Went out of Port Clinton from Portage River 4 man crew headed out due North 4 miles out. We got to 21 foot of water 7 AM waves about 2 foot found…
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Reef Near Cedar Point
There’s a reef somewhere near Sandusky that I’m not able to find on my navionics charts. We were walleye fishing last year and not having much luck…
Draggin the Line with John and DD
We fished Thursday off Huron in 43 fow. My girlfriend Diane joined us and helped reel in her fish too We initially were going to start fishing where…
Fishing with Gary and Jeremy…6/29/2025
I was meeting my crew at Huron, this morning, so I left the house at 4AM, hit the gas station for ice, and hit the highway. The roads were empty, and…
Another first for Lake Erie fishing
I heard last week somebody caught a Muskie , I have heard of Steelhead being caught.
Today we were trolling west of West Sister with jets and spoons and one of my Offshore Boards buried under the water and the drag started singing .
I had trouble getting the rod out of the holder and tried to horse the board up on the surface.. No use. After 180 ft of line ripped off I finally cut it.
I knew I wasn’t hooked on the bottom.
We reeled in the lines and went back to retrieve the board floating on the surface.
Once we started pulling my 20LB test line in we pulled up a rope covered in zebra mussels and eventually a 20lb anchor covered as well.
First for me 😉
Today we were trolling west of West Sister with jets and spoons and one of my Offshore Boards buried under the water and the drag started singing .
I had trouble getting the rod out of the holder and tried to horse the board up on the surface.. No use. After 180 ft of line ripped off I finally cut it.
I knew I wasn’t hooked on the bottom.
We reeled in the lines and went back to retrieve the board floating on the surface.
Once we started pulling my 20LB test line in we pulled up a rope covered in zebra mussels and eventually a 20lb anchor covered as well.
First for me 😉
Fishing reports
Just my two cents. It’s comical that many reports are so vague on where they are fishing. Erie is a big lake so next time you post leave a few land…
Fishing June 27th
We left the dock at alittle after 6am
We headed east till we got to an area that was marking really good.
We set down and started to put rods out rollers out of the north east and wind out of the south . We was having a little trouble with lines staying hooked on the tow line . We adjusted course alittle so we stoped ripping line off . It was a slow pick at first but then it got pretty steady. We worked about a 2 mile area to the north of most other boats
We ran tru trip 40’s 90 back with spoons
Tru trip 50’s 55 back
And dipsy 2 setting back 65 with J7’s
At 2.2 mph
East of Marblehead
We headed east till we got to an area that was marking really good.
We set down and started to put rods out rollers out of the north east and wind out of the south . We was having a little trouble with lines staying hooked on the tow line . We adjusted course alittle so we stoped ripping line off . It was a slow pick at first but then it got pretty steady. We worked about a 2 mile area to the north of most other boats
We ran tru trip 40’s 90 back with spoons
Tru trip 50’s 55 back
And dipsy 2 setting back 65 with J7’s
At 2.2 mph
East of Marblehead
Fishing with Marty and Zane…6/26/2025
I left the house at 4AM, because I was meeting my crew at the Huron ramp at 5AM, and I wanted some extra time there, so I could shine up the motors and clean the windshield, before they showed up. I hit the speedway in town, to get ice, and headed to Huron.
No one was there at 4:30, so I readied the boat, and started cleaning the motors. I jumped in and did the windshield, and when I turned around and saw the cooler, I realized I never grabbed the ice on my way out of the gas station. I threw my face up to the heavens and said, “F&#@* Me”! I looked at the clock and saw that I had 15 minutes before they would show up, and I HAD to have ice, so I strapped her back down and hit the gas station in Huron. Not the way I wanted to start the morning, but it is what it is, and tomorrow’s ice is already paid for, so I guess that’s the silver lining on that one.
I got back and unhooked the straps, and got things ready again. Marty and his grandson, Zane, had just pulled in, and hopped out of the truck. “Good morning”, said Marty. “Good morning…ready to go fishing?”, I asked. “We are”, he said.
It was dark, but I knew that by the time we hit the mouth of the river, that the sky would have things light enough to see over the water. It was a repeat of yesterday’s conditions…80 degrees, calm SW wind, and a 6″ chop on the lake’s surface, and a hope that the fish were still where I left them. They were. 🙂
I’m getting tired of sounding like a broken record, but the same programs I’ve used for weeks now, is still putting fish in the boat pretty fast.
Bandits behind Off Shore boards:
Port side:
Blue Chrome at 120 back
Green Lantern (Slim Shady Custom) at 70 back
Starboard side:
Remember that one I couldn’t remember the name of? I finally asked Mike (Slim Shady Customs) and he said that one is called, “Whiskey and Water”. It’s the chrome blue/green one with the orange belly. That one ran at 97 back and took several nicer fish.
Purple Mist ran at 57 back
Dipsies produced the most with small spoons, because the fish are puking up tiny little minnows about an inch long. They also produced more shorts and 15-16″ fish, but were constantly busy. We were throwing those all back. The fish that came on the crankbaits were typically larger.
The zero settings did best at 43 and 50-55 back
The three settings were set at 65 and 71 back
If you haven’t noticed…I like odd numbers best. 🙂
Speed was set to the usual 2.4-2.5mph over 38 feet of water, to start. We trolled up to 43 feet of water, then turned back around when the fish marks disappeared on the Garmin. However, even though I wasn’t marking anything…we were still catching fish.
We had our 3-person limit early again, and headed in before the heat arrived. It was a beautiful, fun, morning on Lake Erie, and both Marty and Zane had a good time…. and that makes me happy!
I have one more trip tomorrow, but then I’m off Saturday.
I have Sunday open if anyone is looking for a trip. The weather looks like it will be pretty great on Sunday. Contact me, if you’re interested. Thanks!
Stay tuned….
Capt Juls
No one was there at 4:30, so I readied the boat, and started cleaning the motors. I jumped in and did the windshield, and when I turned around and saw the cooler, I realized I never grabbed the ice on my way out of the gas station. I threw my face up to the heavens and said, “F&#@* Me”! I looked at the clock and saw that I had 15 minutes before they would show up, and I HAD to have ice, so I strapped her back down and hit the gas station in Huron. Not the way I wanted to start the morning, but it is what it is, and tomorrow’s ice is already paid for, so I guess that’s the silver lining on that one.
I got back and unhooked the straps, and got things ready again. Marty and his grandson, Zane, had just pulled in, and hopped out of the truck. “Good morning”, said Marty. “Good morning…ready to go fishing?”, I asked. “We are”, he said.
It was dark, but I knew that by the time we hit the mouth of the river, that the sky would have things light enough to see over the water. It was a repeat of yesterday’s conditions…80 degrees, calm SW wind, and a 6″ chop on the lake’s surface, and a hope that the fish were still where I left them. They were. 🙂
I’m getting tired of sounding like a broken record, but the same programs I’ve used for weeks now, is still putting fish in the boat pretty fast.
Bandits behind Off Shore boards:
Port side:
Blue Chrome at 120 back
Green Lantern (Slim Shady Custom) at 70 back
Starboard side:
Remember that one I couldn’t remember the name of? I finally asked Mike (Slim Shady Customs) and he said that one is called, “Whiskey and Water”. It’s the chrome blue/green one with the orange belly. That one ran at 97 back and took several nicer fish.
Purple Mist ran at 57 back
Dipsies produced the most with small spoons, because the fish are puking up tiny little minnows about an inch long. They also produced more shorts and 15-16″ fish, but were constantly busy. We were throwing those all back. The fish that came on the crankbaits were typically larger.
The zero settings did best at 43 and 50-55 back
The three settings were set at 65 and 71 back
If you haven’t noticed…I like odd numbers best. 🙂
Speed was set to the usual 2.4-2.5mph over 38 feet of water, to start. We trolled up to 43 feet of water, then turned back around when the fish marks disappeared on the Garmin. However, even though I wasn’t marking anything…we were still catching fish.
We had our 3-person limit early again, and headed in before the heat arrived. It was a beautiful, fun, morning on Lake Erie, and both Marty and Zane had a good time…. and that makes me happy!
I have one more trip tomorrow, but then I’m off Saturday.
I have Sunday open if anyone is looking for a trip. The weather looks like it will be pretty great on Sunday. Contact me, if you’re interested. Thanks!
Stay tuned….
Capt Juls
Fishing with Pete and Chuck…6/25/2025
My Indiana crew was staying at Little Ted’s Cottages, out in Marblehead, so I swung in there at 4:15, and once again…they were already up and waiting for me, even though I told them 4:30. 🙂
I had already hit the gas station for ice, and I had gassed up the Vexus the day before, so we headed straight to Huron from there. Okay, I just lied…we stopped at the Speedway again, because I had to pee, and wasn’t sure I could make it to Huron. lol
Anyway….
We were there pretty early, and it was still dark, so I took my time getting things in the boat ready to go. After launching, we were at the mouth of the river at 5:15, and headed north about 4-5 miles. I slowed the 400 down over 40 feet of water, and found good marks again, so I shut her down, and deployed the Ulterra and baby Merc. The speed was once again set to 2.4-2.5mph according the FishHawk reading the currents below.
I had already hit the gas station for ice, and I had gassed up the Vexus the day before, so we headed straight to Huron from there. Okay, I just lied…we stopped at the Speedway again, because I had to pee, and wasn’t sure I could make it to Huron. lol
Anyway….
We were there pretty early, and it was still dark, so I took my time getting things in the boat ready to go. After launching, we were at the mouth of the river at 5:15, and headed north about 4-5 miles. I slowed the 400 down over 40 feet of water, and found good marks again, so I shut her down, and deployed the Ulterra and baby Merc. The speed was once again set to 2.4-2.5mph according the FishHawk reading the currents below.
Chuck had limited experience running planer boards and Pete had none, so this was a learning trip for them. They both have their own boats, and often fish together, so they wanted to expand their options.
My fishing lingo was confusing to them, so it took repetitive instruction, and explaining why I do what I do, when I do it, and told them, “Don’t worry, your subconscious is getting it. Most people only hear Mwah Mwah Wa, like the teacher’s voice in the Peanut’s/Charlie Brown cartoons for the first 1/2 hour, but it will start to make sense, eventually, and you’ll be doing it on your own”.
Eventually, they did get it, and ended up doing just fine with setting the Off Shore boards, and dipsies.
The program is the same as the last 4 trips out there. I’ll repeat it, so you don’t have to go look for it, if you’re new to reading these reports. 🙂
Bandits ran behind the Off Shore boards on both sides…on the port side Blue/Chrome and Purple Mist ran at 120 and 80 back.
On the starboard side, that blue/green one from Slim Shady Customs, that I can’t remember the name of, ran at 97 back, and another Purple Mist ran at 80 back.
All of the above caught fish.
I did swap out one Purple Mist for a “Green Lantern” from Slim Shady Customs, and it caught fish, too.
Dipsies (I use the size 1s) were the busiest again, and we were throwing back legal fish, because I didn’t want to finish up before I felt that they had a good grasp on techniques.
The zero settings were at 54 and 45, and the three settings were at 65 and 71. BadMo spoons, Yeck spoons, and Scorpion spoons all worked….color didn’t really matter, but I did change them out from time to time, just to verify that…and, my assumptions were correct. 😉
I don’t think my brain logged the water temp this morning, but it is right around 70 degrees, right now.
The lake was like it was yesterday….just enough wind to put a 6″ ripple on top, and out of the SW. The air temp on land when we launched was 82 degrees, but a little cooler out on the water. The sky was mostly clear, but there was a band of clouds that never covered the sun as it moved across the sky, so it stayed sunny the entire time we were out there.
We finished up at 8:00, over 45 feet of water, north of where we started. The bite was very good, but not chaotic, so they were able to keep up, and we all took turns reeling in our fish.
Pete and Chuck had a good time, were happy with the grade of fish, and said they learned a lot, so my mission was accomplished, and that makes me happy!
Tomorrow, I have repeat customer, Marty Parker and his grandson, who will be meeting me at Huron at 5AM.
Stay tuned….
Capt Juls
Fishing with Steve and Mary…6/24/2025
Steve and Mary drove up from Springfield yesterday, and stayed at the Fairfield Inn. Luckily, the FI has a nice big parking lot that is easy to maneuver a boat in tow, so I was able to pick them up from there. When I pulled in at 4:15, they had just gotten back from the gas station, where they bought ice for their cooler. I wasn’t supposed to be there until 4:30, but I always like to be early, so I can get a few minutes scrolling social media.
Steve popped his head in the window and said, “I told Mary that you would be early”, and laughed. They parked their vehicle and jumped in mine, and off we went. We hit the gas station again, so I could get ice for the coolers we would be using, and for some gas for the truck. We were headed back over to Huron to launch.
We made it out of the river around 5:20, when the sky was just starting to get light.
The wind was out of the SW again, at 5mph. The air temp was already 82 degrees, and the humidity seemed a little less than the previous two days. The water temp is close to 70 degrees.
We drove out 4 miles to the area I fished with my previous crew, and hoped they were still swimming out there. The screen on the Garmin was loaded with marks, so the Ulterra was deployed, along with the baby Merc, and set to a speed of 2.4mph, (on the FishHawk).
Bandits ran on both sides, behind Off Shore boards. Blue Chrome at 120 back, Purple Mist at 80 back, ran on the port side. That blue/green nameless one ran at 97 back, and another Purple Mist ran at 67 back, on the starboard side. All of them caught fish.
The dipsey settings are the same as I’ve been running…
zero at 45 and 54, and three setting at 65 and 71 / 75.
A black and gold Ripplin Redfin on the three setting at 65, it caught several bigger fish, like it did, yesterday, too.
Steve popped his head in the window and said, “I told Mary that you would be early”, and laughed. They parked their vehicle and jumped in mine, and off we went. We hit the gas station again, so I could get ice for the coolers we would be using, and for some gas for the truck. We were headed back over to Huron to launch.
We made it out of the river around 5:20, when the sky was just starting to get light.
The wind was out of the SW again, at 5mph. The air temp was already 82 degrees, and the humidity seemed a little less than the previous two days. The water temp is close to 70 degrees.
We drove out 4 miles to the area I fished with my previous crew, and hoped they were still swimming out there. The screen on the Garmin was loaded with marks, so the Ulterra was deployed, along with the baby Merc, and set to a speed of 2.4mph, (on the FishHawk).
Bandits ran on both sides, behind Off Shore boards. Blue Chrome at 120 back, Purple Mist at 80 back, ran on the port side. That blue/green nameless one ran at 97 back, and another Purple Mist ran at 67 back, on the starboard side. All of them caught fish.
The dipsey settings are the same as I’ve been running…
zero at 45 and 54, and three setting at 65 and 71 / 75.
A black and gold Ripplin Redfin on the three setting at 65, it caught several bigger fish, like it did, yesterday, too.
BadMo Arrow spoons, Yeck spoons, and Scorpion spoons were used, but again…color didn’t seem to matter. All caught fish.
Steve and Mary were a lot of fun to fish with, and said they had a great time, and will be back, and that makes me happy! 🙂
Tomorrow, I have a two man crew from Indiana, that want to learn the boards and dipsies, so we will probably be pretty choosey about size, so we can take longer out there, than we did yesterday and today. Both days we were done by 7:30 with real nice eaters, and happy customers.
Stay tuned…
Capt Juls