Fishing with Steve and Mary...6/24/2025

[Capt Juls]

Steve and Mary drove up from Springfield yesterday, and stayed at the Fairfield Inn. Luckily, the FI has a nice big parking lot that is easy to maneuver a boat in tow, so I was able to pick them up from there. When I pulled in at 4:15, they had just gotten back from the gas station, where they bought ice for their cooler. I wasn't supposed to be there until 4:30, but I always like to be early, so I can get a few minutes scrolling social media.

Steve popped his head in the window and said, "I told Mary that you would be early", and laughed. They parked their vehicle and jumped in mine, and off we went. We hit the gas station again, so I could get ice for the coolers we would be using, and for some gas for the truck. We were headed back over to Huron to launch.


We made it out of the river around 5:20, when the sky was just starting to get light.
The wind was out of the SW again, at 5mph. The air temp was already 82 degrees, and the humidity seemed a little less than the previous two days. The water temp is close to 70 degrees.


We drove out 4 miles to the area I fished with my previous crew, and hoped they were still swimming out there. The screen on the Garmin was loaded with marks, so the Ulterra was deployed, along with the baby Merc, and set to a speed of 2.4mph, (on the FishHawk).


Bandits ran on both sides, behind Off Shore boards. Blue Chrome at 120 back, Purple Mist at 80 back, ran on the port side. That blue/green nameless one ran at 97 back, and another Purple Mist ran at 67 back, on the starboard side. All of them caught fish.


The dipsey settings are the same as I've been running...
zero at 45 and 54, and three setting at 65 and 71 / 75.
A black and gold Ripplin Redfin on the three setting at 65, it caught several bigger fish, like it did, yesterday, too.

BadMo Arrow spoons, Yeck spoons, and Scorpion spoons were used, but again...color didn't seem to matter. All caught fish.


Steve and Mary were a lot of fun to fish with, and said they had a great time, and will be back, and that makes me happy!


Tomorrow, I have a two man crew from Indiana, that want to learn the boards and dipsies, so we will probably be pretty choosey about size, so we can take longer out there, than we did yesterday and today. Both days we were done by 7:30 with real nice eaters, and happy customers.


Stay tuned...


Capt Juls