Kenneth Lee

Today's trip with Al and his son Micah from Kingsford, Michigan started out with lots of action, however we were losing fish left and right and catching mostly smaller fish. The weather was really strange this morning for a while, we had a strong west wind kick up, and during that time the bite was really tough, at least for us it was. After the west wind settled down, it got calm, and we headed to a different location. I only went to this deeper water location because I remembered a trip a couple of years ago with the same kind of weather conditions (extremely hot and flat calm) and we did quite well. I guess it pays off once in a while to fish "memories" because as soon as we got all our lines in...we started catching fish. A lot of the fish were suspended in the deep water, so I wasn't real worried about being able to mark them on my Lowrance. Sometimes you just have to fish spots and not worry about marking fish. The fish would come in flurries, we'd go for a few minutes with nothing...then all of a sudden have three fish on at once. It was like that for the better part of two hours. All of our fish were caught on harnesses trolled behind bottom bouncers at .9 to 1 mph. I don't know how many short fish we released today, but it was a bunch. We also lost several nice fish at the boatside or while reeling them in. We released a nice channel cat too that might have gone 6 lbs. or so. We tried some vertical jigging the last hour of the trip, but the fish really shut off about 2 p.m.. Here's a picture of today's catch, good luck from all of us in the Bay de Noc area. Summer is going fast...but we still have some openings for charters this month for you fair weather fishermen!

Captain Ken Lee

www.baydenoccharters.net

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Fish Species: Walleye
Bait Used: spinners/crawlers
Tackle Used: Uglystick rods/Okuma Linecounters
Method Used: trolling
Water Depth: 8-33 feet
Water Temperature: 75-78 degrees
Wind Direction: west/south/none
Wind Speed: 5-10 mph



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Kenneth Lee

About The Author: Captain Kenneth Lee

Company: Bay de Noc Charters

Area Reporting: Little Bay de Noc

Bio: I have fished my whole life. Moved to Little Bay de Noc in November of 1996 when my dad and brother and I bought Sall-Mar Resort. Have been chartering for walleye on both Little and Big Bay de Noc the last 8 years or so. I have been featured on national TV on the "The Next Bite" tv show with Keith Kavajcez. Was also named one of the best walleye guides in the country in the June 2005 issue of Field and Stream. I'm am on Warrior Boats pro-staff and love it when parents bring their kids on my charters!

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