When we arrived at Barcelona for my first ever trip there, the locals told us the lake had recently flipped over. We had some interesting experiences. There were dozens if not hundreds of carp dead or near dead floating on the surface. All over the protected harbor and at the I let to it.

Out front of the harbor in 60-80 FOW the surface temp was 64-65 degrees. The walleyes were inactive there all morning and I caught only 5. The fish were all 10-20 feet down.

At 11:30 I told the boys it was time to make a significant move. We went out to 100 feet and looked around and no marks.

I headed west 4-5 miles and we found lots of fish in 80-100 FOW. They were 20-35 feet down so I felt good about that. The water surface temp was 72 there. We caught 13 keepers in less than 2 hours.

I don't have a fish hawk vut I do know the trout and salmon guys rely heavily on finding thermoclines. It matters to walleyes also.

I'm still learning every time I go out on Mother Erie. Sometimes it seems easy for me and sometimes not so much.