by Capt Juls on 04/09/24 After too many days off, I was back to work this morning. WoooHoooo! I have family in town, and staying at my house for the week, so my morning routine is a little off, and I was trying to be quiet, so I wouldn't wake my sister and brother-in-law, and got a little impatient, and left the house early. I wasn't meeting my crew until 6:30 at the Portage River launch, but I left the house at 5AM anyway. I figured I would take the long way through town, while it was dark and quiet, to waste some time, before meeting my crew at 6:30. I only needed ice this morning, since I h ..read more

Fishing with Steve and Jeremy 4/10/2024 by Capt Juls on 04/12/24 Sorry, this one is late, due to family being in town, and my entertaining them while they are here. A quick recap of this trip, for those interested is basically the same as the day before, that I had with Lisa and Tanya. We started out east of F can, where I had the ladies, but ended up NW of F can with Steve and Jeremy. The fish had moved from the day before, but we found enough to keep the boys busy for a few hours. We had a late start, due to them driving up from Columbus that morning, so we didn't hit the water until 9am. By ..read more

by Capt Juls on 04/16/24 No, I'm not ignoring my blog....I haven't been out.  I had a whole week of rescheduling this week.   I had a two day trip scheduled for Sunday/Monday, but it was a husband and wife who don't like it rough, so Sunday was definitely out, and although yesterday was not as rough, it was still an NE wind, so too rough for them. They are rescheduling. Then, my crew for a 4 day trip this Thursday through Sunday wanted to reschedule to a two day trip in early May (not weather related, because they would have gotten 3 of their 4 days in). And, me being the nice person ..read more

by Capt Juls on 03/29/24 Well, this report is not what I wanted to report after being off for since my last trip on March 3rd. I usually don't schedule trips until the last week of March, but Mother Nature had given us a reprieve early in the month, so I took advantage of that, and got a couple of trips in, but she changed her mind mid-month and brought the cold and wind back. The lake conditions right now are typical for this time of year, and yesterday, it was muddy inside and had mixing water a few miles out. Jason brought his 12-year-old son up for another trip with me. The last trip was a ..read more

I Wish this was an April Fools Joke....4/1/24 by Capt Juls on 04/01/24 Mother Nature has ruined the three day trip that was scheduled for tomorrow through Thursday, with big wind and rain. I told my crew, that would be driving in from 11 hours away, to stay home, and save that drive for another time. It's April 1st, and looking at the radar, it appears that it will be an all day rain today, so that's going to muddy up the rivers, that will be dumping into the lake in the next few days.  Tomorrow's wind is forecast to be 25-30mph out of the ENE. Wednesday's wind is 20-25 out of the SW, and ..read more

Fishing Report for the first weekend in April....4/7/24 by Capt Juls on 04/07/24 Good morning...I'm not scheduled to go back out until Tuesday, this week. As you know, my three day trip that was planned earlier this week was cancelled, due to wind, and then the next three day trip scheduled after that one was rescheduled, so it's been a long week of not fishing for me....deep sigh. The lake is not as tore up as we all thought it would be after the wind and rain we had earlier in the week, so that's the good news. But, the rivers are dumping a lot of debris into the lake, so be careful and keep ..read more

Fishing with Steve and Mick 2/26/2024 by Capt Juls on 02/26/24 My alarm went off this morning, for the first time since last fall, and I woke up startled, wondering why it was going off...then, I remembered...I was going fishing! I jumped out of bed to get my coffee, and make sure the weather was still going to be nice today. To my delight, it was. Steve called me the other day, asking if he and his friend, Mick, could get out with me today, so I checked the weather and wind forecasts, and told him, "Yes". I don't usually run this early in the season, but with the mild weather upon us, I thoug ..read more

by Capt Juls on 03/02/24 After a good 8 hours of sleep, I got up at 2am to have my coffee, check the weather apps, and get the dog outside to relieve himself.  The weather apps informed me of a decent morning ahead. It was calling for cloudy, chilly, and damp to start the morning, but the fine mist that was in the air, early this morning, dissipated by the time we headed out of Mazurik's, at 7am. Eric drove in from Nebraska yesterday, to today and tomorrow. We headed east from the launch, and marked fish the entire way, so we didn't go far. We were over 35 feet of water, and the marks wer ..read more

Fishing Day 2 with Eric Vogel 3/3/2024 by Capt Juls on 03/03/24 Woke up early, and did the usual morning routine, before heading to the building where my boat is staying warm and dry, to pick her up.  Eric was on his second day of fishing with me, and was right on time, when I picked him up at 6AM. We hit the gas station for ice, and off we went to Mazurik's. We launched at 6:30... and, while I waited for Eric to park the truck, the morning darkness was lifting, allowing me to see that the sky was full of clouds. I was hopeful, that after two days of cloud coverage at night, that the fish ..read more

Fishing with Capt Ryan and Capt Sam 2/19/2024 by Capt Juls on 02/19/24 Yesterday evening, I got a text from Capt Sam inviting me to go fishing with him and Capt Ryan Pettry, this morning. Of course, I said, "Yes"! We launched out of Vermilion, and had to go through skim ice that someone else had already broken earlier in the morning, ahead of us. There was floating skim ice closer to shore, but once we got away from shore, it was a flat calm lake with no ice. The sun was up and shining, warming things up pretty fast.  It was only 20 degrees out when we launched, so the warmth of the sunsh ..read more