Taking Charter out of Wild Wings May 9+10
Hello All,
I am an Eerie virgin. I've booked a Charter on "Eerie Drifter" with Captain Tom Straus for May 9th and 10th. Captain Tom and his boat was on the cover of Great Lakes Angler Magazine a few months back; you may have seen it. Anyways I am very anxious about getting out on Eerie for some serious walleye action. We will be leaving out of Wild Wings Marina. Cap'n Tom says the bite should really be on in the next couple of weeks. The plan is to drift fish and make casts near "The Cans".
I primarily fish walleye/sauger in my local river "The Kaskaskia" and my primary bait is a jig and twister tail or crank bait (wally diver, shad rap, f-13 husky jerks). The water here is not deep 8' avg in spring 4'-6' in summer.
My questions are:
Will the bite be on for Mother's Day weekend?
What depth of water will we most likely be fishing?
What kind of baits will we be throwing?
Also a few questions about liscensing. I have checked the regs and did not see anything about a great lakes salmon stamp required for the taking of Trout or Salmon. I have fished Lake Michigan for the past five years and I know a Great Lakes Salmon Stamp is required to take any Trout or Salmon. Is this something that is unique to Lake Michigan? Or did I overlook the regulation in the guidebook? The reason I aski is that the Charter we booked guarantees a full 8hrs fishing. If we limit out early, as I have read in some of the reports, we may go after some Rainbows, or maybe some catch and release Smallies (I do know they are illegal to keep while we will be there).
I appreciate any help.
Thanks,
Waugeye.