Fishing with Bruce, Brayla, and Shayla 5/30/18

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So, about this morning...

My crew was staying at White Caps Motel, which is not far from me, so I had them meet me at my house this morning at 4:20AM. Despite a stopped train on the tracks, blocking them from their destination, they were still able to take another route that I texted him and they still got here right on time.

We loaded into my old Excursion, and headed to Big Bopper's for some grub. After breakfast, I hit Hi Way Bait for a couple of perch colored Flicker Minnows and some ice, before heading to Catawba to launch. (We launched at 6am instead of 5:30, because Big B's was a little late opening this morning). 

Bruce, who lives over in Indiana, wanted to learn how to run the Off Shore inline planer boards.. I didn't go far out of the Catawba ramp before setting up with (4) #11 Berkley Flicker Minnow at 45 and 55 back on one side, and 55 and 65 back on the other side. We ran two 40 Tru-Trip Jets with Stinger spoons off of each corner at 32 and 40 back. 

However, the Flickers started taking fish right away, and the spoons didn't do anything in about 15 minutes, so I removed them and set two more Flicker Minnows out instead.  (While we could have run 8 boards, I thought it would be easier and less confusing if we only ran 3 per side today).

I had them set up at 45/55/57 on one side, and 45/50/55 on the other side. Speed was 2.2-2.5mph. Now, all the Off Shores were pulling back one at a time, but continuously! It didn't seem to matter what color the Flicker was...they wanted it! Most of them had to be fished out of the fish's gullet. 

In the 3 hours it took to get our 24 walleye, and just as many sheepshead and White Perch, we only had all six boards out at the same time....twice...for about 2-3 minutes, before all hell broke loose again, and we were doing another fire drill. :)

I was getting a workout, and getting tired by now...so, when I saw a board go back again, I wasn't saying, "Fish!"...I was saying, "Dang it!! There's another one!"And, when I knew it was a Sheepshead, it wasn't "Dang it", but something else....lol

We had a lot of laughs, and the crew did great under fast and furious conditions...and, that makes me happy. :)

I have no doubt that Bruce can duplicate what he learned this morning in his own boat and be successful at reading and working the boards, with the help of his daughters.

Tomorrow's trip is still scheduled...but, we are expecting gusty south winds, so I plan on heading out of Huron to stick closer to the south shore. I was over there the other day and there were a ton of fish in that 30-36' foot range...for miles!  I'm guessing they are still there, and I think they might like some tasty looking Flicker Minnows tomorrow too. At least, I'm hoping they will. Fingers crossed... woot! woot!

Stay tuned....

Capt Juls