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Friday's trip saw me and my clients head to the north end of the bay and troll harnesses. I think we would have had a great day if not for all the sheepshead. I have never seen so many sheepshead in the bay in my life!!! But, we weeded through them and ended up with 8 keepers even though we quit early due to one of my clients not feeling so well. The bite on Saturday was a little tougher with the north winds we had but we still scrounged up a nice mess of fish. The bite today was much improved (though it didn't start until 11:00am)and we brought back 17 keeper walleye and 3 really nice smallmouth bass. Most of the keepers came between 11:00 and 2:00 when we called it a day. Summer is going fast folks, better get out there...

Today's trip was with Marion and Hank, a couple of great guys from the Chicago area. It started out a little slow...but I knew that the wind would soon get the fish crankin'...and crank they did. We caught several undersized fish, and ended up keeping 14 nice fish for them to enjoy. We caught all of our fish using bottom bouncers and harnesses. Anything orange or chartreuse caught fish. We also caught several using a blueberry muffin colorado blade (pictured). The wind had the bay rockin' and rollin' and it was hard keeping the boat slowed down to 1 mph. Here's a picture of today's catch. Good luck from all of us in the Bay de Noc area!

Another great day on the water today with Denny, Jim Sr. and Jim Jr. We got on the water a little before 7 a.m. and headed out to troll some harnesses. We were trolling today and used a variety of colors today with W-11 being a great producer (chartreuse with copper blade) as well as our own J & K Tackle Blueberry muffin pattern colorado blade. We were able to get our 15 fish limit and get off the water before the rains moved in around 2 p.m.. Our fish ranged from just over 15 inches to a few in the 23-24 inch range. We didn't catch as many little guys today. Saw a couple other boats on the water, but it's sure been quiet out there lately. All the rain recently is bringing in a lot of nice dark water to the bay, which really helps the bite. All the rivers at the north end are flowing as good or better than they do in the spring. I'm thankful to see the rain...but my garden sure could use a break and a few days of sun now. Here's a picture of today's catch, good luck from all of us in the Bay de Noc area.

Two of the three illegal netters caught recently netting on Big Bay de Noc were sentenced today. You can see their sentences here: http://www.dailypress.net/page/content.detail/id/516739.html?nav=5003 . Kevin Lee