Fishing with Pete and Chuck...6/25/2025

[Capt Juls]

My Indiana crew was staying at Little Ted's Cottages, out in Marblehead, so I swung in there at 4:15, and once again...they were already up and waiting for me, even though I told them 4:30.

I had already hit the gas station for ice, and I had gassed up the Vexus the day before, so we headed straight to Huron from there. Okay, I just lied...we stopped at the Speedway again, because I had to pee, and wasn't sure I could make it to Huron. lol

Anyway....

We were there pretty early, and it was still dark, so I took my time getting things in the boat ready to go. After launching, we were at the mouth of the river at 5:15, and headed north about 4-5 miles. I slowed the 400 down over 40 feet of water, and found good marks again, so I shut her down, and deployed the Ulterra and baby Merc. The speed was once again set to 2.4-2.5mph according the FishHawk reading the currents below.

Chuck had limited experience running planer boards and Pete had none, so this was a learning trip for them. They both have their own boats, and often fish together, so they wanted to expand their options.

My fishing lingo was confusing to them, so it took repetitive instruction, and explaining why I do what I do, when I do it, and told them, "Don't worry, your subconscious is getting it. Most people only hear Mwah Mwah Wa, like the teacher's voice in the Peanut's/Charlie Brown cartoons for the first 1/2 hour, but it will start to make sense, eventually, and you'll be doing it on your own".

Eventually, they did get it, and ended up doing just fine with setting the Off Shore boards, and dipsies.

The program is the same as the last 4 trips out there. I'll repeat it, so you don't have to go look for it, if you're new to reading these reports.

Bandits ran behind the Off Shore boards on both sides...on the port side Blue/Chrome and Purple Mist ran at 120 and 80 back.
On the starboard side, that blue/green one from Slim Shady Customs, that I can't remember the name of, ran at 97 back, and another Purple Mist ran at 80 back.
All of the above caught fish.
I did swap out one Purple Mist for a "Green Lantern" from Slim Shady Customs, and it caught fish, too.

Dipsies (I use the size 1s) were the busiest again, and we were throwing back legal fish, because I didn't want to finish up before I felt that they had a good grasp on techniques.

The zero settings were at 54 and 45, and the three settings were at 65 and 71. BadMo spoons, Yeck spoons, and Scorpion spoons all worked....color didn't really matter, but I did change them out from time to time, just to verify that...and, my assumptions were correct.

I don't think my brain logged the water temp this morning, but it is right around 70 degrees, right now.

The lake was like it was yesterday....just enough wind to put a 6" ripple on top, and out of the SW. The air temp on land when we launched was 82 degrees, but a little cooler out on the water. The sky was mostly clear, but there was a band of clouds that never covered the sun as it moved across the sky, so it stayed sunny the entire time we were out there.

We finished up at 8:00, over 45 feet of water, north of where we started. The bite was very good, but not chaotic, so they were able to keep up, and we all took turns reeling in our fish.

Pete and Chuck had a good time, were happy with the grade of fish, and said they learned a lot, so my mission was accomplished, and that makes me happy!

Tomorrow, I have repeat customer, Marty Parker and his grandson, who will be meeting me at Huron at 5AM.

Stay tuned....

Capt Juls