May 1st

[rscotfish]

all this wind is not good for the spawn or am i wrong what do you think

[jjoshin2]

Hey Rscot, i havent been down to the Maumee river this year,and probably wont, but the site for Maumee bait and Tackle has some pics of some really nice sized eyes,and several friends have told me this is one of the best runs they can remember.I gave up river ratting due to the Way too frickin crowded conditions it gets to down there.only way i would do the river now is in a boat,and even my 18 ft. old Grady is to deep for the run, at least to get to the good areas.
Made it out 1 time this year,besides an ice fishing jaunt,we landed 3 eyes,lost 3 at the boat and had plenty o action in the mornin.might have been around the 9th or 10th,cant quite remember.Sattelite views yesterday showed no clear water in the typical areas,Turtle island to lighthouse are,humps on the south of channel,cedar point,even the little clearing out by the reefs has blown out past West sister,,I kinda wonder if it aint to early to head over towards Kelleys or the other islands,seems to be the only clear areas around???
Bill

[rsfrail]

Keep up the high averages, sounds like my story. I've been in since 9th also, fished 9-10 with 6in boat and 3 lost. Every weekend is sos, but rumors have it we can still get em in 1st-2nd week in May. (water my clear then...) - Well maybe this weekend...I've been sounding like a broken record at work, but then again so have the weathermen.

[bocajemma]

and I just got a call this morning from the dock master informing me that my boat got a little dinged up with the wind last night...... apparently 50-60mph winds last night.

[eyeassassin]

that suck i hope it isnt to bad

[jiginitis69]

Presently they are West @20+mph with gusts to 41 mph. Nope aint going out today either. Tomorrow NW at 15-25. Think I will pass on that too. But on a good note the winds die off this weekend and 1 ft waves will be predicted through Mon of next week. Hope it is not stirred up too bad.

Good Luck and Good Fishing

[GANGWest]

So Jigin'69... you gonna try it maybe on Sunday?

[bocajemma]

that suck i hope it isnt to bad

Well it could have been worse. Still usable once I replace the air intake cover. Will just wait till this winter to get it fixed....but I will definitely do more work to keep that dock post from doing it again!!!

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