Fishing with Mike, Nick, and Ross...7/24/2025

[Capt Juls]

This trip was a learning trip for Mike, who has his own boat over in Toledo. He wanted to learn how we troll. He brought his son and friend along, and for the life of me, I can't remember which name goes with which gentleman. I think Ross is the son, and Nick is the friend. We'll just go with that, and I apologize to them if I have it wrong. lol

It was a little windy this morning, but not bad...the forecast was calling for it to increase as the morning went on, so we got out early. We launched out of Mazurik's a little before 6:00am. The sunrise this morning was at 6:22, so as soon as the sky lightened up enough for me to read the water, we left.

It was a SW wind, so my plan was to start south of the area I ended up in yesterday, where the fish were a little bigger, and we could troll with the waves, back into that area.

Instead of starting with the dipsies, which is what I usually do, I figured I would show them how to set the Off Shore boards first, because they were less likely to start getting hit right away. I wanted to be able to get the spread out, before we were interupted with dipsey fish. That way I could explain things better.

Once we were all set up, the dipsies went down...zero settings at 40 and 50, and the three settings at 71 (both sides). Speed was 2.5-2.7mph.

The further we got from the mainland, the wavier it got. A couple of the planer boards were having trouble staying attached to the front arm, and had to be brought in and reattached. I checked the spring in the release, and it was all the way forward, so I'm not sure why they kept letting go. We dicided to keep things simple and just run the dipsies, and bring the boards in, because I knew the further we went the rougher it was going to get, and it would just keep happening. They weren't being productive enough for me to put up with that nonsense anyway. lol

The bite wasn't what it was yesterday, and was pretty slow for us, even though the marks were the same as yesterday. We changed things up from time to time, and managed 8 keeper walleye, almost triple that in sheephead, and one white perch.

Once we were only a few miles from the line, I gave them an option. We pick up and make a run back in, and reset to make another pass....or, just make it a 1/2 trip (3 hours), and go in. They opted for the latter option, because the wind forecast was for it to increase as the morning went on...so we headed in.

They all managed to work the dipsies and boards without any tangles, so there was some successful learning on their part, and they did a great job.

Tomorrow, I have another three-man crew.

Anyhooo....

Stay tuned...

Capt Juls

[gb1234]

This is an interesting report because the solunar tables said 7/24 would be a 4-star "season's best" day - but that's not what you found. However, I'm guessing you were fishing maybe in the 6:30 to 10am range, which was not a predicted major or minor time... for what it's worth.

I'm going tomorrow (7/25), which is supposed to be a 3-star day with a major time between 1:30 and 3:30 pm. We'll see...

07/24/25

Major Times
12:10 AM-2:10 AM
12:39 PM-2:39 PMMinor Times
5:14 AM-6:14 AM
8:49 PM-9:49 PMDay Rating

SEASONS BEST

[Capt Juls]

Correct. My trips are in the mornings. I have a schedule to keep...for what it's worth.