Monday April 22, 2013 Fishing Report
by Capt Juls on 04/24/13After attending the LEWT weigh in this past Sunday, I was almost discouraged about what kind of bite it would be for Monday and Tuesday. Some of the best sticks on the lake had zeroed and others struggled to get one or two fish in the boat.
It was a strong East wind on Sunday, and wasn't much better than the blow day they had cancelled on Saturday. Most complained about all the mud that was out there, but did say it looked like it was cleaning up pretty fast. That was hopeful news.
The forecast for Monday showed the winds diminishing by half, but would still be coming from the East at 10-14mph by the afternoon.
Monday morning arrived and the boat was hooked up and ready to go. My guys were coming from MI and we wouldn't be heading out until 10am. That was fine with me, because it allowed the air to warm up a bit.
Scott, Bill, and Jumbo were three very nice men who have never trolled before, let alone use Off Shore planer boards. I offered to do all the line setting, and they agreed to just reel in the fish.
They laughed and joked all day, so they made it a lot of fun for me.
At the end of the day they found that their three man limit would not fit in the tiny little cooler they had brought with them.
I suggested that they just put the walleye in standing on their heads, with the tails up, and hit up one of the many fish cleaning businesses in town.
That way, the fish would be cleaned and in a couple of bags, which would then fit in their cooler for the ride back to MI.
The program for Monday was pretty simple:
Straight out of Catawba about a 1/2 mile and a westward troll at 1/3-1.5mph.
Fish came on Deep Husky Jerks at 45-50 back in Purpledescent, Clown, Sunfish(?), Pink Glass, and Blue/Chrome.
Rogues were 85-90 back and run on the outside boards since they ran the highest in the water column. Blue/Chrome and Black/Chrome both took fish.
When the East wind picked up, along with the waves, the fish seemed to skedaddle from the line I was trolling, so I went one way and Pooh Bear (a popular capt on Lake Erie who I was chatting with all day) went the other way.
I went shallower and more west, and he went North and a little deeper. Luckily the fish had gone shallower, so I called Pooh over by me. We both finished out with our crews limits and had a very fun day on the water.
Thanks Scott, Bill, and Jumbo! :)
Capt Juls
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