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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | Water Temps: Mid 70's
Visibility: range from 2-6 feet
Fish are being located in 9 feet and less
Glide baits and topwaters producing well over other lures.
Friday I had the pleasure of guiding John Bette from outside of Chicago. With the over cast skys we headed off to Tippy at 5:00 am. I had John throwing the Weagle at first as I threw the grey ghost. After about an hour, John switched to the Jackpot and had two blow-ups with one coming straight out of the water and making all kinds of racket. We fished the north side pretty good and beat the hell out of Patona Bay with no fish.
I moved over to the side side flats and right away we began moving fish. John was throwing a purple Cobbs and I had on the Grey Ghost. After a few lazy follows we finally got one to hit. A chunky 36 incher. I threw the Grey Ghost over to John, and I put on the STC Glider. About 5 cast later I had a nice fish, 42-44 blow up on the STC, but never got hooks in her. We moved several fish on the south side flats and even caught a 34 inch Pike!
With nothing much going we moved to Webster around 3:15. We headed off to the small islands as you enter Echo Bay, right away I moved and lost a fish on a orange Magic Maker. As we worked around the islands, John lost a fish on his favorite red and char. Cobbs glider.
We had several fish to the boat, a few on and off and finally got one to blow up on the Weagle, but it totally missed!!! We fished till around 8:00, and after 15 hours on the water, and only 1 silly 36 icher in the boat, both me and John realized that Friday was a TOUGH BITE!
On Sunday I took my girlfriend out in search of her first musky. We headed out on Webster around 6:00 a.m. I started down yellow banks with the Weagle and nothing. Once the sun came out I switched to a firetiger Squirko. On about my 10 cast I caught a 32 on Yellowbanks in about 6 feet of water. We moved up and down Yellowbanks, saw a few but no hooks got into any more. I moved over to the islands outside of Echo and again on about my 10 cast I caught a 35.5 on the same firetiger squirko. By 11:00 all the crazy boaters were out, so we ate lunch and headed to Barbee. I thought for sure it was going to happen for my girlfriend!! She finally had one hit on the chrome Super Shad rap, but after a jump and a head shake it got off. O well!! We only fished till around 3:00 and got off the water. WAY TO HOT!!!
3 fished boated: 32, 35.5 and 36
Squiko and Grey Ghost
5 fish lost! #*^@ IT!!
Good luck out there. I will be hitting the water again tomorrow.
Mike Hulbert
419-553-6570
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