Fishing 6/16/14 with Kevin, Eric, and Skip

[Capt Juls]

sometimes is good stress relief just to go out there and do exactly what you fellas did, experiment, wasn't about the numbers but about the different methodologies you use to come up with them.
I can't say I'm looking forward to those nasty black flies, I noticed the hatch almost two weeks ago and they hatch to everything they can cling to that floats out there on the lake, much different than house flies .
I might suggest you get some dawn soap with bleach in it, scrub your boat while you fish and leave a light film on your boat, just enough where you don't slip and they hate that application, I was put on to it by a Florida fisherman that swears by it. We all need tips here to help one another out to make our experiences more enjoyable. Hope it helps and happy fishing!

Oh, BTW, I thought I was the only one that gets those cluster ***** out there fishing...lol

I'm not a "fella", but thanks for thinking of me as "one of the guys"...

I forgot about the Dawn soap trick. I used that last year, but had to keep reapplying it, because they kept sucking blood as soon as it was dry.

The Coppertone Sport 50 worked longer, but like everything else, it needs to be reapplied after some time.

Today was much better...lots of wind and no flies. woot! woot!

[Capt Juls]

What a beautiful day it was today! It was a lot nicer on the water than it was on land, that's for sure!


I picked my crew up this morning at 5:15 for the second day of our three day adventure. We hit Hi Way Bait for more crawlers and ice and then the gas station to top off the truck and boat.

We headed to Vermilion to launch, and I was hoping I hadn't forgotten how to get to that launch, because since they put that new fancy launch in at Huron, we never launched at Vermilion anymore. I had no problem remembering how to get to it. I forgot how easy it is to get there.

I'm glad we used Vermilion's launch, because the ride back at the end of their trip would have taken forever to get back, because the lake was flat when we went out, but it was churning up good 3-5's out where we were.

We started out at the Vermilion Dumping Grounds and picked up a few, but no monsters like I was hoping for...sigh. They were still a little better grade of walleye than we had caught yesterday, so it was cool.

We only caught 12 fish today, but they weighed the same as the 14 we had yesterday. We also caught one big catfish and a gazillion whites.

No flies today!! Yay! lol

One more day with these fun guys, and I think if the weather lets us go we will be west of North Bass tomorrow, or SSW of Rattlesnake. I'm still looking for their big fish of the trip, since we didn't get lucky today.

I have promoted Skip to "First Mate", since he's very helpful and did all fish bleeding today. I hate doing that, but I know it's best to do that, and throw them on ice. What can I say? It makes me kind of sad to do it. I know, I know...I'm a wuss. But, I didn't say I wouldn't do it, I just said, "It makes me sad". So, Skip volunteered to do it for me today. Thanks Skip!! Much appreciated!

Still pulling crawlers, so there's nothing new in that part of the report...same old same old.

Since I hadn't fished over that way in forever, I was happy they caught as many as they did. Also, knowing what the wind was going to do, I wasn't about to go out to the sandbar, or weather buoy, so don't even go there. lol

Well, time to go relax....that 3:30 alarm is going to be going off soon.

Stay tuned....

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[limitlypps]

I'm not a "fella", but thanks for thinking of me as "one of the guys"...

I forgot about the Dawn soap trick. I used that last year, but had to keep reapplying it, because they kept sucking blood as soon as it was dry.

The Coppertone Sport 50 worked longer, but like everything else, it needs to be reapplied after some time.

Today was much better...lots of wind and no flies. woot! woot!

I use "Skin so Soft" flies hate the stuff and it works like magic.

[Capt Juls]

I use "Skin so Soft" flies hate the stuff and it works like magic.

Thanks I'll try it. I know that horse handlers use it on their horses, so that might be a good one to try in the boat. Having soft skin would be a nice benefit too. lol

[limitlypps]

it kinda sounds like a feminine application and men don't gravitate to it so easily, but once you try the stuff its adios flies!