Did any notice the fish moving up and down in the water column yesterday? Fished by Kelly’s yesterday morning in 40-42fow and would mark fish up high above 25′ and 4 out of 6 rods would go off, then reset do a figure 8 and go back and they’d be on the bottom be below 30′ and nothing, do another u-turn and they’d be back up again and another quad. It was pretty funny watching the fishfinder and saying get ready we’re gonna get bit this pass and the 3-4 rods would go off…lol
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Jig bite
Can any of you locals tell me when the jig bite starts for the big girls. Thanks in advance
Veterans Day report
We started where we had been catching quality fish North of Cranberry. We were not marking the numbers, it seemed the fish moved. We deicide to move South and work shallower in the more stained water at 39 ft. Based on reports we maybe should have moved deeper.
We picked away at them getting one here and there. We ended up with 11 chunky fish. For example we had a 26 inch fish that weighed 7.9 pounds.
Our best speed was 1.7 mph back 60 to 80. The best overall bait color was a Bandit in Fruitdot. We did also pick up 2 on a shallow Bandit Fruitdot on the downrigger 30 down. Water temps were 46.
Saturday 11/11
Got 2 man limit today. About 2 miles north of cedar point dump.
Speed 1.7 to 2
Deep husky jerks with 2 ounce weights worked best.
Blackhead wonderbread , purple and chartreuse. Worked the best.
Best bite 11 to 2 then wind died and bite slowed.
Did get a couple up high but most were 20 to 25 depth.
Speed 1.7 to 2
Deep husky jerks with 2 ounce weights worked best.
Blackhead wonderbread , purple and chartreuse. Worked the best.
Best bite 11 to 2 then wind died and bite slowed.
Did get a couple up high but most were 20 to 25 depth.
Anyone still perching ?
Been off the water most of this year, but was considering a trip up this Sunday.
Anything happening ?
Anything happening ?
11/5 Heart Breaker report
Our guest wanted to try for a Brawl big fish. Since he was alone we agreed to split any winnings equally to give him more chances than just his 6 fish. We always leave it to the guest, as take all or split.
We fished the same program as yesterday, see 11/4 report.
To make a long story short our 12th fish into the boat was by Capt. Christy and was a 28.75 inch real pig that weighed 9 pounds 14 ounces on the boat scale. I said quick pull the spread and lets get the fish to the scale while still alive in live well to help save a little weight. The guest wanted to keep fishing and was acting a little off. I explained though not a winner the fish could pay something in the Brawl and Slam. He finally sheepishly said he had not entered either but we could keep the winnings. We had to tell him that disqualified the fish.
One lucky big girl got put back to swim again and we called it a day.
Fishing with James, Chris, and “Schmitty” (Chris)… 11/5/2023
I had to reschedule this trip a couple of weeks ago, due to wind, so I had been watching the forecast as the day approached, and it kept getting better day by day, so I told my crew it would be a go.
Originally, the forecast was for the wind to settle down around 8am, but when I went out on the back deck with my coffee at 3am, the wind had already died down to a whopping 3mph. The temp was 46 degrees, so I knew it was going to be a nice day…other than some expected rain showers from time to time throughout the morning.
My boat is in heated storage now, so I had to go across town to get her. I dropped Alfie off at my friend, Jen’s house first, so he could spend the day with his brother Ozzie, and his girlfriends, Buoy and Sunny, while I worked. I didn’t want him spending the day alone, now that is big brother, Dexter has passed over the Rainbow Bridge. So, thank you, Jen and Matt, for taking care of him. 🙂
I got to the building a little early, so I could organize some things, before hitting the water. I hit the gas station to gas her up and get some ice for the cooler, before heading over to Mazurik’s to meet my crew at 8:45. They were already there, when I arrived, so the day was already off to a good start.
We launched at 9am and after the big motor warmed up to temp, we headed off to the east side of Kelly’s. I hadn’t been walleye fishing for quite some time, because all of my last trips the past month and a half were perch trips, so it was just a matter of driving until I marked some fish.
We found “some marks” at the 32/27 line, but they weren’t stacked, like we often see in some people’s photos of their electronics, where it becomes “As fast as you can reel”, but more scattered. We decided to give it a try.
The Terrova was deployed, and the baby Merc engaged, and a NE heading was set at a speed of 1.8-2.0 mph. The Fish Hawk showed that the surface temp of 53.4 was the same as the temp down at 15 feet. The SOG was also the same going in that direction.
The port side was set up with 3 white bodied bandits, running behind Off Shore boards. The outside board ran at 120 back (unassisted), the middle board at 80, and the inside board at 60. All three would catch a fish or two.
The starboard side started out running the new Berkley Deep Hit Sticks with the same leads, but didn’t catch anything, so they were eventually swapped out for the Berkley Flicker Minnow 11s. The outside bait ran at 100 back, the middle board at 70, and the inside board at 60. All three of these would catch a few fish, too.
Two dipsies ran off each corner, with the inside set on the zero setting, and the outside rods running dipsies on the three setting, with spoons, shallow Hit Sticks, and Ripplin Redfin’s. Dialing it in, three rods would end up running the smaller BadMo Arrow spoons in the green and black (silver back), and one white bodied Ripplin Redfin ran on one of the three settings.
The zero settings with spoons caught at 36 to 47 back. The three settings caught at 50 to 80 back. Most of the fish were caught on the dipsies.
When we ran out of marks, I turned the boat around to head back west. The SOG was 2.3 while the Fish Hawk showed 1.9-2.0mph, going that direction. We picked away at them until they caught their limits, and two of mine… then, around noon, the bite slowed for us. We fished for another hour, when they decided they wanted to get back, so they could get the fish cleaned before heading home.
We had a great time out there, and they were very happy with the 20 fish in the cooler, since I didn’t have real high hopes of a good bite, since all the reports I had received from the two days before weren’t that great.
I had fished with James and Chris back in 2020, and that day we had only gone 11 for 15, but they had a great time that day, too, so I knew they were the positive kind of anglers, and no matter what happened, it would be a good day on the water.
Luckily, though, we beat that day, and put more fish in the cooler for their fish fry efforts. James couldn’t have been happier. Chris was a great “first mate”, and Schmitty, who had never caught a walleye before, is now hooked and wants to bring some other friends out here to go fishing with me, too….and, that makes me happy! 🙂
This was the last customer trip of the season, unless a forecast shows nice weather coming in, because I have a few that I can call last minute, if they want to get out.
Otherwise, I’ll be doing a little Fall Walleye Brawling, and Walleye Slamming with Jen and Matt for the rest of the month.
Stay tuned….
Capt Juls
Originally, the forecast was for the wind to settle down around 8am, but when I went out on the back deck with my coffee at 3am, the wind had already died down to a whopping 3mph. The temp was 46 degrees, so I knew it was going to be a nice day…other than some expected rain showers from time to time throughout the morning.
My boat is in heated storage now, so I had to go across town to get her. I dropped Alfie off at my friend, Jen’s house first, so he could spend the day with his brother Ozzie, and his girlfriends, Buoy and Sunny, while I worked. I didn’t want him spending the day alone, now that is big brother, Dexter has passed over the Rainbow Bridge. So, thank you, Jen and Matt, for taking care of him. 🙂
I got to the building a little early, so I could organize some things, before hitting the water. I hit the gas station to gas her up and get some ice for the cooler, before heading over to Mazurik’s to meet my crew at 8:45. They were already there, when I arrived, so the day was already off to a good start.
We launched at 9am and after the big motor warmed up to temp, we headed off to the east side of Kelly’s. I hadn’t been walleye fishing for quite some time, because all of my last trips the past month and a half were perch trips, so it was just a matter of driving until I marked some fish.
We found “some marks” at the 32/27 line, but they weren’t stacked, like we often see in some people’s photos of their electronics, where it becomes “As fast as you can reel”, but more scattered. We decided to give it a try.
The Terrova was deployed, and the baby Merc engaged, and a NE heading was set at a speed of 1.8-2.0 mph. The Fish Hawk showed that the surface temp of 53.4 was the same as the temp down at 15 feet. The SOG was also the same going in that direction.
The port side was set up with 3 white bodied bandits, running behind Off Shore boards. The outside board ran at 120 back (unassisted), the middle board at 80, and the inside board at 60. All three would catch a fish or two.
The starboard side started out running the new Berkley Deep Hit Sticks with the same leads, but didn’t catch anything, so they were eventually swapped out for the Berkley Flicker Minnow 11s. The outside bait ran at 100 back, the middle board at 70, and the inside board at 60. All three of these would catch a few fish, too.
Two dipsies ran off each corner, with the inside set on the zero setting, and the outside rods running dipsies on the three setting, with spoons, shallow Hit Sticks, and Ripplin Redfin’s. Dialing it in, three rods would end up running the smaller BadMo Arrow spoons in the green and black (silver back), and one white bodied Ripplin Redfin ran on one of the three settings.
The zero settings with spoons caught at 36 to 47 back. The three settings caught at 50 to 80 back. Most of the fish were caught on the dipsies.
When we ran out of marks, I turned the boat around to head back west. The SOG was 2.3 while the Fish Hawk showed 1.9-2.0mph, going that direction. We picked away at them until they caught their limits, and two of mine… then, around noon, the bite slowed for us. We fished for another hour, when they decided they wanted to get back, so they could get the fish cleaned before heading home.
We had a great time out there, and they were very happy with the 20 fish in the cooler, since I didn’t have real high hopes of a good bite, since all the reports I had received from the two days before weren’t that great.
I had fished with James and Chris back in 2020, and that day we had only gone 11 for 15, but they had a great time that day, too, so I knew they were the positive kind of anglers, and no matter what happened, it would be a good day on the water.
Luckily, though, we beat that day, and put more fish in the cooler for their fish fry efforts. James couldn’t have been happier. Chris was a great “first mate”, and Schmitty, who had never caught a walleye before, is now hooked and wants to bring some other friends out here to go fishing with me, too….and, that makes me happy! 🙂
This was the last customer trip of the season, unless a forecast shows nice weather coming in, because I have a few that I can call last minute, if they want to get out.
Otherwise, I’ll be doing a little Fall Walleye Brawling, and Walleye Slamming with Jen and Matt for the rest of the month.
Stay tuned….
Capt Juls
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11/4 report
We fought the mess out of the Huron ramp. Parking was terrible with many parking on the grass. They were ticketing trucks not in parking spots. If you have options, I would recommend some other ramp. Vermillion is good if you can get under the bridge.
We fished north of Cranberry. We marked fish everywhere but did not start consistently catching until 33ft. We ended with a triple limit (18), with most in the low 20s. All were fat and thick, they are good looking fish. We also had a nice chunky bonus steelhead.
The best Bandit color was Taco Salad. Best leads were 70 to 80 unassisted. Speed was 1.3 to 1.7
South Passage Walleye
Any reports from the South Passage or around Kelley’s Island. Really don’t want to launch out of Huron and battle all the boats. Thanks in Advance.
Halloween Walleye report
We fished NW of Cedar Point to Huron. Surface temps were 47 but temp 5 feet down was 56. Water was dirty inside but cleaned up over 40ft. Fish were stacked around 45 ft.
Spro Madeye 120s out fished Bandits again today. White was once again the best color. We trolled at 2.0 mph in a NE direction with the wind. Best leads were 70 to 80.