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Hey was wondering if anyone is having any luck out of huron? I was out today west of dump. Didn’t mark any fish hardly at all. Is it the weather ? Just curious. Thanks for any thoughts

Sorry for the late report.
I did some fun fishing off S Bass with a friend while Capt. Christy stayed in.

It was a little bumpy to start but the bite was hot and heavy early. The bite slowed way down around mid day and the waves started to build.

We were steadily catching and releasing mid 20s with doubles common. We trolled Bandits 80 to 100 back. All colors caught but Sea Sick Frog was best catching 6. Our best fish was 25.5 inches.

We had this area pretty much to our selves for a couple weeks but it was starting to get moderately crowded as others start working the area. Water temps dropped from 56 to 48 degrees.

We started trolling at 1.8 but had to bump it up to 2.0 as things slowed.

We called it early when the waves started building.

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Jen and I, put 12 nice eaters in the box in an hour and a half this morning…good steady bite.

Blue/chrome DHJ14 30/30 with 2oz was hot…as was the Bill Lewis black headed wonderbread at 60 back unassisted.

The Spro Madeye 120 (color is Marvin) at 98 and 105 took several fish too.

Speed was 1.8-1.9

31-36’ of water by starve island.

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Another beautiful day on the big E. We once again fished the Western Basin. Todays guests from Michigan were not in the Brawl and just wanted freezer fish.

We worked males off East of the islands in 30 ft of water for a quick and easy 24 of 20-24 inchers. We did have one 7.5 pounder but the rest were smaller. The wind was light and the water temps were mid 50s. We trolled faster today at 2.1 mph.

All color Bandits caught but white was best. We caught from 40 to 120 back unassisted. No white bass or sheep today.

We will be ashore until after Thanksgiving.

I have a 115 and am interested in controlling my speed easier. Its the yamaha variable control switch.

My what a beautiful day on the Western Basin. It was so nice to get back fishing close to home. Warmer, sunny, with just a ripple on the surface. And catching solid Eyes almost non stop.

We fished 10 minutes or less from Mazuricks. We concentrated on the deeper water close to night feeding spots. 40 ft of water or more close to shallows.

We had surface temps in the mid 50s. The fish were hitting throughout the water column, on almost every bait. Best speed was 1.7 doing turns (inside or out). We had several foul hooks. We caught on almost every bait we pulled from 40 to 120 back and on the riggers 30-35 down.

The clear winner was once again Bandit Fruit Dots in deep and shallow models. Whites, Blue Chrome, and Perch were all great colors. P10s on the riggers also produced well.

We had one triple and several doubles. We limited quick so were catch and releasing for most of the afternoon. We had a couple 6s and one 8 we released along with a bunch of under 20s.

It was one of those special days were everything came together.

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

Can any of you locals tell me when the jig bite starts for the big girls. Thanks in advance

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.

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.