Fishing with Jeremy and Luke...7/10/2026

[Capt Juls]

I contacted Jeremy yesterday to see if he wanted a fishing trip before I contacted anyone else that's on the list of "Give me call if..." people. He quickly confirmed it after talking to his wife, Erika, and moving some work stuff around.

I normally like to see the sunrise on the lake, not only for its majestic beauty, but also, because the walleye bite is usually pretty strong right before sun-up. It's also nice to be able to get at least one pass in before anyone else shows up to get in the way.

However, they drove up from Columbus with a 7-year-old boy this morning, so we did a later start and didn't launch until 7:30. There was already a big pack of boats over where I had been fishing, so I decided to go west towards G-Can, since there was no one over there...just to see if there were any fish there. The wind would also be behind us on our troll back towards the east, making the boat less bouncy and more comfortable for the little dude.

The Garmin was marking fish, thankfully, so we stopped...and set up over 21 feet of water. The FishHawk speed was 2.5-2.7 mph.

The dipsies went down first. The zero settings were 20 and 23, and the three settings were both set to 30 back. Both three settings ran Yeck spoons with both sides of the spoon sporting a lot of orange. Those two dipsies outfished the zero settings by a lot. It could also be that as soon as the zero settings went down, a little White Perch would jump on it, and were never noticed until it was time to check them.

The Bill Lewis PWC Lites are still going strong. Best lead was 50/25 with 2oz...(total line out was 75). Several times, as soon as the board was locked in to jog to its spot....a fish would have already hit it.

"Green Tiger", "Purple Tiger", "Red Tiger", and "Chrome Barbie" were the colors again. All caught fish.

We were able to have an enjoyable morning without having to dodge a lot of boat traffic, and the boy reeled in so many fish his arms hurt. lol

We only fished a few hours, and went in per Jeremy's directive. The wind had died along with the bite...the sun was hot, the air was heavy with humidity, and the bugs were starting to find us, so we went in. We like to keep the experience a fun one for Luke, so his enthusiasm to fish with his dad doesn't wane.

Jeremy has his own Ranger boat, but likes to hire me so he can relax and enjoy the family stuff without having to do everything else, too. Now that he's had a refresher course in dipsies, he's going to be getting his boat out next week, and taking his Dad and Luke out fishing on their boat.

After dropping their fish off at Bay's Edge Fishing Cleaning, we met over at Casa Las Palmas for a quick lunch, so we could visit more and they could wait on their fish cleaning to get done. It's always nice to spend time with folks who feel more like family than just customers.

They all said they had a fantastic morning, even though we didn't limit out. We only put 8 keepers in the cooler, but caught a lot of fish. Unfortunately, there were a lot of White Perch, Sheephead, and short walleye, too. It kept it busy and fun for Luke, while Jeremy picked up some tips on how to do some things. So it was a successful trip in their eyes, and that makes me happy!

I don't have anything else scheduled until the 17th and 18th, next week, but if I get a call, I'll be sure to report.

I'm hearing that the hot and humid weather will be back next week....again....deep sigh. On one hand, I'm glad I'm not fishing in that weather, and on the other...I want to go fishing. There are several good wind days next week...with Tuesday looking the best right now.

Stay tuned....

Capt Juls