Little Bay de Noc-July 28th, 2010

[Capt. Ken]

Today's 1/2 day trip was with Bill and Brad, a couple of Iraq War veterans that are up here as part of a military band that's traveling around playing concerts throughout the area. The other day they played up at Munising, tonight they will be at the bandshell in Escanaba. We started fishing around 7 a.m. and had a nice 15 fish limit by 10:30 a.m.,. We then made one more pass and upgraded a few fish before heading in around noon. It was a fun morning with a couple of great guys. Most of the fish were 15 to 17 inchers, but on our last pass we did get a couple of 19 inchers that put up such a fight in the 75 degree water I thought maybe we had sheepshead on. Harnesses trolled behind bottom bouncers did the trick again. I was worried that the bite might not be as good after that strong front that passed through and all the lightning we had, but the fish were still hungry and we had a great time! Here's a picture of today's catch, that Bill is going to fry up for the guys tonight. Good luck from all of us in the Bay de Noc area.