Keith,
Nice job on the eyes.

The fish were in the same area. We first went South of the harbor and the first rod to fire was the King. It was on the spoon and it made 2 spectacular, high speed jumps. My guess is a 3 year old. I did run a J plug with no action. We trolled to the area we worked over and began to catch after a dry spell when we got close. We went back to the same area the next morning. We landed 6 fish in the first 45 minutes and had the water to ourselves. It was evident the early bite was the hottest. We picked slow and steady after that.

The fish were deeper. 29 ft down was hot and we caught as deep as 38.

No walleye for us, but others did catch eyes.

We were amazed at the perch being landed at the mouth of the river. We saw full baskets and stringers and I'm not sure if we saw one less than 11 inches and many many jumbos. Next trip, I will spend a little time perching.

My next opportunity to do it will be August 8,9,10,11. I am always interested in doing it with new fishermen. The fish are in there through Labor day. The next couple of weeks will be prime. True Blue must go around this time.

Trailering was a good idea. We saved a little on gas and had a sweet set up parked beside the boat (opposite of where we were last time) with electric and set up my tailgate grill and ate a ton of fresh fried and grilled steelie. the only thing better would have been a few perch to add. The fish was amazing! We slept in the boat and Suburban. My friend was able to run his C-pap.

Customs for the return was a little slow.

Lets start to put it together. We could do 2 boats if needed. My wife will probably want to go this time. Rick is also probably wanting to go.

Let me know what you think.

On a scale of 1-10, I would rate it a solid 7. It was very good and still improving.

Greg