it was a little harder than the previous years. i think the biggest reason is the fish were off shore this year and thats alot of water to cover, many 20 mile boat runs for me to get fish this year. The fish moved out of the skinny for me this year not sure why. Lorain was on fire this year and still is. I usually fish the Huron area but had to go east and north from the 30 to 43 north to get my fish.