A great week ! We finished up our last two Walleye trips of 2009 certainly a lot better then in the way that we started out our season. I had 4 packs both Monday and Tuesday and we managed in the low 20's on Monday and upper teen's on Tuesday for Walleyes landed but the real story seemed to be in the Steelhead Trout action that was mixed in with all the Walleyes. We took 20 steelies in the two days that we trolled and they were all real nice fish! In fact, the Walleyes were HUGE as well and with the mix of the trout that we had each day, it made for a very full fish box ! Not a bad way to wrap up a season that had plenty of highs and lows.
We got on these fish pretty much straight out of Ashtabula Harbor about 8 miles out and it was a joy not to have to make the 20 plus mile run just to start fishing for a change. There was nobody out there fishing either. Kinda just like the way my summer fishing started. Me and the freighters ! LOL ! The junk fish was way down too. If we had a hit, it was pretty much either a Walleye or a Steelhead. And you knew it right away too as the Steelies would send the reels a screaming ! We had plenty of trout that didn't make it to the boat as they jumped and ripped stuff up. They don't call them silver bullets for nothing !
Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday we ran our scheduled Perch charters and those trips went down right EXCELLENT ! The only down side was the stupid distances that I was running just to catch a stupid Perch. We pretty much settled into a 30 mile round trip run each day, fishing way east of Ashtabula harbor. I know that I was running over a million perch each day racing to this promised land but the area that I was working out east was finally giving up some real nice jumbos and the action was fast and furious. It's only gas, right ? Judging by all the smiles that I seen this past week from my Perch jerker guests, it was a long ride well worth it ! I was thankful we had half way decent lake conditions to allow us to make these runs. It just is not possible or feasible when you start running in to heavy seas and you end up settling for something closer to safe harbor just to be able to fish.
Speaking of weather, the first part of this upcoming week looks to be real interesting as a strong cold front is supposed to sweep down the lake. Gale warnings are already posted for Monday and Tuesday with waves forecast to 14 feet. YIKES ! I've cancelled my next few days but of coarse I have Thursday and Friday open of this coming week when it's supposed to get real nice. Figures. Anyway, anybody looking to go fishing for Perch, we have days available. We are done Walleye fishing now and I've taken all my Walleye gear off the boat just so I would not be tempted ! At least in the Walleye department, I'm out on a winning note ! We have a long way to go with the Perch yet but from what I'm seeing, it looks like it's going to be OK. Give me a call and LETS GO PERCH FISHING !
Capt. Walt
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