What a great day to end the eastern summer fishing. I love fishing when it is all for fun and not prefishing for a pattern. So Frank and I headed out to the 02 line straight out of the launch and started to set lines.
All summer long we use worms. I don't know how many flats we went thru this summer. Today in my mind I was going to use cranks. It didn't matter how many fish I was trying to catch because I was fun fishing. It also gave me a chance to tinker with some homemade lures. Right out of the box the fish started to hit some cranks. #2 @ 112 was hot.
Frank was running a double willow program on dipseys. I knew I had only a half hour before he had them dialed in. Pink panties #3 @ 140 and #2 @112
Cranks and worms stayed even most of the morning. We got to the 05 line and the marks were gone. We picked up and pounded the waves back to the 02.5 line. Made the first set and 3 rods went off at the same time. We eached grabbed one and the third line was just going the opposite way. After a double scoop Frank was dealing with the run away. It was at 240 then. I turned the boat and chased it down. It was a nice 10-1/2 that was hooked in the gill / cheek.
The cranks started to catch back up taking some real nice ones.
I even got to screw with some funky set-ups!
We finished with 23 eyes only keeping our 12. Cranks and worms wer just about even for the day. Man are the fish chunky and big! I could not believe hot thick the fillets were tonight. One heavy cooler! The best speed was 1.9 today. I hope we can get a cooler like this one today for the Huron tournament. LOL
It is time to head to the West for Huron. Man what a great day to end the summer out east. We are so blessed to have a fishery like this one.
I think I saw Whacker and many other OGFers today. Meatwagon I didn't realize that was you in the dark while launching. Frank told me that was you. I hope you got them today. Good to see Big Johnson launching when we were pulling in. Nice also talking to you Bret.
Thanks everyone for your fishing reports this summer. I really enjoyed seeing the pictures and video's.
All summer long we use worms. I don't know how many flats we went thru this summer. Today in my mind I was going to use cranks. It didn't matter how many fish I was trying to catch because I was fun fishing. It also gave me a chance to tinker with some homemade lures. Right out of the box the fish started to hit some cranks. #2 @ 112 was hot.
Frank was running a double willow program on dipseys. I knew I had only a half hour before he had them dialed in. Pink panties #3 @ 140 and #2 @112
Cranks and worms stayed even most of the morning. We got to the 05 line and the marks were gone. We picked up and pounded the waves back to the 02.5 line. Made the first set and 3 rods went off at the same time. We eached grabbed one and the third line was just going the opposite way. After a double scoop Frank was dealing with the run away. It was at 240 then. I turned the boat and chased it down. It was a nice 10-1/2 that was hooked in the gill / cheek.
The cranks started to catch back up taking some real nice ones.
I even got to screw with some funky set-ups!
We finished with 23 eyes only keeping our 12. Cranks and worms wer just about even for the day. Man are the fish chunky and big! I could not believe hot thick the fillets were tonight. One heavy cooler! The best speed was 1.9 today. I hope we can get a cooler like this one today for the Huron tournament. LOL
It is time to head to the West for Huron. Man what a great day to end the summer out east. We are so blessed to have a fishery like this one.
I think I saw Whacker and many other OGFers today. Meatwagon I didn't realize that was you in the dark while launching. Frank told me that was you. I hope you got them today. Good to see Big Johnson launching when we were pulling in. Nice also talking to you Bret.
Thanks everyone for your fishing reports this summer. I really enjoyed seeing the pictures and video's.