Fishing with Dan and Al 5-8/9-18

On Tuesday, we launched out of Mazurik's at 5:45 and haeded to Scott Point Shoal first, and set lines. We made one pass along the north side of the shoal, and pulled one small walleye. I didn't mark anything there either, so we moved to the north side of Kellys.  We ran Bandits first...with my usual program (see previous blogs for that) and started catching some fish. The first pass took us into North Bay, but we didn't catch in there, so I had them pick up the lines and we headed north again.

This time, while we trolled with Bandits, I pulled more rods out of the rod locker and set them up with crawler harnesses. Then, I pulled one side, and reset those rods with crawler harnesses too. We pulled the other side, and headed NE to the north of KI Shoal and set up.   The fish were hitting the crawler harnesses better than the Bandits, in that, they were inhaling the back hooks, while the fish on the Bandits were always "barely hooked", so that was good to see. 

They ended that trip with their limit of good eaters (no monsters caught), and we headed in.

Yesterday, (5/9), we launched out of Catawba at 6am and headed up to Locust Reef. I had a good bite there two days before, and the lake was calm, so it didn't take long to travel that far.  We set up with Bandits at 20/25/30/35/ and 40 feet back, with mostly blue/chrome colors on. Speed was 1.8-2.1mph.  The 25 and 40 back took a few good eaters. After a second pass, the fish just weren't there like they were the last time I was there, so we picked up and headed north of the reef. 

We set up in 24 foot of water and set a northerly direction to deeper water. This time the lines were set to 45/50/55...and, they started popping! Nice fish too! All three settings took fish, and we were done by 9am.

My guys decided they wanted to get in and hit the road back to Green Bay before the afternoon storms rolled in, so we headed in with a cooler full of fish. 

They said they had a great time and learned a lot, so that made me happy. :)

The trip scheduled for this morning has been rescheduled, due to last night's forecast....since it was some local guys (older), and the forecast was for stronger west winds and 1-3's/2-4's  (of course I woke up and they blew that one again), the guys chose to reschedule.

But, on the bright side, I get a day off to clean the house, and run some errands. I might even go look for some Morel mushrooms this afternoon too.

The gentleman buying my boat in the fall, is coming down for a two day trip, so we'll be out again tomorrow and Saturday. Right now, the forecast for Sunday looks like crap, sooooo.....we'll see if it changes.

Stay tuned....

Capt Juls