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I saw the report that the docks went in a couple weeks back at Catawba. Good news.

Anyone know if they are also in at Mazurik’s? Also, when will they open the fish cleaning station there? Am considering going this weekend.

Thanks in advance.

Please discuss water clarity, such as how far down can you see in Dirty water, decent colored water and clear water? What do you look for? Thanks

I am starting a video Blog this year that will highlight tackle tips and techniques and how I use them to catch walleye and perch on Lake Erie. I will also be doing weekly reports on the fishing from the week and how and what we have been using to catch the fish. If you have a subject you would like covered to receive detailed information on let me know and I will work it into the mix.

Thanks captain Sam “Pork Chop”

Started out trolling NE in 52 ft of water out of hot waters. Started fishing about 3:30pm. Finished up with a 3 man limit around 7:00 pm. Speed was 1.3 to 1.7. We ran bandits off the right side 120 unassisted, 50/50 with 2 oz snap weight, and 50/70 with 2 oz snap weight. On the left side, we ran 110 unassisted, 50/40 with 2 oz snap weight, and 50/60 with 2 oz snap weight. The unassisted rods took bigger fish with the inside rods taking mostly 19-23 inch males. Taco salad, wonder bread, and blue shiner all produced. Taco salad took half of the fish. What a great evening on the lake with a great group of guys!

Things are really heating up in Mi waters right now. Find the green water and they will be there. Especially if it’s a bit warmer there. Painted baits in the morning, chromes later in the sun. 25-35 back in 14-16 fow. 1.4-1.7 mph.

BTW, I added a new Spring Promo to my website. Buy 10 catalog baits and get 2 more free.

See you at the ramp!

Mike (aka Slimshady)

What are the chances that they hit a harness/nightcrawler/weight forward spinner this time of year while drifting? Anybody do that when they are tired of trolling?

With the unusually warm weather, I am wondering from you locals if you have experienced anything like this in regards to the early arrival of spring and the affects for early May fishing. We will arrive on Mothers Day through the following week. One of my partners suggested we change our dates to April. The thought was that things could possibly be not as good in May compared to April based on this weather pattern. My thought is it would not make a huge difference, but would like to hear from people with more experience, I don’t want to make a lot of changes in the schedule if it isn’t necessary. Thanks for the replies in advance.

Fished 2 1/2 days and we started about a mile north of the dump. Fished back and forth about 5 miles East and then back west. We limited each day with several fish over 7#. Water depth for us started at 44-45 but last day it was 39-41. Best speed was 1.4-1.5 for us (SOG) with a few fish while on turns. Sunspot by far the best bandit at 100 back. The deep fish seemed inactive other than a few. We also did well on blue and black headed wonderbread and a few fish on blue chrome on the first day. We were done by the time the sun came out on day 3 so unsure how that changed things up.

Thank you to my new friends who we networked with us out there. It helped me a lot as the fish on day #1 were more scattered and not biting. It was better fishing shallower and to the east. I had a significant phone issue yesterday morning, so was off the grid yesterday.

Launched from Catabwa right about sunrise saturday morning. Water was around 36 degrees and as calm and flat as it gets. Beautiful day to be on the water. Headed out to the southeast of south bass and checked the deeper water there in the “hole”. Didnt have great marks so moved around looking for fish. Just northeast of there the graph was lit up but too small of marks to walleye? I’m not certain on that. Kept heading north intending to go around to the north of kelley and check the 40ft plus waters. Got some decent marks in around 30 FOW between kelley and south bass so we decided to set up and give it a shot. Fishing was decent considering the amount of fish on graph. Trolled with the wind 1.6-1.8 on helix. 1.3-1.5 on fishhawk. We caught some really nice fish, most in the 22-25 range. Ran Bandits unassisted 80-120 back. Sunspot? I believe, taco salad and the blue firetiger seemed to bring in the most fish. My wife was along and her mom was looking after the kids so we were on a time schedule and had to leave just before noon. Ended with 13 Nice fish. Had a great time and a safe trip which is always the number 1 priority. Thanks to all of you whom share your knowledge on this forum, it has helped me greatly though I still have a lot to learn.

Woke up early, and did the usual morning routine, before heading to the building where my boat is staying warm and dry, to pick her up.

Eric was on his second day of fishing with me, and was right on time, when I picked him up at 6AM. We hit the gas station for ice, and off we went to Mazurik’s.


We launched at 6:30… and, while I waited for Eric to park the truck, the morning darkness was lifting, allowing me to see that the sky was full of clouds. I was hopeful, that after two days of cloud coverage at night, that the fish would be hungry, and biting, this morning. The air temp was 46 degrees. The wind forecast was for less than 10mph out of the south.


We took a right turn outside the break wall, and headed east. We started where we left off yesterday, and the Helix was still showing good marks, but they were really low to the bottom, as compared to yesterday.
We decided to give it a go, so the Terrova and the baby Merc were deployed and set to work together at a speed of 1.7-1.8 mph SOG (FishHawk was showing 1.3-1.4mph).


Eric ran the Bandits that were working yesterday, behind Off Shore boards at 70, 60, and 50 back, unassisted, and I ran some P-10s with 2oz snap weights at 45/45, 35/35, and 25/25.
(For those new to snap weights and are reading this for the first time, the numbers mean that you let out 45 feet of line and attach the snap weight…then, let out another 45 feet of line (total 90), and attach the planer board.)


We caught 4 nice eaters in that area, but it was slower than yesterday. Capt Bobby Greene told me that he had good marks where he was (4 miles from me…sorry, it wasn’t my spot, so I can’t give that up), so we picked up, and made the move over.


We picked a few, and figured out that the Green Clown P-10 at 35/35 was something they wanted, so I loaded up all three rods on my side with them, and we caught 5 on that color. Eric’s side was slow, so I dug out more P-10s and gave him a Chrome Marvin, Chrome Perch, and Blue Chrome. The Chrome Marvin and the Perch caught 3 more. We were done at 9:45.


Water temp was 36.6 degrees over 37-38 feet of water today.


We headed in after we caught our limits, so Eric could get an early start back to Nebraska. He said he had a great time and learned a lot, so that makes me happy!


Saturday, I’ll be at the Huron Fishing Expo, along with a couple other Capts, doing a Q&A panel at 1pm, so if you’re not doing anything Saturday…come on out! 🙂


I’m off until next Sunday and Monday, if Mother Nature lets us get out after them again. Fingers crossed!


Stay tuned….


Capt Juls

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