Fishing with Scott, Gus, and Mel 4/13/18

I advised them that the weather for their 4 day trip would be iffy, the lake was still muddy, and the bite a bit off, but they were determined to come anyway. They had rescheduled this trip 3 times already, and weren't going to let Mother Nature stop them this time. lol

We did get out on Wednesday, but with strong winds that started out of the SE and switched to the SW, gusting to 30mph at times, kept us from venturing too far from the southern shore.

We trolled up 4 walleye in front of Lakeside and the Marblehead lighthouse using Bandits and P10's....the usual program I've been running.

Thursday was a blow day, so we didn't fish.

Today, we had an east wind 10-14mph all day, so the lake wasn't bad....waves were 1-3s as predicted. Water temp was 42 degrees west of Catawba, and there were good marks between E and F cans.  We started our first pass east of F can and picked up the first eye before we had all the Off Shore boards out.

I joked, that I hoped it wasn't like a tournament day, where you catch a fish in the first 5 minutes and then nothing all day. They laughed, but added, "I hope you didn't just jinx us!"

The water was dirtier there than I liked....I could barely make out the cavitation plate, so we moved west to where I thought I saw clean water on the previous day's satellite image.  It didn't get much cleaner, but it was a little better.

We set up near G can to make a westwardly pass, and picked up two more nice walleye. But, unfortunately, after a few more passes and locations, we didn't pick up anymore. So, we ended their day with 3 nice fish. No pigs, but very nice fish. (Yes, I know about the jig bite, but they didn't want to jig for the 15-18 inch fish on the reefs. They wanted a big one.) :)

Tomorrow is another canceled day, so they will head back to MN, without the wallhanger they saught. :(

My crew was just happy to get out of the snowy state of MN for a short trip, and enjoyed their time on the water....and, that makes me happy!

My trip for Sunday is already rescheduled...as is my 3 day for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday...sigh.  I sure hope Momma Nature straightens out soon...this is getting tiring.  But, it could be worse....we could still have snow and ice like they do in MN!

So, until I get out again....

Stay tuned....

Capt Juls