Fishing Day One of Two with Curt and Cheryl...6/22/2025

**Capt Juls** · 06-22-2025, 01:07 PM

At 2AM this morning, the wind was pretty blustery out on my back deck. I checked iWindSurf, and it showed a forecast of 10-20mph SW for the early morning, with it diminishing a little as the morning went on.

I picked my Wisco crew up from the White Caps Motel at 5AM, and hit the gas station, and then Mazurik's. I didn't want to drive back over to Huron after seeing the fiasco the work crews were causing with the repaving/repainting of the lot, and being a weekend day, I figured it would be worse.

My plan was to launch from Mazurik's...hug the shoreline over to the Huron...start in shallow, and head NE, over the dumping grounds. So, at 5:45, we were headed east. The water was pretty smooth, close to shore, and not bad as we crossed the open area in front of Sandusky Bay, and we made it to Huron in about 15-20 minutes.

We started in 30 feet of water, out in front of the "White Condos", and set a speed of 2.4 (FishHawk reading) to the NE. That would take us right over the top of the dumping grounds, and to the area I was fishing two days ago.

There were a ton of marks in the shallower waters, and the action started immediately with smaller fish, some keepers, and Sheephead. The sheep weren't bad though. I think we only caught 3 or 4 all morning.

The water temp at 20' down was just under 69 degrees.

Spoons ran behind dipsies on the zero and three settings. The zero settings were 35 and 40 to begin with. Eventually, as we got deeper, they were running at 45 and 55 back.
The three settings were 65 and 71 the entire time.
BadMo Arrow spoons, Yeck spoons, and Scorpions spoons did the job. Color didn't matter. They were always busy with fish on.

Two Bandits ran behind the Off Shore boards on the port side at 97 and 67 back.
That blue/green one from Slim Shady Customs, that I can't remember the name of ran at 97 back, and Purple Mist ran at 67 back. They both caught fish early on, in the shallower water. Then, as we went further out, they were lowered to 130 and 120 back, and again, both caught fish.

The starboard side ran Flicker Minnow 11s at 97 back and 57 back. Firetail Chrome Candy, and Slick Purple Bengal... both caught fish.

The lake wasn't as rough as I thought it would be, with the forecast that was projected, so it was a beautiful morning on the water. It was definitely a lot cooler out there, than it was on land. I'm thinking that we might just run the 4 dipsies tomorrow, and take more time out there, because it's freak'n HOT on shore, and tomorrow is supposed to be even warmer!

According to a source, the Huron parking lot is done now, so I think we will be launching over there in the morning. I was going to go to Vermilion, but I'd rather go out of Huron, and use the wind direction to our advantage.

Stay tuned....

Capt Juls