Fishing with Gary and Jeremy...6/29/2025

[Capt Juls]

I was meeting my crew at Huron, this morning, so I left the house at 4AM, hit the gas station for ice, and hit the highway. The roads were empty, and it was dark out, so I took my time and did 60mph in a 70....figured I might as well save a little gas, since I was so early, and I wouldn't slow anyone else down.

I arrived at the Huron ramp at 4:30, and started getting things ready, when I saw a vehicle pull in without a boat. I thought to myself, "There's no way that my guy, it's too early. He must be here to use the bathrooms". Well, it was my guy. "Good morning", he said as he exited his car. "Morning", I replied back. "You're early". He laughed and said, "I knew you would be...I think you passed me on the way here". I asked, "Where was that?" He said, "Lorain". I said, "It wasn't me, because I came from that way (pointing to the west)". "Well, it was a silver Vexus, so I thought it was you".

We just had to wait on Jermey, who replied to my text saying that he was on the way, and would be there shortly. We launched at 5AM and took a slow ride down the river, so the sky could lighten a little before we hit the mouth of the river. It was too dark out yet, for me to put my yellow lens glasses on, for the ride out, so I was hoping the bugs were still sleeping, so I wouldn't get one in the eyeball. That's never fun. I keep forgetting to buy some clear lens glasses for just such an occasion.

The wind was 7mph out of the ENE, the sky was clear, Venus was brightly shining, and the air temp was 70 degrees.

It wasn't going to be a fast ride, as the NE rollers were still coming down the lake, making it a slower ride out. We headed NNE to 40' of water, before turning the Vexus around and heading back towards the lighthouse. There had been marks on the Garmin the entire way out, so it was good to see that the fish were still in the area.

The FishHawk went down, showing a water temp of 74.6 degrees at 20 feet. The Ulterra and baby Merc were dialed in for a speed of 2.4-2.5mph and set on a course to the SSW.

Baby Spros (85s) were running behind the Off Shore boards on the starboard side, while the usual Bandits ran on the port side.

Bandits:
Blue Chrome at 120 back
Green Lantern (Slim Shady Custom) ran at 67 back

Baby Spros:
Blue Chrome at 140 back
Purple Glass Perch at 97 back

Dipsies on the zero settings were at 50-54 back and 40-45 back.
Three settings were the usual 65 and 71 back

Yeck, BadMo, and Scorpion spoons were used on the dipsies....color didn't matter They loaded up within minutes of going down each time. Sometimes, we were too busy with other fish coming in, that they just had to hang there, until we could get to them.

Everything above caught several fish.

My crew listened and got the "boat dance" down, so there were no tangles this morning, and they did a great job. We were all reelers and put our 3-person limit in the cooler by 8am, and headed back in. They both stayed at Huron to use the fish cleaning station, and I headed home...and, that makes my dogs happy!

Tomorrow, I have a new crew, and the winds will be a nice 7-10mph out of the south...yay!

I have a ton of available dates for July yet. Normally, by now, I have half the month booked, but not this season....people are nervous about the economy, I think, and are not spending recreational money, like they normally do....and, I see it in the amount of tourists here in Port Clinton this year, too. The number of vehicles that normally clog our roads are way down from previous years.

Anyway....if you want to get out fishing...contact me. I'd love to take you fishing.

Stay tuned...

Capt Juls