ManCation 2015 May 23rd-30th.

[Buc-Eye]

Friday May 29th

We started off the morning again in the middle of the south passage. On starboard side of the boat I ran a deeper setting with the 40 jets running 50-70 back. Port side, we ran 30-50 back. We SLOWLY picked 8 fish with the fish coming on all leads before the boat traffic became more than I could stand. I got a call from a friend up on American Eagle Shoal. We packed up and made the short run off of carpenters point. It wasn’t long until we were in the fish again. We fished the shallower waters along the shoal so our leads were shortened to 30-50 back with 40 and 50 doing most of the damage. It was a longer day as it took us to 3:30 to finish off our 36 man limit that went 108.5lbs at the cleaners.

[Buc-Eye]

Saturday May 30th
Most of our crew had returned home. Only 3 of us remained. We returned to an area that I had picked good portion of my fish about 300 yards SW of the red can off of American Eagle. We made 3 circles over this area and had our 18 fish going 54 lbs.

[Buc-Eye]

Odd Ends-
We trolled all week at speeds of 1.6-2.2mph. The closer to 1.7-1.8 mph I could get seemed to be what worked best for us. Top producing spoons were- Barney’s STD, Kevorkian, Water Mellon UV, and Jager Bomb UV. The top 2 spoons that produced the majority of fish were Pooh Bear Purple and Green Jeans UV.
Many of the fish cleaners bumped the price of their cleaning services from 0.50 cents per pound to 0.75 cents per pound. One of the cleaners also charged us an additional 10$ to harvest the cheek meat. Marblehead fish cleaning company (on Rt 269) we found still charges 0.50 cents per pound and only asks for a tip in return for cheek meat. They typically do not open until 1 hence the reason I used other cleaners that were more expensive. It wasn’t until later in the week that I discovered that they do have a number for drop off or pick up in advance (419-734-4777.)

Parting thoughts-
1. At first glance, the future of the lake looks bright! I have never handled so many short fish under 15 inches in all my years fishing this past week!
2. There is nothing better than fishing with family and friends!

[Bggeary]

Nice photo Jeff. it was good to meet you and some of your crew. From what I saw you all should be eating good this winter! Geary

[Buc-Eye]

Nice photo Jeff. it was good to meet you and some of your crew. From what I saw you all should be eating good this winter! Geary

Geary,
It was good to meet both you and your son this past week!

[Eyezcrazy]

Excellent recap of your week! You are a lucky man to have so many family members and friends to share such a great week of fishing. Life long memories for sure! Thanks for sharing it with all of us!

[BRED]

Thanks for your reports it sounds like an amazing week with friends and family they will always remember that trip