Early Season

[Squatch]

Good luck Don, hope you slay them! Keep in touch.

[pfk]

good luck DW. BE SAFE!

[The Tinman]

Hey WB and Gents. Yessir....it is time! I'm going out for a 4 day trip starting next Friday. Launching from Huron is my current plan. I assume the docks will be in but if anyone knows for sure that would be reassuring to hear. Probably wishful thinking but it would be awesome if the fish cleaning station was open! If either station is open(Mazuriks or Huron) I'd love to use it.

A 3 man trip this time which will be nice to have an extra set of hands. Will report our results. Tight lines to all.

Don

Keep a eye out for weather google huron weather for days your planning temperatures and wind forecast hate to see anyone drive far and cant get out good luck

[DW72]

Thanks guys! Will keep a close eye on things between now and then and see what happens with the weather. Pretty sure I can shift the trip dates around some if we are forced to by bad winds. Huron live cam is back online now. I see lots of boats going going in and out 🙂

[West Basin]

Saturday morning Buddy trolled out between Catawba and South Bass Island. He reported a lot of muddied water, marking fish all over the water column, but only managed 3 hookups and landed one of them, a nice 5-6 pound female. Couldn't get many takers. Fished 5 hours. Water temperature 37 degrees. He said guys he talked with at Catawba ramp when he came in had similar luck, not much action. Most of them were west out by the main reef complex.

With the water temp still in the winter range, I would think the fishing won't pick up a lot until it gets near 40 degrees, and/or the Lake gets numerous days without a big wind event, and the water clarity improves.

[Lynn M]

When I got to Catawba Saturday morning there must have been over 75 boats sitting in the water waiting for what I think was an LEWT event. I guess I'll post how it went for me since I didn't see any posts from them . I was looking for what I call fishable water, so I decided to head north and east until it cleared up. It started getting better by the time I got about 6 to 7 miles northeast of Catawba so I continued to head towards Gull Island so I could troll southwest with the wind. I was fishing 37 to 40 fow most of the time. I barely got my lines set when I got the first one and then it was a slow to steady pick after that. Speed was 1.2 to 1.4 and the best sets were 60 to 75 feet back. The first 4 or 5 walleye came on a white based bandit with black and green on the ends and a dot in the middle, not sure what it is called, but lots of contrast. Later in the day they were hitting on my gold based lures with black and orange. Ended up catching around a dozen or so, but the 6 that made the cooler were 22 to 26 inches. I talked to another guy at the dock that mentioned they only got one but were only out a couple hours. I felt it was a pretty good day for me and better than a lot of days that I've been out. Good luck everyone!

[West Basin]

Got another report last evening. Three man limit trolling for 4 hours out off Huron. Seems the feeding walleye were in clearer water.

[DW72]

Thank you for the reports guys. Nice work Lynn on figuring out the water conditions and catching a bunch of great fish!

Looking marginal for winds after Friday but at this point I'm still coming out for 4 potential fishing days.

[tater140]

I'm also considering coming over to fish this weekend... been watching the weather reports hopeful that it decides to settle down some.

[DW72]

We're arriving mid day Friday and will stay until Wednesday. Staying in PC. I'll launch anywhere from Catawba to Vermillion depending on the wind and water conditions. I'm always happy to share info while fishing. If anyone is interested, just lemme know and I'll share my number.