Fishing with Gary, Matthew, and Milo...7/2/2026

[Capt Juls]

I had gone to bed earlier than usual and slept until 1 a.m. The dogs and I went out to the back deck to check the weather forecast for the day. The air was thick and muggy, and the air temp was already 81 degrees. The sky was partly cloudy. The wind was less than 10mph out of the SW.

Thankfully, Gary told me he and the boys would meet me early at the Huron ramp. I had told him 5:15, because of how dark it still is at 5am, but they showed up at 4:50, so we waited around and chatted a little before launching.

Matthew is 13 years old, and Milo is 10. Both looked like fishermen to me, so I was looking forward to the morning. Gary is their grandpa, and has his own 22' boat, but it's in the shop right now, and he wanted to get the boys out on the water, so he hired me. I'm glad he did, too! Those boys were awesome in the boat!

Matthew played "First Mate" after a quick refresher course on setting dipsies. He's run them before, but it's been a little while, and it didn't take very long for him to start doing it on his own.

Milo, he was watching the rods like a Hawk and was often the first one to the rod. He did great with both the dipsies and the boards. He didn't set any boards, but his brother did. He did set the dipsies, though. I was really impressed by both of them.
Grandpa takes them fishing a lot.

We headed out of the Huron River at 5:15 and headed back to the same area I have been fishing the past two weeks....but, it's expanding. There are fish in close and out by the dump, and deeper, so there's a lot of water to choose from to catch fish.

We ran the same program I've been running over there the past two weeks.

Two dipsies off each back corner... the inside rod is set on zero, and the longer outside rod is set on the three setting. Leads were the zero setting at 25 and 27 back, in shallower water (24-25'). and then dropped to 33 and 47 back over 39'-42' of water.

The three settings started at 47 and 50 back, then dropped to 64 and 72 back over deeper water.

Speed was 2.5-2.9 on the FishHawk.

We caught fish going from directions south to north, west to east, and north to south. The bite was best very early, and as the sun got higher, the bite slowed down for us, but it was still steady enough to keep it fun.

The Bill Lewis PWC Lites did fantastic behind the Off Shore boards this morning, too. I only ran two boards per side; even though I could have run 4, I wanted to keep it simple for the boys, and it worked out.
I started out with the PWCs on the starboard side and the Flicker Minnow 11s on the port side, but took the Flickers off eventually and replaced them with more PWCs.

The best lead for the PWC Lites was 50/30 and 50/35 with a 2oz snap weight. The best colors were the "Purple Tiger" and "Green Tiger". I ended up running 3 Purple Tigers and 1 Green Tiger. All of them were catching fish. The larger fish came on the cranks over the spoons, though.

It was a beautiful morning to be on the water. We caught fish and got off the water before it got too hot out.
They all said they had a great time, and that makes me happy!
Spending time with their Grandpa, and doing fun stuff...that's what it's all about. Memories made.

Tomorrow...hmmmm...
Well, at this point in time, I may or may not have a trip tomorrow. I'm waiting at the moment for a decision from them.

If I don't have a trip, friends want me to go with them, so I'll be fishing either way.

Stay tuned....

Capt Juls