Today's 1/2 day trip was with a great group of guys from Illinois who are up for the weekend checking out the Bay de Noc area. There were 4 of them, so with the help of Capt. Keith Wils, we headed out around 6:30 this morning. You know it's going to be a good day when on your first cast to show the guys how you want them to jig...you land a keeper. It was by far the best day as far as number of fish caught in the history of my boat. If I said we landed 150 fish...that would not be an exaggeration. I had John and Mark in my boat and they both said they've never seen fishing like that before. Most of the fish were undersized with many being between 14 and 15 inches, but it sure is fun on 6lb. line and a 1/4 oz. jig with half a crawler. John had a northern grab one of the little walleyes he was bringing in and it let go right at the boatside. I also had a big northern follow a little walleye to the boat. It was...simply put...a great 5 hrs of fishing. We did manage to get 27 keepers between the two boats, keeping 21 of them. For a solid two hours this morning we were catching fish on every cast, and many times we had doubles. I'm sure the wind and cloudy conditions helped the bite. We've had so much hot, flat calm weather this spring, it was nice to fish without getting a sunburn. Here's a picture of today's fish, some of which are going to be cooked "buffalo style" according to Mark. I guess he has a recipe for fish that makes them taste like buffalo wings...I'll have to tell them to save me a piece, it sounds interesting. Good luck from all of us in the Bay de Noc area.
Captain Ken Lee
www.baydenoccharters.net
