Thread: ALL RIGHT DOUG

Originally Posted by dkb23

It had to be cajun fryers. Just saying!

That was just wrong.....

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Originally Posted by dkb23

It had to be cajun fryers. Just saying!

Winner!!!
It was a wonderful trip. Any time I can spend time in the boat with Chaunc, it's going to be a great time. All 4 of us from down this way were out of our element from the get-go. The perch rigs were familiar in that they were essentially double minnow KY rigs like we've used here for generations before Capps and Coleman put their names on them. It was different fishing in 50+ feet of water with 5 feet of perch stacked up on the bottom that wouldn't hit anything. That's just fishing and as a guide, I know better than most how frustrating it can be.

It was rougher than we had hoped on Saturday and from somebody who used to puke his guts up at the sight of a tilt-a-whirl at the fair, I worried about being seasick. I got a prescription for Meclazine (I think that's what it is called) and had zero issues other than it made me sleepy at times. The sleepy didn't last long because this group of clowns were always doing something we could all laugh at.

We got out to the GPS numbers where the guide had been catching perch and were joined by about 100 other boats within a couple of miles of us. Having fished Jonathan Creek in April, I felt right at home. One here, a couple there was pretty much the rule of the day. We started trolling Dipsey Divers later and got into some small walleyes but also some PIG white bass. The guide considered them trash fish but we considered them supper so they went into the box. The decision to run much farther out and west on Sunday meant a much earlier start on Sunday.

The lake was slick when we left the harbor of Conneaut, OH Sunday. Several miles of running in the dark put us at the GPS numbers as it was just peaking sunrise. The lake was slick and the sunrise made for bunches of great photos.

When George, our guide, started trying to explain the logistics of how to figure the distance back the baits would be running on wire line, I'm sure our collective jaws hit the deck. What the devil did he just say? We pretty much stepped back and let George and Kenny get the boards out and the 8 rods with wire out off the boards.The diving stick baits George had custom painted were running 400-500+ feet behind the boat. 4 rods with Dipsey Divers the size of coffee saucers finished off the spread. We picked up our 1st walleye pretty soon after. We were marking layers of walleyes 50 feet deep in 75 feet of water. Needless to say, it took a while to reel in a 5 pound walleye that was 500 feet behind the boat and not really happy about having his face full of hooks.

We had much less company Sunday and most of the boats out in that area were all guides who willingly (it seemed) shared info when the bite was on. It seemed like we were catching pretty much the same as the other guides George knew on the radio.

We enjoyed a great lunch with Chaunc after the trip and started making plans for the next trip next year. It was a great experience for me and I am so grateful Chaunc and I had a disagreement about female redears all those years ago on Crappie.com. That disagreement lead to a longlining trip on KY lLake which has lead to a friendship with my dear friend Kenny, his Brother Richard, and his friends TO (Tim/Brushpile Odem), Lenny and Big Mike. TO and his great wife came by the motel to visit us Friday night. It takes a friend to drive several miles out of his way to just say hello and let us meet his lovely wife. Hopefully next trip TO and the crew can all fish with us. It is an experience to share a boat with them. The fun and laughter never stops!

The drive home was twice as long as the drive up there. We parted ways with Mark at Cabela's in Columbus. Before leaving there I did pick up some small Dipsey Divers and some Jet Divers. Watch out deep KY lake fish!

I'm already starting to save $$ for next year's trip.

Glad you and the rest had a great time. Double glad all made it back safe and sound. How early did Rickie have to get up to perk enough coffee from the little hotel coffee maker to fill his huge thermos? Lol.

Originally Posted by crp4570

How early did Rickie have to get up to perk enough coffee from the little hotel coffee maker to fill his huge thermos? Lol.

That was a production in itself ...

(Dean said I looked naked walking out of McDonalds in the parking lot without my coffee) ...

Rickie

Originally Posted by rnvinc

That was a production in itself ...

(Dean said I looked naked walking out of McDonalds in the parking lot without my coffee) ...

Rickie

What kind of drugs did yall have in Ricky to not have his coffee thermos?

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Rickie without thermos. Linux without his blanket. Superman without his cape. The Lone Ranger without tonto. Holy batman what is this world coming too.

He had his coffee, it was just in a gallon-sized cup that he poured into his thermos when he got to the truck. He said carrying that thermos into a McDonald's in Ohio at 6 in the morning might make somebody think it was a bomb. I can see that. We probably looked like terrorists to some.

Me? I laid off the coffee while we were on the road. My bi-hourly wee-wee stops would have been every 20 minute wee-wee stops had I been drinking the stuff like Rickie does.

One other thing that we were puzzled about. We all know how bad KY Lake can get with a north or south wind and how small boats are not the best idea for running KY in 3-5 foot rollers. We saw boats MILES off-shore that would have scared me to be in on a rough day here. Several of them were FULL of fishermen who were either braver than me or potential Darwin Award candidates.