Fishing with Logan and Danielle...10/19/2024

[Capt Juls]

I wanted to sleep until 4am this morning, but Ella, my little piggy Pit Bull, decided that 2:30 was a better time for me to get up, and was relentless, so I gave in, and got up. We headed out to the back deck with dog treats and my much needed coffee, and was greeted with a warmer morning than the past two previous mornings.

The air temp was in the low 40s, the sky was clear, and the wind was calm. The plan today was to put the perch rods away, and head out of Huron for some Walleye. It's been over a month since I had chased the toothy critters, and thought it best to head to Huron, for the best chance at finding some willing to eat.


I picked Logan and Danielle up at the Whitecaps Motel at 6:45, and we headed into town, to hit the gas station for the usual staples, and then headed over to Huron to launch. We were on the water by 7:30. The ramp was pretty busy, but not crazy busy, so it was easy.


My plan was to use the last program I used when I was in Huron last, and just go out and find some marks on the Helix...set up...and start trolling. It worked...lol


Dipsies set on the zero setting started out at 40 back on the port side, and 50 on the starboard side, but eventually were dialed in at 43 on both sides. The two setting was set at 65 initially, but dialed in at 57, and the three setting was at 70 back the entire time.


We were fishing over 42 feet of water to start, and we were headed north, but the marks dried up as we went north, so we turned around and headed back south. Then, when I had to change course for another boat, and headed west, and we started catching pretty fast, so we stayed on that course, over 40 feet of water....until, we were forced to change direction again...and, headed east over the same line. The fish liked the other direction better though, so when we were able, we turned around and did that line again.


The Bill Lewis PWC Lites, behind the Off Shore boards, did the job.
The PWCs were running with 2 oz snap weights (weights on at the 50 mark) at 74, 80, 97, and 100 back.


Speed was 2.3-2.7mph on the FishHawk.


Logan and Danielle had never trolled with planer boards or dipsies before, so after a quick tutorial, Logan was helping set lines like he's done it before. I was pretty impressed with his level of common sense. I thought to myself, "This young man will go far in life".


We had one that broke the line at the tip of the rod, but luckily I had my hand on the line, to take the board off, when it happened, so we were able to handline it into the net. I think it was the biggest fish of the morning, too. I have to replace that rod, because I think there is a knick in the tip's eye, that caused that. That happens when people don't stop reeling and reel the snap, and bait up, tight into the eye....usually done out of excitement.


We managed to circle around that area, and stay out of the pack to the west of us, and had our 18 nice eaters by 10:21. Logan and Danielle said they had fun, and learned a lot, and that makes me happy!


Tomorrow, I have a father and his young boy wanting walleye, so we will be meeting at Huron, in the morning.


Stay tuned...


Capt Juls

[gb1234]

Thanks for another detailed explanation of where/when/what/how. Were you getting grass on your lures? How deep do you suppose they were swimming? Were you marking fish on bottom or suspended?

[Capt Juls]

Thanks for another detailed explanation of where/when/what/how. Were you getting grass on your lures? How deep do you suppose they were swimming? Were you marking fish on bottom or suspended?

No grass at all...we were targeting anywhere from 20 to 28 feet.

The fish moved today though...sounds like they were north. We only got 10 in the cooler today by the dump, and inside, in 38' of water.

[Brian425]

No grass at all...we were targeting anywhere from 20 to 28 feet.

The fish moved today though...sounds like they were north. We only got 10 in the cooler today by the dump, and inside, in 38' of water.

We found them yesterday in 45-48'...about 14 miles north of the river mouth. Better grade than what we found on Friday. Didn't seem to matter what spoon color was used, and picked up only two of the fish we caught on bandits.