PERCH REPORTS

Last four trips have been perch fishing since the walleyes continue to be illusive and cold fronts with high winds every week. Perch fishing has been very good with limits on our last four trips. We concentrated on perch south of Kelly's, south west corner of Kelly's and south of Gull Shoal. Best fishing was usually later in the day after 2:00 pm. Total for each day were 150, 211, 120 and Sunday I fished with my fist mate to get some perch for this winter, 60 in about 2 1/2 hours. Walleyes were stacked south of Gull last Friday and Saturday but were totally gone on Sunday morning and we could not locate them after searching for several hours. Perch trip scheduled for tomorrow, bringing the boat back home Thursday  and may fish west of Huron River next week. After that the boat goes to Craft Marine in Sandusky for the winter,  really appreciate the customer service from Craft Marine. Will keep everyone apprised of the walleye fishing that first week in November.

HURON WALLEYE CHALLENGE

Well after having trips cancelled Saturday and Sunday I found out there was a spot open for this tournament so my two buddies deceided we should get in and try out luck. So now I get to fish my favorite tournament. Good luck to all of the participates. See you at the charity dinner Friday night!












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CABELA'S MASTERS WALLEYE CIRCUIT

The walleye bite continues to be slow in the Western Basin as demonstrated in last weekend MWC tournament held out of the Huron Boat Basin. I attended the weigh in on the first day of the tournament and the leader managed 26.14 lbs for a five fish total. It was a tough day for the entire field and it sounded like most of the field were pulling night crawler harnesses. The second day was slightly better with the winning team having a 32.07 lbs for five fish. Congratulations to Mark Brumbaugh and Michael Robertson who were in seventh place after the first day but with their 32.07 lbs the second day were winners after the two day event with a ten fish total of 50.0 lbs. Great job guys.

The majority of the charter captains are still fishing for perch but that should change any day. The weather buoy, old C can and the Northwest corner gull shoal have been producing some nice perch. Some scattered walleyes are being caught from Sawmill to Lorain running reef runners with everyone waiting for the large walleye schools to return to the Western Basin. The Huron Walleye Challenge will be held this coming Saturday and I believe the fishing will be much improved. There is a total of 106 boats fishing this tournament. Good luck to all of the participants. See you on the water!

FISH HURON CHARITY DINNER RAFFLE

This is a great opportunity to contribute to two worthwhile charities, meet and talk to some of the best walleye fisherman on Lake Erie, enjoy an excellent meal provided by Messenburg catering and to possibly win some fishing equipment. Information regarding the dinner was provided by the tournament director Steve Carlson . 

Fish Huron Charity Dinner Raffle set for Friday Oct 3 at Mesenburg Hall.  This is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.  545 Cleveland Road West Huron, OH 44839 (about ½ mile West of the Huron Boat Basin)

We are carrying on the tradition that started as the Walleye Central Get Together & Charity Raffle.  We’ve donated over $70,000 to various charities from this annual Get Together.  One of Walleye Central’s mottos was “Fishermen Helping Fishermen.”  We will be donating to the Wounded Warriors In Action Foundation again in 2014 to help them put on another Lake Erie event for Purple Heart Medal Recipients.  We will also donate to the Outreach Walleye Club which introduces fishing to children throughout Ohio that wouldn’t otherwise get the chance to learn about fishing.

The raffle prizes are coming in as strong as ever.  We have been posting photos of some of the larger prizes as they come in on this Facebook group.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/279103805630211/

Dinner donation of $10 / person for a great meal from Mesenburg Catering.  Doors will open at 5:30 to give people a chance to browse the great raffle prizes and purchase tickets while socializing with anglers from around the country that are in town for the sold out Fish Huron Walleye Challenge on Saturday Oct 4.

There will be an open “Bragging Rights” Big Walleye contest open to the public as well on Saturday Oct 4.  Sign-Ups for this will take place Friday night at $20 per team with the weigh in running in conjunction with the Fish Huron weigh in Saturday Oct 4 at 3:30 PM held at the Huron Boat Basin.

Hope to see you Friday night at the dinner and/or Saturday at the Weigh-In.

2014 FISH HURON CHALLENGE

Registration for the Fish Huron Challenge sponsored by South Shore Marine is September 3 at 10:00 am. Don't forget last year the tournament was full in 20 minutes. You must register on line using  Paypal or credit card. All details can be found on the Fish Huron website www.FishHuronOhio.com. This is a great tournament check it out and fish with some of the best walleye fisherman on Lake Erie.





       

SOUTH EAST OF PELEE AND EAST OF MIDDLE ISLAND

Once again July turned out to be an excellent month for fishing and we really busy. Fished almost the same location for six weeks, south east of Pellee and east of Middle Island. And as you noticed I used the same program everyday because it worked every single day. Double willow harnesses behind 40
Tru-Trip divers.  The only thing that changed was the direction for the best troll. Here are some of our    catches for the month of July.

EAST OF MIDDLE ISLAND 7/21

Excellent 1/2 day trip with 22 walleye east of middle island. Still pulling harnesses with double willow leaf blades behind 40 Tru-trips. Most fish came on a west to east troll running 1.9 knots, pink squirrel and green edge blades pulled most of the fish. Great job Diane catching that fish O. See you on the water!

WEST OF HURON DUMP FUN FISHING WITH CAPTAIN LITTLE JOHN AND HIS FAMILY 7/6

Fished with my good friend and his family west of the Huron River and pulled 28 walleyes before the winds picked up. Charlie Brown and his proud dad shown here with a nice walleye. Another great 1/2 day trip pulling worm harness behind 40 Tru-Trips. Best leads were 45 and 55 running 1.8 knots. Great Job Charlie!  See you on the water!

EAST Of KELLYS ISLAND 7/18

Half day trip slow pick finished at 10:30 with 13 walleyes. Good eaters, trolled just east of
Sandusky dump pulling most of the fish on a north to south troll. You guessed it worm harnesses with double bladed willow leafs. Just can't see any reason to use or try another method as long as we continue to pull fish. See you on the water!

WEST OF HURON DUMP WALLEYES ON FIRE 7/4

Thus far the entire month of July west of the Huron River have produced nice walleyes.  Here are some satisfied customers with 36 walleyes that averaged 4.0 per fish. What a great day! The program for over a month, harnesses with double willow blades. Purple demon and Pink Squirrel produced most of the fish. Best direction and speed 1.9 knots running north west to south east.
See you on the water.

EAST OF PELEE ISLAND 6/30

Limited out with 25 walleye east of Pelee Island. Pulled 40 Tru-Trips and double bladed willow leaf harnesses while running 1.9 knots in a south west troll. One nice hawg that was 31 inches and 10.5 lbs. See you on the water!

EAST OF PELEE ISLAND 6/29

Limited out with 27 walleyes east of Pelee Island while running harnesses and 40 Tru-Trips, best speed was 1.7 to 1.8 knots. Pulled one hawg at 9
.5 lbs on purple demon harness. Most of the fish came on a south to north pull trolling with the wind. See you on the water!

SOUTH OF GULL SHOAL 6/27

Short crew pulled 18 walleye just south of Gull Shoal running harnesses with double willow blades and 40 Tru-Trips. South to north pulled  most of the fish while running 1.8 knots. No hawgs just good eaters. See you on the water!

NORTH WEST OF PELEE 6/24

Returned to the north west corner of Pelee Island and pulled 34 walleyes. Slow pick all day pulling worm harnesses behind 40 Tru-Trip divers. Again south to north troll pulled most of the fish on double willow blade while running 2.0 knots.Broke down after storm warning were issued and started for home. See you on
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TIME FOR CANADA WALLEYES NORTH WEST OF PELEE 6/23

Great day on the water with the Doyle group from Wisconsin. Pulled 38 walleyes pulled half of them in the morning and had to pick the remainder the next four hours. Ran a north to south troll pulled most of the fish while running double bladed willow leaf blades. gold/black  and gold /green were the blades at a speed of 1.8 knots. See you on the water!

EAST OF MIDDLE ISLAND 6/22

Fished east of Middle Island while running a Pooh Bear Charter trip  and pulled 29 walleyes after a slow day due to sheep head and white bass. Most of the fish were pulled running east to west toward old "C" can while running double bladed willow leaf worm harnesses behind 40 Tru-Trips. Best trolling speed was 2.0 to 2.1 knots. Great job for the Marysville Honda guys. See you on
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EAST OF KIDNEY 6/21

Pulled 39 walleyes today just west of the kidney running scorpion spoons, 35 and 40 foot leads behind 40 Tru Trips. Bite Me and Jaeger Bomb best spoons running 1.8 to 2.0 knots. Depsey  bite was also good 35 and 40 back on high divers. Running a trip for Pooh Bear Charters. See you on the water!

SOUTH OF RATTLESNAKE ISLAND 6/18

Pulled 37 walleyes by 12:10 good eaters on scorpion spoons running 2.0 knots. Best spoons were Jaeger Bomb, Pooh Bear Purple and Bite Me trolling north to south. See you on the water!

SOUTH OF RATTLE SNAKE 6/16

Limited out with 27 walleyes while running a trip for pooh bear charters. Pulled worm harnesses for the first hour and only had two fish. Switched to scorpion spoons and pulled an additional 25 fish by 11:15. Best speed was 1.8 knots and trolling east to west pulled most of the fish. Jaeger Bomb and Bite Me were the best spoon color. See you on the water!

WEST OF MIDDLE 6/15

Fished west of Middle Island for the second day and was 1 short of the limit with 29 walleyes. Slow pick double willow blades at 1.8 to 1.9 knots, best color green/gold blades with gold beads.  East to west troll pulled the most fish. See you on the water.

WEST OF MIDDLE ISLAND 6/14

Great day pulled 33 walleyes west of Middle Island after starting a ballast. Finished at 1:00 working a  very small pocket of fish for a total of 119 lbs. Pulled green/gold and black/gold willow leaf blades for most of the fish while running 1.7 to 1.8 knots. The boys from St. Louis did a fine job! See you on the water!

EAST OF BALLAST 6/13

Fished east of ballast to get out of the wind. Pulled 29 walleyes by 11:15 no hawgs but good eaters. Ran double willows behind 40 Tru-Trips while running 1.8 knots. Best color was green/gold and purple demon blades with corresponding beads. Good reports of fish along the Canadian line east for Middle Island. See you on the water!

ANOTHER GREAT DAY EAST OF MIDDLE ISLAND 6/11

Fished east of Middle Isand and finished with 32 walleyes four short of limit but large fish for total of 142 lbs . First trip fishing with all double bladed willow leaf crawler harnesses, a north to south troll pulled most of the fish running 1.7 to 1.8 knots. Best colors were green/gold and black/purple blades. Great day! Huron dump and east of Kelly's also producing walleyes.  See you on the water!

EAST OF MIDDLE ISLAND 6/10

Fished east of gull shoal and pulled 37 walleyes majority of fished were pulled on harnesses with double willow blades behind  40 Tru-Trips, black gold blades and green and gold blades pulled most of the fish while running 1.7 to 1.8 knots. Largest fish was 29 inches with a total box weight of 131 lbs. Great day on the water.

GULL SHOAL BIGGER FISH 6/8

Fished for Big Fish Tuff on Gull Shoal in hopes of bigger fish and pulled 31 walleyes for the day with the largest fish 11.5 lbs. and a total of 123 lbs for the day. Started with scorpion spoons pulling most of the fish in the morning on 25 foot leads and later in the day harnesses pulled most of the fish with double willow blades behind 40 Tru-Trip divers, best color purple demon and green and gold blades. See you on the water!

SOUTH EAST CORNER OF RATTLE SNAKE ISLAND 6/7

Fished the north west corner of green island and pulled three walleyes and trolled toward the south east corner of Rattle Snake due to the heavy boat traffic. Worked the area most of the day and pulled another 29 walleyes for a total of 32 walleyes for the day slow pick for us. Ran Scorpion spoons 1.8 knots on 40 Tru-Trips with 20 to 25 leads on a east to west direction. See you on the water!

WALLEYE ON FIRE 6/6

Fished today three boats for Big Fish Tuff and all three boats finished by 10:00 am for a total of 96 walleyes. Scorpion spoons ruled today running 2.0 to 2.1 knots fishing north west corner of Green Island to Rattle Snake. Pulled most fish trolling on a south to north line. No hawgs today just good eaters.  Fishing should remain good provided the weather stays stumble. See you on the water.

QUICK WALLEYES THIS PAST WEEKEND

Ran Friday, Saturday and Sunday for Pooh Bear with a great bunch of guys from Iowa. Friday we had 37 walleyes, Saturday resulted in 38 walleyes and Sunday 36 walleyes. Finished each day by noon running scorpion spoons on 40 Tru-Trips, leads varied from 20 to 25 feet first two days and 40 foot leads on Suday.  Pooh Bear chartreuse, Jaeger Bomb and Bite Me were the best spoons when running from 1.8 to 2.1 knots. Numerous good walleye reports this past week, D and E can, Carpenters Point, South East Corner of Kelley's Island, Mouse Reef and Taco Bell. Further east good reports from Cedar Point, Saw Mill and Beaver Creek in 23 to 27 feet. Busy June coming up with only five open dates for the remainder of the month. See you on the water!

HE'S HOME AND KEEPING US REAL BUSY

Just brought home our 9 week old yellow lab puppy purchased from Carol Heidl in Sandusky Ohio. We heard so much about the temperament of her labs and our new puppy is just an angel. His name is Tabatha's Sunfest Captain's Catch A.K.A. Captain. Watch for us on the water!

SOUTH EAST CORNER OF KELLEY'S ISLAND 5/25

Fished last Saturday with three customers and finished with 18 walleyes largest 28 inches the rest were just good eaters. Still running scorpion spoons on 40 Trup-Trips, best leads were 25 back while running 1.8 knots. Trolling east to west pulled the majority of the walleyes. Still receiving reports of larger fish being caught east of Kelley's. Jacob did a great job pulling those walleye in. See you on the water.

GREAT WEEK WALLEYE FISHING

Fished four days thus far this week with excellent results, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday with 37 walleyes each day. Today we finished with 47 walleyes and was back to the dock at 1:00. First three days fished south of South Bass and today we fished north of Lakeside. We used the same program all four days Scorpion spoons on 40 Tru-Trips, 25 and 30 foot leads while running 1.8 to 19 knots.  Also receiving goods reports west side of Kelly's Island, east side of Kelly's off airport and Huron dump seems like fish are all over moving slowing to the east. See you on the water!

NORTH WEST KELLYS ISLAND

Slow start today and sounded like it was slow on the entire lake. Moved from Scott Point to the north west corner  of Kellys Island and started pulling fish and finished with 15 nice walleyes one short of the limit. Total of 4 fish O's all coming on husky jerks, 75 to 110 back, running 1.2 to 1.3 knots and trolling a south to north line pulled most of the fish. Best colors were blue chrome and a purple white double jointed custom painted husky jerk. See you on the water.

USCG INSPECTION

The Budman was inspected by the USCG yesterday and my decal is posted on the window, ready for the 2014 fishing season.  Its always a relief once this safety inspection is completed, no surprises for this year. The inspector reported that the coast guard would not be stopping vessels this year that carry the 2014 decals, good news for us charter captains. Call and schedule your next walleye trip. See you on the water !!!

FIRST TRIP OF THE 2014 SEASON GREAT MORNING

Great day finished north of Mouse Island with 24 nice fish, largest fish 9.5 lbs. Running Husky Jerks 95 to 110 feet back at 1.2 to 1.3 knots, best colors were pink lemonade and blue chrome. See you on the water!

LATEST WALLEYE REPORT AND GENERAL INFORMATION

• Launched the Budman Saturday and after a trial run yesterday we are ready for the 2014 fishing season. The only issue Sunday on the trial run my first mate almost fell out of the boat while dropping in the first planar board. 
• The WBSA or LEWT tournament was held last Saturday and congratulations to  Jason Pelz and Matt Clifton for first place with a five fish total of 46.44 lbs and the biggest fish at 13.17lbs. great job. Tourney guys reported all the pre-fish were still with eggs and at the weigh in over 50 per cent were spawned out. Water temperatures were running around 46 degees, interesting information. 
• Well still looking for a new boss to tell my wife and I how to run the house below is a possible candidate he's only three weeks old so we still have another 5 weeks to see how he turns out. We definitely need a new puppy to fill the void left from the loss of our 13 year old lab. Can't wait . Need to look to the future and not think about the past. Need to concentrate on filling the fish box with Lake Erie walleye and healing our hearts.  See you on the water!!!!