A good week. Fishing was very good for us aboard "The Trophy" this past week. We had one burn day where we managed a 4 man limit in mere hours and the rest of the week was just about right with my guests enjoying a nice full day on the lake with the end results being either limits or near limits of pure Lake Erie gold, WALLEYES ! We also managed a couple of more Steelhead Trout although I would have to say that it's been the quietest June that I remember in a long time with the Steelies. Perhaps next month as we constantly creep further and further offshore we will run into more of the silver bullets in our never ending search for the mother load of pure "gold" !
I find it truly hard to believe that I have been back from the western basin a whole month already. I am always the first captain to come back of the lot of us that follow the fish from the west to east each year. The last of the traveling captains have all now arrived out east here in the central basin for the summer and I finally have some help in trying to stay on top of the fish. I don't think I did a bad job most all of this June when I would fish all day every day and most of the time never see another boat. Still it is nice to have some reliable company out there that you can compare notes with at the end of the day. There sure is a lot of water out there...
So we flip the calendar page to July in 3 days and we are right on track compared to most normal summers. The fish are now clear out to the 72 foot mark and somewhere in the 10 to 15 mile range out from the harbor depending on the angle that we are running. This does not excite me much because now we have substantial travel time involved both coming and going and crazy fuel bills. As always I sure do appreciate the extra tip money that most guys kick in to ease my "pain at the pump" at the end of the day. Thanks so much guys !
We have two available open dates for this coming week. Both June the 29th and June the 30th are open should anyone be looking for a trip with us. The weather looks to be great all week and the fishing has been just right. Everyone knows the drill. You can call as late as the night before and we can still hook up. No problems. As always, the number to call is 216-387-2656 my mobile/ boat number which is on 24 hours a day. Now that we are well offshore the calls however don't always come right in as reliably but I return all voice messages. Just make sure to leave a name with the complete number including the area code and I will hit you back.
Capt. Walt
* REMINDER There are no fishing licenses available at the marina this summer. You need to get them ahead of time ! Questions, CALL ME
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