Kelly's or Huron this weekend?

Long time lurker making my first post. Looking for some feedback for the weekend trip up for walleyes.

Making the drive up this weekend and it's about the same amount drive time to hit Mazuriks or Huron for me. I have not fished out of Huron yet, so a little nervous fishing a new spot, but it's also how you learn right? Seems like the dumping ground is a good starting point going out of Huron?

Or do I stick with east side / north side of Kelly's and fish around the shoals?

For all of you seasoned fishermen/ women what would you do?

Appreciate any feedback.

if i was you i would launch out of mazuriks and fish between cedar point dump and huron dump around 40 fow

the area fisherman 2 is where Capt Porkchop fished last weekend.That info is on the thread below yours.Sure you read it already.That would be a good place to start.With the blow we had Sunday could have water clarity and grass problems.The satellite view from today shows north of Kellies still good,but by weekend,may not be.Either Mazuriks or Huron would be good to launch out of.Sure there will be a lot of boats out this weekend with favorable wind forcast for Saturday and Sunday and warm.

Thank you gentlemen appreciate the info. Yes I did read the report from last weekend, which is what prompted me to think about fishing over in that area. However without ever fishing the area was just looking for a little more specifics. I will fish between the two dumping grounds and see how it goes. I sure hope the grass isn't bad, fished one time a few weeks ago and it ruined the outing, spent more time clearing grass then I did catching fish.

Also thanks for the reminder on the satellite photos, I had forgotten about using them for water clarity.

Appreciate it!

This is such great info. I am making my first November trip for walleye this Thursday 11/12. I plan on launching out of Sandusky. I am fairly new to fishing the islands as well. Driving up from Columbus. What are the dumping grounds and how deep should I start to troll and/or jig? I have jigging raps and hair jigs. Colors and any advice would be so appreciated. I operate group homes 24/7 for people with developmental disabilities and needed a outlet to get my mind off of COVID. I suck at golf, so I picked up fishing about 3 years ago. It has been so helpful. The experts on this site have been awesome - it truly has helped me cached a few big walleyes. I caught a 29 inch walleye off of Marblehead in May jigging. I thought I had a snag. What a rush!! Would love to catch a few more on Thursday. Let me know your thoughts when anyone as a moment. Thank you again! Stokes

When someone posts they are planning to fish on a specific day this late in season,usually means they will be unable to fish due to poor conditions.Forcast seams to be holding out with this stable weather pattern we're in right now for Thursday so you might get out.Not many posting due to fall brawl.A lot of people fished this weekend and not many posts.The most productive way to catch now is trolling with crankbsit and bandits are the favorite of most right now.The jigs catch fish in spring but water too warm for them now.The Huron dump and cedar point dump are close to Sandusky and good areas to catch right now.The dumps are a designated area of lake where they dump dredged material from rivers.They are usually a few feet shallower than surrounding area and sometimes fish relate to that,but fishermen relate to the dumps more due to being a specific location.From few posts I've read,seams the depth of bite not only varies from day to day but also within same day.Juls has a good post on this site from yesterday regarding leads of bandits with and without weights.I would start with the leads she posted and find out what catches and change other rods to that lead too.Hope you are using inline boards.Remember....longest leads on outside boards and if using weights keep them all on same side or inside boards.Never try to pull a weighted crank on outside board over an unweighted inside crank.Good luck.

Thanks so much for the information Bob. I will read Juls post and others also. Very helpful. I do have plenty of bandits and crankbaits. I think I read chrome is a good color pattern to use. I also have been watching the weather forecast and so far so good for Thursday. Oh - I have boards and used in the spring. Thanks again.

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Thanks so much for the information Bob. I will read Juls post and others also. Very helpful. I do have plenty of bandits and crankbaits. I think I read chrome is a good color pattern to use. I also have been watching the weather forecast and so far so good for Thursday. Oh - I have boards and used in the spring. Thanks again.

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Great info above, I did go out last friday and fished between the dumping grounds in 40-41 fow. 100' back no wts caught most of our fish (puts you about 20' down). Make sure you drive around a bit once you get out there and look for good marks before setting up (learned this the hard way). Anyway tons of fish out there now and they are all fat. Good luck....I'm going out again tomorrow.

Thanks

Thank you Mojo. Can't wait to get out there. I think I have all I need and I printed out all of the instructions from Bob and Juls. Really great information. I am really starting to love fishing more and more. Gets my mind off of work. Appreciate all of the help, this is a great forum. I hope you caught a lot of fish yesterday. Bubba

Capt Sam fished off vermilion for several days too and he has great info on leads,speed and lures on this site.Windsurf is forcasting NE wind Thurs but light enough as of now to fish if your boat big enough.If you get out be sure to post.

Great - thanks Bob. I will search for his post. I have a 18' 7" Tracker with a kicker and two Garmins. I saw that the winds will be between 5 mph and 8 mph. I should be ok if the waves are what they are predicting. My buddy wants to also seek out some smallies, we plan on hitting the road at 5:30 am and spend the entire day on the water. I have been getting everything ready. Hard to work... thinking about it. Thanks again for the info. Gives me more confidence going up there. : )

Info under capt porkchop.Iwindsurf has wind at 13mph out NNE at 7am diminishing to 10mph by afternoon.So will have solid 3ft waves out there early.

I am looking at Marblehead for tomorrow and this is what it is saying - is this accurate or should plan to see 3 footers tomorrow morning?

That didn't come out right.. :mad: I am seeing 0.7 to .03 waves 2 minutes apart. Winds starting out at 9 mph to 8 mph most of the day. Should I drive to a different area of the lake tomorrow that is more wind/wave friendly or because it is blowing NE, there really isn't a better place. ???

I will be up there tomorrow fishing out of Maziurks. I think the forecast will be good tomorrow might be alittle bumpy in the morning but forecast to lay down as the day goes on. Just take it slow on the drive out to the dumping grounds it's about 6 miles from Maziurks. Good luck looking forward to your report.

Good news IWindsurf just downgraded wind forcast for tomorrow.Got 10mph out NNE at 7am and then 7mph out NE at 10am thru 1pm and back up to 10mph at 4pm.Nowhere to hide from north or NE wind off Huron.

Perfect! Thanks I just picked up some snap on weights at Cabelas and a few more Bandits. I am seeing on my map that the dumping grounds are south of Kellys, east of Marblehead. A large area - that is where I will start looking for fish. Leaving around 5:30 am, I hope I can sleep. Will post an update Thanks again Bob..

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Originally Posted by mojo

Long time lurker making my first post. Looking for some feedback for the weekend trip up for walleyes.

Making the drive up this weekend and it's about the same amount drive time to hit Mazuriks or Huron for me. I have not fished out of Huron yet, so a little nervous fishing a new spot, but it's also how you learn right? Seems like the dumping ground is a good starting point going out of Huron?

Or do I stick with east side / north side of Kelly's and fish around the shoals?

For all of you seasoned fishermen/ women what would you do?

Appreciate any feedback.

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6 miles north of CranberryCreek...nice school. Bandits 100-120 unassisted

Those dumping grounds you are referring to is the cedar point dump.Straight north of cedar point and just east of Marblehead.The Huron dump is off Huron and where Capt Porkchop caught well was east of Huron nearer to Vermillion.But there are fish all over that area so good luck.

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Originally Posted by HawgHunter

6 miles north of CranberryCreek...nice school. Bandits 100-120 unassisted

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Thanks for the info appreciate it! What depth of water?

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Originally Posted by mojo

Thanks for the info appreciate it! What depth of water?

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Can’t go wrong with 36-38fow straight out of huron or Cranberry Creek. Cedar point dump, I’d be looking for 40 fow. Most speeds have been around 1.8, leads anywhere from 30-120 back, chrome colors.

Yes speeds 1.8-2.0 and colors white based,chrome and green.

Thanks Bob for all of the help/advice this week. We did get out and started trolling east of the Dumping Grounds south of Kellys. We trolled for about 3 hours before hitting some smallmouth action. We were marking a lot of schools between 20 and 38 feet but only caught 2 walleye. We mixed up the colors, slowed down to 1.7 mph and then sped up to 2.5 mph. We used snap-ons with 2 oz weights but could not get a lot of bites, not sure why. The good news is that the 1 walleye we did catch was huge - 32 inches and it weighed 11 pounds. My friend slowly muscled it in over 15 minutes. It was 100 ft back and we caught her on a Neon Shad Bandit, no weights. 42 ft of water. Biggest walleye I ever seen. I attached a picture. Gorgeous day yesterday and the waves were not a problem at all. We also caught a few smallmouths. We had a blast - thank you again. Attachment 6657

Bubba thats a great fish and glad you found a couple. I should have gotten your phone number , as we were out there too. We checked the area you fished but did not see a lot marks so we moved further east about 6-8 miles further out in front of Huron. There was a big school of fish out there and the action was hot until about noon. Great fish glad you had some success!

Mojo

I'm sitting in a tree stand hunting now.Wow...nice fish.Quality over quantity.A lot of guys in brawl would have loved to catch that fish.Congratulations

We were wondering where all the boats went. Next year for sure. This is my 2nd season walleye fishing. It was a lot of fun. I am upgrading my boat and will be ready for the early spring. I am going to try for some steelhead late November and in early December. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know. Have fun Bob, I hope you get a nice buck. Thanks Mojo - it was a fish of a lifetime. The fight and anticipation not knowing what kind of fish we had was beyond words. I netted her really fast once I saw how big she was... thanks for all of the help. Without you guys, we don't catch that fish. Thank you.

Hey Mojo now I know your boat. We were the black Lund talking to you guys at Mazuriks. Will be back out Saturday, probably E and NE kelleys again.

Great! Nice meeting you guys and chatting. We did end up finding a guy to clean our fish, Cutters fish cleaning in Port Clinton. He did a great job and charged $.50 a lb. My wife was super happy I didn't make a huge mess at home doing it myself.

We may come back up again but probably won't be until next week. Good luck Saturday, and if you want I can pull numbers off my Simard unit where we were fishing. There was big school over there, probably would be best to launch from Huron if you go, it was 15 miles from Mazuriks.

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Hey Mojo now I know your boat. We were the black Lund talking to you guys at Mazuriks. Will be back out Saturday, probably E and NE kelleys again.

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Great on finding a fish cleaning place still open. I am stubborn on launching local with hopes of finding fish but thanks on the numbers offer. We found a lot of walleyes too east of Kelleys but they shut down also later in day, as we discussed.. Yes I'm sure we will meet again. That boat got my attention. Nice fishing boat. Channel 79
Island Troller... Al