Fishing with Marion and Ruth Baker....6/10/2025

[Capt Juls]

Marion and Ruth had a trip scheduled last season, but due to major flooding in western Iowa, they had to cancel. I moved their deposit to this season for them, and we were able to make it out this morning. They have a three-day trip planned, and it looks like we'll get all three days in! Yay!

As usual, I got up early, to have my coffee out on the back deck with the dogs, and check the weather. My initial plan was to go out of Mazurik's, but the forecast was calling for kind of gusty winds out of the WSW, so I thought it would be better to go out of Huron, which was closer to the fish I wanted to target. I hadn't met the Bakers before, so I didn't know how old they were, and didn't want to make a long rough run from Mazurik's, if I didn't have to.


I picked them up from the White Caps Motel at 4:45, and we hit the gas station for some ice, and jumped on the highway. We got to the ramp a little before 5:30 and were passing the lighthouse on the way out, at 5:45.


The sky was clear, the air temp was 59 degrees, and the wind was light at around 5-7mph. The lake was relatively flat, and made for an easy ride out.


The Garmin marked fish, here and there, for the entire ride out. No big schools, but a lot of smaller spotty ones....enough to keep my interest. So, when we were on the west side of the Huron Dump, I shut the big 400 down and deployed the Ulterra and baby Merc, and let the kicker warm up while I set the FishHawk out. Water temp was 63 degrees at 20 feet down.


I turned the Vexus to the NE, and set a speed of 2.3-2.5mph.


We ran three Bandits behind the Off Shore boards on the port side, and two "Livingston" Walleye Minnow 111s on the starboard side.


Bandit colors were:
That green/blue fade one that I don't know the name of from Slim Shady Customs at 80 back.
Buck Fever, from Domka Outdoors, at 67 back, and Green Lantern...another Slim Shady Custom at 45 back.
All of the above caught fish.


Walleye Minnows:
LimeLight at 93 back, and Sherbert at 57 back. Both of those caught fish, too.


Dipsies were the usual...
Zero setting at 54 on the starboard side, and 35-43 on the port side.
Three settings were 71 on the starboard side and 65 on the port side.


Dipsies caught the most fish, but the crankbaits caught the bigger fish.


Marion and Ruth both did a great job, learning my "fishing language", and even though it took a little while to get the hang of it, they managed to do just that. They said they had a good time, and are looking forward to getting out again the next two days, and that makes me happy!


Stay tuned....


Capt Juls