A few really good days and still a few slower days yet again. Just when I thought things were really going to cut loose we were handed a few slower days where we really struggled to get into the teens for the day in the Walleye numbers boxed, We lost a few fish along the way each day which would have bumped are daily totals up a bit higher but hey, you'll have that on each outing. Rarely will you land every fish that you hook up with. We did land some nice Steelhead Trout also on most every outing last week which helped fill the box up and added to the days excitement. On our better days we got into the twenties with the 'Eyes and Sunday capped the week with 30 Walleyes landed. Not bad. Perhaps this is the new "normal" ?? They are still very nice fish. Even on our slower days, it's still better Walleye fishing then anywhere else on earth. That is a fact !
Now a word about this past weeks weather. It SUCKED ! Are you kidding me ? The last week of June and the first week of July and we were dressed out there as if it were March. Cold, dreary, windy and rough. It finally broke for the weekend but man what a miserable week we just had. We had a low pressure system that sat right over the great lakes and spin and raise havoc all week. Daily heavy rains and flooding along with rough lake conditions including 6 footers on Friday which cost us the whole day were pretty much what I had to deal with every day this past week. And I wonder why things are so tough this "summer" ? This will go down in my book as the summer that "never was". Did I happen to mention that it Sucked ? Sheez. What a start to summer.
I mentioned last week also about the crap in the water which was clogging up our fishing lines. After a bit of research online I believe I identified what that stuff is. It is called a Hook Tail Water Flea. It's yet another invasive specie just like the Zebra Mussels and the Gobies that came in on the foreign ships from Tim Buck Two or wherever. Here is a link you can copy and paste in your browser box to read more about the subject if you care to: http://www.iisgcp.org/EXOTICSP/fishhook.html . Quite fascinating and depressing at the same time ! The good news is that as I suspected, the problem is somewhat easing. After peaking mid-week last week they have seemed to back off some. Where did they go ? Who knows but good riddens and I hope the rest of them take a hike as well. I just can not handle many more days of what we just went through. Did I mention, What a year !
So will this be the best week yet coming up ? It certainly looks like the real deal weather wise if you put any faith in the long range forecasts. Sunny, warm and DRY for most all of the next 7 days. Makes me wonder what will pop up next to try and break my spirit. Maybe Lake Erie Serpents or something. I'm to the point where it wouldn't surprise me. It's just been one of those kind of years. Anyway, I plan on doing even more exploring way off shore this coming week. I'm confident there are some fish out there and certainly the "Mother Load" is looming out there as well somewhere. I'm on a mission now. I'm determined to find "Mom" . And if the sea serpents don't get me, I just might find her this week ! Regardless, I'm sure we'll have fun looking ! Capt. Walt
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