[John Hine]

I am stumped! I guess I’m gonna pull lines and go burn some gas see if I can find some school somewhere. It’s one thing not to catch them but not to Markham it’s just crazy. Tried Lead from two colors down to nine colors Downrigger’s all over the place just the one little trout show for it. If I score any marks that mean anything I’ll post up the spot. Time to go to Frankfurt I guess

 

[TVCJohn]

I am stumped! I guess I’m gonna pull lines and go burn some gas see if I can find some school somewhere. It’s one thing not to catch them but not to Markham it’s just crazy. Tried Lead from two colors down to nine colors Downrigger’s all over the place just the one little trout show for it. If I score any marks that mean anything I’ll post up the spot. Time to go to Frankfurt I guess

A sad day in Who-ville if Big John isn't getting them.

 

[Gone Coastal]

Two of us went to Marysville for walleye. Got two Monday evening and five Tuesday evening. Water was chilly and north east winds are my excuse. Anxious to get up to TC but will wait for good reports from you fellas that know what you’re doing.

 

[ThreeDogsDown]

I am stumped! I guess I’m gonna pull lines and go burn some gas see if I can find some school somewhere. It’s one thing not to catch them but not to Markham it’s just crazy. Tried Lead from two colors down to nine colors Downrigger’s all over the place just the one little trout show for it. If I score any marks that mean anything I’ll post up the spot. Time to go to Frankfurt I guess

Is it too soon to poke fun? OK. I’ll hold off, let it settle. Let the wound heal a little bit…but then, oh man.


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[TVCJohn]

^.....ruh oh Shaggy!!.....this is gonna get fun!


I was pooped yesterday from delivering that blind. Otherwise I might have been out too. Kinda glad I didn't go after reading John's report. There was 3 trailers at BH a bit ago plus a bunch of foreigner traffic the closer ya got to downtown TVC. The invasion has started.

 

[someone11]

Go shallow for cisco, those who are catching them are casting at them. Water still very cold

 

[John Hine]

Go shallow for cisco, those who are catching them are casting at them. Water still very cold

That was my guess nick, I ran 30-50’ with boards in as far as 20’ & I saw nil. Lots of guys jigging on the point but I talked to 2 of them with nothin. I was the shallow boat today, i work these waypoints early morning, usually easy money. Agree cold water isn’t helping

 

[Outdoor2daCore]

I snuck out this morning as well, man weather forecast was way off. I used wunderground weather channel and Windfinder and all said 10-15 Southerly and it was dead calm. Anyhow, conditions were awesome but Johnny you weren’t alone in the not catching category. We got two cisco in 45’ or so. Lots of boats out and no one catching. Best water was south of deep water point as it’s much warmer upto 45 deg vs 36-37 north of DWP


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[Levelpebble Angler]

Me and the wife fished west bay earlier. Launched around 11 went and hit 120 fow, marked a fish on bottom so I stopped, tossed jig out, and Bam! Laker right away! Little guy but fun nonetheless. Water temps ranged from 50 in shallow to 36.5 over deep water. Went over and fished by the island but the bugs were bad, so we headed back over to the west side and found a pod of fish in 125 fow. I finish with 4 Lakers and wife got 1. No signs of Cisco in the areas we were looking also. There were also dozens of dead alewives on the surface in the scum lines off both banks on west bay.

 

[John Hine]

Me and the wife fished west bay earlier. Launched around 11 went and hit 120 fow, marked a fish on bottom so I stopped, tossed jig out, and Bam! Laker right away! Little guy but fun nonetheless. Water temps ranged from 50 in shallow to 36.5 over deep water. Went over and fished by the island but the bugs were bad, so we headed back over to the west side and found a pod of fish in 125 fow. I finish with 4 Lakers and wife got 1. No signs of Cisco in the areas we were looking also. There were also dozens of dead alewives on the surface in the scum lines off both banks on west bay. View attachment 831795

Nice job & good report! I forgot to mention I saw 3 different dieing alewives also. They were swimming in circles on the surface, 3-4” long. There was a loon cleaning em up. I’m hearing lots of reports of this this year, wonder what gives?

 

[someone11]

Cold water is to blame for the die offs.

 

[ThreeDogsDown]

Me and the wife fished west bay earlier. Launched around 11 went and hit 120 fow, marked a fish on bottom so I stopped, tossed jig out, and Bam! Laker right away! Little guy but fun nonetheless. Water temps ranged from 50 in shallow to 36.5 over deep water. Went over and fished by the island but the bugs were bad, so we headed back over to the west side and found a pod of fish in 125 fow. I finish with 4 Lakers and wife got 1. No signs of Cisco in the areas we were looking also. There were also dozens of dead alewives on the surface in the scum lines off both banks on west bay. View attachment 831795

Great report. Especially the dead alewifes. Thanks!


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[Levelpebble Angler]

FWIW the biggest concentration of the dead alewives was the west bank. Along the scum line there we seen 100+ in the stretch we went through going back to the ramp. We noticed all the shiny spots as far as the eye could see either direction.

 

[ThreeDogsDown]

Just glad there are a good enough quantity out there to have a die off. Quite a change from previous recent years.


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[Levelpebble Angler]

Went out on west bay and got a few more lakers early this morning, we even doubled up together. 110-120 fow chartreuse and white jig and paddle tail again got the bites. Marked fish all morning but they shut off and wouldn't bite after about 930. Put all sorts of stuff down there, even grabbed a fresh dead alewife and put that on a jig with a stinger and dropped that down to no avail.

 

[John Hine]

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Went out on west bay and got a few more lakers early this morning, we even doubled up together. 110-120 fow chartreuse and white jig and paddle tail again got the bites. Marked fish all morning but they shut off and wouldn't bite after about 930. Put all sorts of stuff down there, even grabbed a fresh dead alewife and put that on a jig with a stinger and dropped that down to no avail. View attachment 831902 View attachment 831903
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nice!!

 

[Levelpebble Angler]

Suttons bay or Northport tomorrow?

 

[someone11]

Suttons bay or Northport tomorrow?

For lake trout?

 

[Levelpebble Angler]

Them and Cisco. We'd love to get into some Cisco before heading back home Monday afternoon.

 

[someone11]

If it were me I'd go to the southeast corner of west bay in front of Bryant Park, that's where guys have been getting cisco on west bay.