. You know, typical girl job...nag, nag, nag! lol

I would call it a very successful morning. The afternoon had the skies open up with lightning, thunder, hail and flood type monsoon rains.  

We couldn't have timed it any better. Just a perfect day. 

Capt Juls