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October 11th Report
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My brother Kenneth and Captain Keith Wils each took 3 guys out from a party of 6 this past Friday and Saturday mornings on 5 hour trips. Calling the bite tough would be understatement! Neither boat caught anymore than a couple walleye and a...
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October 7th Report
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Kenneth had a five hour trip this evening and the bite stunk. I think they brought back 3 keepers is all. They did have a couple nice ones about 25-26 inches though. Hopefully the bite improves with some stable weather...
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753
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October 5th Report
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Kenneth was on the water both Saturday and Sunday. Saturday he and his clients had an ok bite bringing back 9 keepers. Kenneth said they should have had 13 or 14, but several fish came un-buttoned before they got them in the net!!! They got ba...
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783
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New state record Muskie!!!
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Dave Rose e-mailed me this link to his story on the new state record Muskie. Holy crap, talk about a big fish!!! http://www.fieldandstream.com/photos/gallery/fishing/2009/09/new-michigan-state-record-great-lakes-muskie-caught-torch-lake
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847
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September 27th Report
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Not much to report really. Kenneth attempted a trip this afternoon with Tim Dempsey from Plano Illinois, but the 30 mph winds forced him to cancel the trip. Due to the forecast, he cancelled tomorrows trip too. Did you see??? THE LIONS WON!!!
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September 26th Report
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Kenneth had the same guys (minus one) for another 5 hour trip today. Jack (the dad) wasn't feeling so good this morning, so he didn't go. He didn't miss much either as I think they only brought back 3 keepers. But it still beats working!!! -- Edited by catman on Sunday 27th of September 2009 11:21:33 AM...
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September 25th Report
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My brother Kenneth had Steve Malloy and his dad Jack on board for a 5 hour trip this afternoon. The high winds really limited what he could do presentation wise. I think he ended up getting the drift socks out and drifting the breaks with Lindy Rigs. He headed for home pretty quick since he has another...
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September 20th Report
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The last two days I shared the boat with my brother-in-law Rob and his dad Dave from downstate near the Ann Arbor area. It was nice to spend some time with family and not have the pressure of a charter. Yesterday was pretty choppy in the afternoon so we went back to what was working on Thursdays trip. We dri...
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September 17th Report
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I look forward to this week every year because not only do I get to spend some time chasing other fish than just walleyes, but I get to fish with a couple of great guys that have become really good friends over the years. Patrick Scheidt and Jeff Koopman from the Chicago area and I have been plying the water...
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September 10th Report
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Another beautiful day on the bay yesterday. Pete and Rich traveled all the way from Dayton Ohio to try and catch some northerns. We got on the water around 2:30 and started casting spinnerbaits for the toothy critters, but right away I knew it wasn't going to be a great day. The water temperature has cre...
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September 8th Report
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I had the pleasure of fishing with some very nice folks from Black River Falls Wisconsin yesterday afternoon. Lee and Carole have been wanting to make this trip for a couple of years now. We finally got them out on an absolutely gorgeous day. In fact, I think it was too nice for the first couple hours of th...
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September 6th Report
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Another awesome day today with warm temperatures and nice southeast winds. I had Rick and Wanda from northern Illinois out for a 5 hr. big lake adventure. We got on the water shortly after 4 p.m. and made the run to our little honey hole that's been treating us well the last week or so. We got out the Walle...
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September 5th Report
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A little slower bite for us yesterday afternoon. We got on the water shortly after 4 p.m. for a 5hr trip and headed out to troll Walleyes Choice spinners behind in-line weights and bottom bouncers. We did start catching fish right away on our first pass, but the rest of the afternoon was much slower than...
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September 4th Report
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What a beautiful afternoon on the water yesterday. I had Dick, Rick, Caleb and Mitch on board for their last hurrah of the summer before school starts on Tues. Caleb will be going into 6th grade and Mitch into 8th. They are friends of the guys I had out Wed. and Thurs, so there was a little competition to do...
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September 3rd Report
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What a beautiful afternoon on the water yesterday. Mickey, Tim and Matt were back out with me for a short 5hr trip. We left the Esky harbor around 4:30 and headed north a ways. We started casting spinnerbaits for pike, but quickly realized they were not active at all with the bright conditions. We then g...
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September 2nd Report
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Yesterday was a short 5 hr. trip with Matt, Tim and Mickey from lower Michigan. We got on the water around 5 p.m. and started trolling Walleyes Choice (http://www.walleyeschoice.com) harnesses in 20 to 24 feet of water over some rock piles and almost immediately got into the fish. We used both in-lin...
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August 28th Report
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Yesterday's trip was day two spent with the Otten family from the Milwaukee area. We hit the water around 2 p.m. and headed south to pull some Walleyes Choice (http://www.walleyeschoice.com) harnesses over some rock piles that top out around 20 to 24 feet of water. We were marking a few fish right on t...
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August 27th Report
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Yesterday I had the pleasure of having three generations of the Otten family on board. They arrived from the Milwaukee area around 2 p.m. and we loaded up and headed out. I always look forward to fishing with Henry, Gene and Nick, we always seem to have a great time whether the fish bite or not. Well...we...
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August 20th Report
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I had the chance to do some fun fishing the last couple of days with some good friends from lower Michigan; Dale Whaley and John Brockway . We did a lot of casting for pike with spinnerbaits, tossed tubes for smallies, and of course I had to take them walleye fishing for table fare. We didn't have as much lu...
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August 18th Report
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Saturday I fished with Mark and his son Jonathon as well as LaMar and his son Paul. We sure didn't knock 'em dead, I believe we only managed 5 or 6 keepers. Sunday was a blow day and we didn't venture out. Yesterday we headed south a ways and on our first trolling pass we caught a nice 21 incher. I thought it wa...
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