Great weekend of fishing!

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!!

Thursday morning I had the pleasure of taking Dondi and his son Joshua fishing on Lake Erie. What a beautiful April day on the lake! We set out in the Team North River boat and began to mark fish in about 44’ of water N of Lorain. We started setting lines and it was Game On!! The Offshore Planer Boards were shooting back left and right with fish all the way to Beaver Creek. We threw back countless fish and kept a nice cooler full with 3 Limits. Many fish were 5+ lbs, with the biggest going just over 8 at 29 1/4” Bandits weighted down with 2oz at 50’ back and a total of 80-130’ of line out took our fish. Color didn’t seem to matter. Trips available for 1-3 persons for next weekend yet.

Fishing ESE of Kellys Island on Thursday and boated a dozen or more fish in short order fishing solo. Nice grade of fish with most all 4-7lbs. Caught on Bandits 20-25’ down in the water column. A custom bandit by Hammertime Lures took the 3 biggest fish at 120’ back. (Blue Chrome with Orange and Chartruese spots) All were released to be caught another day. Some real trophies were caught near the Camp Perry Firing Range this past week. Many fish were caught over 10lbs, with one over 13lbs! If you are interested in catching a trophy, now is the time!! Have it mounted or turn it loose and get a reproduction mount. The reproductions at the Ohio Musky show by LAX were absoutely stunning!