Hi all. My first trip this year. Had a great trip other then the boat limping badly under power as soon as we left the dock. Horrible vibration and tons of unburned fuel vapor. So... it'll go back to my man who winterized it very soon to see what happened.

Anyway....left the dock at LSP Thursday night at 7pm. Still really shallow there getting out at only 2-3 FOW. Went pretty much straight North and stopped at 45 fow and there were fish everywhere. Fished out to 55 fow. It was flat calm. 2 of us limited in 1.5 hours. The fish as some of you friends here told me were hungry but on the smaller end. 15-18 inches.

Day two we had another guy join us but he didn't show up til late afternoon. We got our 18 in about 3-4 hours combined trips with lines in the water. I was searching new water for bigger fish that day. I started in 55 and we marked pretty consistently all the way to 68 then nothing so turned around. Way better grade of fish. 18 inch up through a 24. One fish Ohio at 29 inches which was thrilling for us! Flat water again.

Yesterday was tougher. We didn't hit the dock until 10 am. Fished 50-68 FOW. Man It was hot as heck the first two days but the truck showed 100 degrees yesterday at 4 pm. Fish the first two days were mostly 30-50 feet down. Yesterday they were higher at 15-35 feet down until the waves kicked up then they dropped back down. It got rough and whitecaps after noon. We struggled more. Tons of fish that weren't biting. New guy was seasick and puking for the last 3 hours. Got our 18 in 5 hours.

Best speeds overall was 2.2 to 2.4 mph SOG with calm waters. On the last day with the 2+ foot waves behind me had to go up to 2.8-3.0 mph.

All bandits. Color really didn't matter. Purple, white, chartreuse painted baits and some multicolored chrome and gold chrome. I caught some fish unassisted at 100 feet back on the last day. Overall though I ran 5 oz snaps at 50 feet and 90-130 feet total line out. The best were 130 and 100.

Hope this helps someone and thank you all that help me. If I forgit to mention anything, just ask.

Tight lines to ya!