Fishing with Bob and Bruce...10/17/2024
by Capt Juls on 10/17/24It was cold this morning, when I took my coffee and dogs out on the back deck. The low was 37 degrees. I told Bob and Bruce it would be a later start, due to the air temp, and would pick them up at the Whitecaps Motel at 9:15. The plan was for a 10am launch. But, as the morning progressed, I texted them to tell them I would be picking them up at 8:15, instead. It was still chilly out, but I didn't think there would be any ice on the ramps, from boats launching ahead of us.
I showed up early, as usual, and they were ready at 8am. We headed to Hi Way Bait to pick up some Emerald Shiners and ice, before going over to Mazurik's to launch.
I was surprised Hi Way had a supply, because of the full moon and wind last night, but somehow they had some....whew! I was expecting Goldies, so I had brought along some of my frozen shiners, just in case.
We launched at 8:30 and headed north to Kelly's, to search for some gold. I figured it would be a little too murky near the lighthouse, due to the wind yesterday. We tried on the west side first, but only caught a couple of small ones in a half an hour, so we moved to the south side, and ended up staying in our third spot on that side. We were east of the ferry lane, by about 50 yards. Everyone else was on the west side of it. We were set up over 23 feet of water.
The water clarity was pretty good. I could see my prop. The bite was super light, and more than a few times, I never felt a bite, but knew there was a fish, when I would go to pop it off the bottom, and there was weight there, so I would set the hook.
I forgot to look at the water temp today...sorry. I'll look tomorrow. :)
We managed to catch 60 of our allotted 90, and they weighed in at 20 pounds at the cleaner's.
I have Bob and Bruce again in the morning, but we will be looking at other areas to try. We will be launching at 8am tomorrow.
Stay tuned....
Capt Juls
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