Fishing with Ed, Tim, and Rick...6/24/2026

[Capt Juls]

Yesterday, Tuesday, was supposed to be the first of three days for Ed, Tim, and Rick, who came down from Eau Claire, WI, to fish with me, but Momma Nature said she had other plans for us. She was angry and was blowing out of the NNE.
The forecast was calling for it to lay down as the morning progressed, so I told them I would pick them up at the Whitecaps Motel at 8am instead of 5am. We got to Mazruik's at 8:30 and sat there in the truck looking at an angry lake. I told them it was a no-go, and I don't do afternoons because of my regular schedule, and that it was still going to be rough with the NE rollers continuing to roll in from the east end. They were okay with that.

This morning, the wind was going to be light out of the SSW, so I picked them up at 5am, and after getting some ice for the coolers, we went back to Mazurik's to launch. I pointed the Vexus east once we were out of the breakwall, and off we went.

The plan was to start on the east side of Cedar Point and work our way over to Huron as long as we were marking fish. If not...we would move. Luckily, we were marking fish. All we had to do was figure out what they wanted this morning.

I had gotten a tip to take crawlers, because the kitchen sink had been thrown at them by a friend yesterday, and they didn't like what was in the sink. So, this morning, before I picked up my crew, I jumped in the boat and re-rigged 6 rods to crawler harnesses (double willow-bladed wire harnesses). We would start with those and two dipsies off each back corner.

After the FishHawk, Ulterra, and baby Merc were set on a course to the east at a speed of 2.5 (FishHawk speed), the dipsies went out first. By running the willow leaf harnesses, I could keep the speed up enough to still use the dipsies.

Dipsies were set on the usual settings of zero and three, and ran all Yeck spoons this time.
The zero settings ran at 30 and 40 back. We had set up over 36' of water to start, and my aim was to hit the 38 to 40' of water. Once we got to deeper water, the fish were holding deeper, so we dropped the zero settings to 40 and 54 back. The three settings started at 50 back, but would eventually end up at 72 on both sides.

The crawler harnesses ran behind the Off Shore boards with 2oz inline weights at 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, and 45 back. Nada...not even a nibble. I ran them for half an hour and decided to pull them and put small cranks on.

Bill Lewis PWC Lites would run on the starboard side with 2oz snap weights at 50/50, 50/35, and 50/24. Colors were:
"Black Headed Wonder Bread on White" at 50/50
"Purple Tiger" 50/35
"Green Tiger" 50/24
(For the newbie who might be confused about the 50/#...this is the Precision Trolling Data info used with a 2oz Guppie weight or snap weight. You put the snap weight on at the 50 mark, and the board on after you add the extra number listed. Example: 50/50=100 total line out...put the board on at the 100 feet out mark).

Flicker Minnow 11s replaced the crawlers on the port side. They ran at 125, 115, and 75 back. Colors were:
"FireTail Chrome Candy" Ran two...125 and 115 back
"Slick Sunset" ran at 75 back

Everything took one or two fish this morning. We had our 4-person limit by 10:30, so it wasn't on fire, but it was steady enough to keep my guys busy and entertained. We did have one triple that made them giddy. They had a lot of fun, and it was nice to see the family get together and spend quality time like this.

We will be launching out of Huron tomorrow, instead of Mazurik's, due to the wind forecast for the morning, which is 15-20 out of the SW. It might be raining in the morning, too.

Stay tuned...

Capt Juls