Fishing with the Johnson's 5/23/14
Started the morning off by picking up Bob and Lee Ann Johnson up at their hotel in town at 6:15. As is normal, I stopped off at Hi Way Bait to pick up some fresh crawlers and some ice for the cooler.
We hit the ramp at Mazurik's at 6:45 and headed to Scott's Point. There were already a bunch of boats on top of that spot by the time we got there, so we set up northwest of them and headed SE, but stayed to the outside of them. We picked up two fish there, and moved to get away from all the boats. I headed north to make a pass from the mid point between Starve and American Eagle and we set lines.
Today was super easy, since Lee Ann and Bob are avid anglers, but fish mostly for Salmon, so they knew the lingo and were comfortable in the boat.
The wind was down when we launched, but it kept picking up as the morning went on. By the time we finished that second pass the waves were easily 2-4's with the occasional 5 thrown in for good measure.
Looking at my wind app, I assured them that the winds would be dying down as the day went on, and lucky for us they started dying before they were shown to. Yay! It turned out to be a gorgeous day on the water, and we enjoyed it very much.
We ended up with their limit and a few fish for my walleye chowder and it was time to go in.
1oz inlines 39-41 back and the #2 Tadpoles 25-27 back was best.
Pink Panties, Monica, and Bugsy's gold blade with the lavendar underside with the three orange dots did most of the catching. Larry Lambert's double willow leaf harnesses did some damage too. Speed was 1.4-1.7mph.
Took their fish to Bomba's, and then took them to my favorite food truck, "Sumpthing Fishy" over in Marblehead to get some perch tacos while we waited for their fish to be cleaned. I took them back to get their fish, and was surprised to learn that Bomba's is charging .80 cents a pound to clean walleye, while most other places in town are only charging .50 cents. Sigh...I can't win with these fish cleaners...lol
Next time, no fooling around, I'm going to Bay's Edge with the fish.
They were very happy with their adventure today and want to come back again next year.....and, that made me very happy. :)
Well, I'll be back at it for the next three days...so, stay tuned!
