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Captain Ken Lee


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Wow...I woke up at 4 a.m. this morning and the wind was already blowing like crazy.  I got to work just after 5 to get ready for today's charter and the flags were already sticking straight out (not what I wanted to see).  Today I had the pleasure of fishing with Lloyd and Andrew, a couple of great guys from the northern part of the U.P..  The first thing we did was get dressed like we were ice-fishing (to say it was cold would be an understatement).  We then headed to the north end of the bay where we've been getting some fish lately.  We fished three locations today, and we caught fish in each one.  First we drifted with floating jig heads tipped with 1/2 crawlers in 13 to 18 feet of water West of Center Reef.  Here we picked up some fish, but most were on the small side.  We then went to try and troll Walleyes Choice harnesses along the East bank near the Vagabond.  We got into some fish, landing 2 or 3 more keepers and releasing several undersized, but then the wind got too strong for good boat control.  I decided to hit one of my deeper locations that's been pretty good to me this year, so we got out the floaters again and drifted for the rest of the day...and the fish didn't let us down!  We needed two 60" drift socks out to slow us down today.  The term "walleye chop" sure is over-rated!  There's lots of things I like...but here's a few of my favorite:

1.  Lowrance lighting up with fish...

2.  Poles bent over with fish...

3.  Livewell full of fish...

Good luck from all of us in the Bay de Noc area.  Be safe and have fun this holiday weekend!  It sounds like it's going to warm up and be a nice weekend for fishing. 



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Thanks for the report Ken. It's always nice to see pictures with a post.

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Despite a rough cold day on the water, capt Ken caught us some fish.  More importantly for us, we learned a lot about fishing the bay, different rod setups for drifting and how to feel the bite when they are biting really soft.... then pause and set the hook to catch them (which cant be done with gloves on despite the friggin cold).  

This was the first day of our first weekend on the bay de noc, and the charter was a great way for us to get started.  I would recommend the resort, and charter service to anyone coming to the area to fish, and I'll happily sign up for the same day next year (with hopefully much nicer weather!)

The picture with the limit of fish was thanks in part to the charter service, thanks to Lloyd for taking us out on his Yar Craft, and his skill in finding the active fish.

 

NOTE: The pictures of Lloyd and I with "capt" mikes are not a charter.  Uncle Mike just has a cool fancy board he likes to get pictures with.



-- Edited by acesario on Tuesday 31st of May 2011 12:01:48 PM



-- Edited by acesario on Tuesday 31st of May 2011 12:03:17 PM

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