6/17 huron

[Prinzeye]

So I thought I would try Launching out of Huron for the first time. I had gotten some information from Capt. Juls about the launch and she was spot on. They do still have half the parking lot to Paint with black tar, but, I got in and out o.k. Will say, I dont like the time it takes to get in/out of the river and the river did have lots of wood and dead fish floating in it. Will probably stick with Mazuriks.
Anyway, I was by myself in my 19ft Lund just fishing out the side with no planer boards. I fished in an area 8miles nw of Huron and 6 miles se of Cedar Pt. along the west shore west of the dumping grounds in about 32.5ft of water. The water clarity was really good, but as you went east, it got darker, so I stayed in one spot the whole time. I did not have one boat within sight the whole 4 hrs I was out there.
I had gotten to my spot at about 5:45 am and marked tons of fish. In the next three and 1/2 hours I caught 22 walleye, with only 6 making the 15" and above criteria. Lots and lots of 12 inchers.
So, I used two poles. First pole was a worm harness 120ft out. Second was a Frog colored Bandit (tried 3 different colors) 150 ft out. My boat speed was 2.0 mph. The worm harness caught 90 percent of the fish while the Bandit only 3-fish. Oddly, No Sheephead/drum. Biggest fish was 21.5 inches and Smallest I kept was 16 inch. Water chop was perfect (sw 5-6mph), sunrise - Beautiful. Oh, AND not bugs. Thanks to everyone that posts on this page. I have learned a lot and feel like I can come up and catch fish everytime. Love Lake Erie. Fish Yeah - Prinzeye.

[Iowawalleye]

nice, thx