Heat ! I closed last weeks report longing for some good old fashioned sultry and humid hot summer like days and after not having any so far all summer we finally got a taste of it on Sunday of this weekend. Unfortunately along with the extreme heat with the temps around 90 and the high humidity we received very strong south westerly winds that had Erie churned up into a frothy raging mess that kept everyone back on shore. The luck. We finally get a very warm day to fish in and the winds kept us from going. It is always something out there. And even more frustrating not going is knowing that the Walleye fishing has FINALLY fired up around here big time. Yes, you heard me right. This past week things have finally really heated up. Just like the weather.
The first part of the week was the same old same old with us working pretty hard for everything that we managed to catch and then by Thursday it was the Ashtabula August fishing that we had all been yearning for. Stupid easy with the big Walleyes being suicidal. Thursday we had 36 by 9:30am and Fri.& Sat. were equally as good. And it was not just me. Everyone all of a sudden was pounding them. It is no small block of fish either. Everyone has been scattered out from just east of Geneva to Conneaut and anywhere from 65 to 73 foot of water. Walleye fishing was great for everyone out there and we even had good Steelhead action mixed in on a lot of the days with "The Trophy" bringing in as many as 5 Steelies on one of those days along with a nice mess of 'Eyes.
Speaking of weather we were treated to a spectacular show of water spouts on Thursday and Friday morning. In 23 years of full time fishing and being out practically every day never before had I seen a display as awesome as Thursdays. It lasted for hours! There was a heavy low hanging black cloud bank that stretched as far east as you could see and back to the west towards Geneva. By mid morning it started. And I'm not talking one or two spouts. There were dozens and dozens of them that came and went. At times there were as many as 7 or 8 touching down at the same time out of this huge cloud bank tearing up the water below. Each one was different. There was fat ones, there was skinny ones. Some looked like a live wire jumping around like a startled snake. A bit scary and incredibly fascinating. My cheapo camera did not do the pictures any justice. It was truly a spectacular sight that those that happened to witness it won't soon forget. I know I won't !
So the fishing now gets good and I loose Sunday to the wind and worst yet take a cancellation for this coming Wednesday, August the 12th. Anyone looking for a quick trip could cash in on the feeding frenzy that is now taking place out there. Give me a call on my boat/ mobile # 216-387-2656 and if the date still remains open I would be tickled to fill it now that the fishing is this good. If it were early June and the stupid cancellation came along I wouldn't have been nearly as disappointed. But now that things are finally happening I really want to be out there. We'll see. I've been putting out some calls as well. Such is the nature of this business and the part that I hate the most. Scheduling. Some people just don't get it that a commitment is a commitment. If I told somebody that I would be there and I knew that they relied on what they were doing for a living and doing so in a limited seasonal window, even if I had to come by myself, I would be there. I just couldn't do that to someone else. We'll see how the ball bounces on this one. It is what it is.
Capt. Walt
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