Fishing with Scott, Dominic, and Larry 3/30/18

The winds were still strong out of the north though, so when we got to Mazurik's it was a no go.  I took my three guys to Big Bopper's to wait it out another hour, while Kevin and his crew stayed at the launch. There were several others waiting it out at the launch too.

We got back from Bopper's and ended up waiting another hour before launching the boats. I let the ETEC warm up before heading out, since the temps were still on the chilly side.  There's plenty of clean water east of the Bass islands, and north of Kelly's, so that's where we looked first.  We marked a few fish, but nothing like I wanted to see. 

We set lines with Smithwick P-10's with 1oz snap weights run 30/30 and Bandits unassisted at 80 and 90 back. Both programs took some fish, but they were all just eaters...no pigs today.

At one point, my curiosity got the best of me, and we headed to the west of the islands, and found ourselves between the Rattles on Rattlesnake Island and North Bass. The water was a good mixing color, and there were good marks there too.  We picked up two fish there to give us a total of 3 (we had lost two, so we were 3 for 5 at this point.)

Then, with time running out, we headed back to the southeast of South Bass Island and set lines again. There were some decent marks, and sometimes no marks. The funny thing is....the last four fish we caught there, there were no marks on the screen. So, I guess that's saying....if you don't see any marks, go on faith and don't get too discouraged. lol

We ended up with a total of 7 eaters, but my guys had a good time, and are looking forward to the next trip out on Sunday.  It's going to be really really cold on Sunday, but the winds will be down, so that's a good thing. :)

Stay tuned...

Capt Juls