Fall Bite is ON!! Quick limits once we found them! Sent Daniel and Yvette back to Chicagoland with 3 gallons of nice fillets to cap off a Gorgeous day on Lake Erie! Started out E. of Kelley’s in shallow water. After very little activity other than a nice smallmouth we headed East until we liked what was on our sonar. Flicker Minnows both high and low in the water column took our fish; 45’ behind our Offshore planer boards and 110’ back with an added 2oz weight. Capt. Jim is entered into all 3 Fall walleye derby’s and welcomes those who want to participate. (You must already be entered) Open dates for ALL from now until the end of the year. Contact me for details.

Fall weather is here, and it was an awesome day to be back on the water! The nice thing about the islands area is that regardless of a strong NE wind, we can almost always find a protected spot and still catch fish. I had the pleasure today of taking Oen and his dad, Paul, out this afternoon. The fishing was like a coaster ride in reverse. It was down, then UP! Spot #2 was quite a fire drill starting out. After a slowdown, Oen got us back on track by picking out a Purple Flicker Minnow, which then landed perhaps the biggest fish of the trip. We ran Flicker Minnows 10-45’ back behind our boards today. Beautiful sunset tonight to end the trip.

Still Catching! Had to stray away from our recent hot spot we’ve been fishing. Only a couple nice walleyes to show for and a big smallie that came loose on an acrobatic move. Went on a 15 mile long search that landed us in 10-18’ of water near Huron. It was steadily busy thereafter for the remaining 2 hours of the morning trip and again for the afternoon party. Plenty of walleyes for everyone to have a big fish fry and a few monster Cats and Sheepies to keep everyone on their toes!

Limits again today for 1st time Lake Erie Walleye fishers Matt and Boston. Good going guys! Same program again today. Just a bit more challenging as the fish seemed to be holding tight to one area with several boats and many weeds adrift. Wowzers though, nice grade of fish! Enjoy the fish fry!

Put the SmackDown on them once again today! We are still getting a really good grade of Island fish here in August. All 17-26” Launching from Marblehead, fishing the same spot and the same lures as the last month or more. 2.2mph with Flicker Minnows. Had a great group of guys on board this morning. Enjoy the fish fry and let’s go get a fall brawl fish!! ? Capt. Jim

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.