Originally Posted by
Capt Juls
Craig won this trip at the South Shore Marine Charity Event, this past April. We initially had a spring date set, but good old Mother Nature decided to blow, so we rescheduled. It would happen one more time, on the alternate date they had picked in early summer, so we waited until Fall. The first fall date was a blow day, too. We were scheduled to go yesterday, but again...it blew. I told Craig that today was the only option left. I told him, "Due to the weather coming in, I'm not running any later this season.
I need to clean up my Vexus, and get her on the market. I'm only cleaning it to showroom clean, once, so I'm done for this season.
I got to Mazurik's 45 minutes early, this morning. I asked them to meet me there at 7:15, since sunrise is at 7:32. But, while I was getting the boat ready, I realized my FishHawk was back at home, in the "Fishing Room". Aaarrrgghh!
I had cleaned the house last week, and moved it from its seasonal home on my desk, to the room.
I sent Craig a text, telling him that I was at the ramp, but had to run home, and would be back asap. I made it back at 7:17, so there was still plenty of time before we launched, so I got the boat ready again.
We headed towards the SE corner of Kelly's, where I had seen loads of walleye this past Friday, while perch fishing. The wind was out of the WSW at around 9mph, when we launched, but would pick up after we set up. The waves were 1-3s all morning.
The water temp was 48.7 degrees with mud, tight inside. We didn't have to go far offshore to find cleaner water. The marks were decent, so the FishHawk, Terrova and Baby Merc were deployed, and set on a course to the ENE at 2.0mph.
These three friends all fish together, and know how to troll already. They also use Off Shore boards and dipsies, so my job was quite easy today....and, that made me happy! :)
The dipsies were targeting 18-24 feet down in the water column, running two spoons and two Yaleye shallow divers in the "Baby Walleye" color, on each side. The walleye hit the cranks twice, and the spoons, once. The rest of the fish came on Bandits, a Dead Eye, and Bill Lewis PWCs (big ones), behind the Off Shore boards. I had smaller profile baits on for a while and they did nothing, so they came off.
I don't know the names of the colors other than the Red Headed Wonder Bread (Dead Eye), but the hot color was a Bandit with three sections/two colors....the head and tail were Chartreuse, and the middle was dark purple, with two dots on the side. (I think there's a picture of it in the post) 120 back unassisted was best. Other leads that caught were 110, 100, and 90.
The starboard side was slow, while the port side caught most of the fish. The starboard side caught only two...maybe, three.
We only ended up with 17 walleye and one big sheephead, for our efforts in that area. But, they really didn't need the fish...Craig said he wanted to learn some tips and tricks, but I don't know if I taught him anything, because they all seemed quite adept, and fished pretty much like I do. :)
It was a good day on the lake, and a good day to end my season. The cold weather is coming in by the end of the week. For those of you still going out....good luck and be safe! No one wants to lose a family member during the holidays.
Happy Thanksgiving! ;)
Capt Juls
