FISHING REMAINS SPECTACULAR!!

Walleye fishing was Great again this weekend!! The East side of Kelly’s Island produced a good grade of fish up to 27” long today! They’re actively feeding on both shiners and shad—they’re puking them up in the fish tank. The morning trip was with Jack and Bill Robinette, up to visit the peninsula for the weekend. We started in the same spots as last weekend with flicker minnows in white and perch-colored patterns out behind our boards, just 30-40 feet. Before we could get the last rods set, it was “Game On!!” Ideal speed was about 2.2 mph. Limits of walleye were caught, along with a couple nice smallmouth and only one or two farm animals. The second trip was with the Westfall party—Rachael, Cody, and Chad. Although the sun was high and the water was clear, the fish stayed right where we left them. It’s like the Golden Corral—those big fish don’t stray too far from the Smorgasbord! Shortly into the second trip, Cody started us out with a slam dunk on a nice 27” fish!! ?Limits of fish were had by all, and it was a Beautiful day on this Great Lake! Ended out with a treat from Brown’s, a fresh Catawba peach Sundae! ? Good Luck to the Softball Girls today and GO Quakes! (Exception to 9/26, GO Bears!) Trip is available for next Sunday.

For our second trip of the day, I met up with Brandon, Joe, Joey, and Carter and launched out of Sheffield. After about 30 minutes of running, we found some nice marks on sonar in 50 feet of water. As soon as the lines went in, it was game on! We had an incredible day, ending with a cooler full of 30 walleye, including several giants. The guys were all smiles chasing big girls all afternoon. I’m not so sure about Carter… ladies, from the pics I think he found himself a cutie! ???? To top it all off, we finished the day with a true monster that taped out well over the 31.5-inch “Judge” ruler, pushing right around 32 inches. It crushed a black-headed Wonder Bread #9 Flicker Minnow from Hammertime Lures. Flicker Minnows were absolutely on fire today, running anywhere from 40 to 90 feet back with up to three-ounce snap weights set at 30 feet. What a day, boys!

The winds were stiff, but that didn’t scare this crew off!! Cousins Cohen and Owen were tough and caught on quick. They were handling the rods like pros, taking planer boards off and throwing fish in the well!! After catching a couple fish off Marblehead we hit a dry spell. We decided to go back to our spot and hammered out 18 fish by 11:30. Cohen caught his very first Lake Erie walleye today! He also took our big fish of 26+ inches!? Cousin Owen was a close 2nd! His fish was shorter but a bit beefier. Bandits 25’ - 50’ caught all of our fish with exception to a couple on #9 Flicker Minnows. Thanks to Dad / Uncle Jimmy as well for your help today and for bringing these guys out!! Good Times!! Enjoy the Fish Fry!!