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Sarnia Walleye trip put 2 in the boat in an afternoon

Took a trip for the Walleye in Lake Huron with Randy in his boat and we bumped into Matt from School's Out Fishing Charters and he gave us a few of his top producers to try. We ended up catching 2 and loosing 2 more each, it was pretty windy with some nice rollers coming in and our first time down there in one of our boats. We were happy to be out and learn a bit about drifting in pretty quick water and caught more than some of the guys we talked too but Matt ended up with 24 Walleye for the crew he took out not too bad for an afternoon of fishing. I joined Matt last year to share the day on his boat with another guy that wanted to share the cost and we really enjoyed the day on the water catching over 18 Walleye and we took our limit home. If you're looking to get out to catch some Walleye and learn how he does it checkout Matt's website at: https://www.schoolsoutfishingcharters.ca/

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Surprised to see eggs 

Matt's collection for us to try

Another Panfish day with lots of wind

Blade Baits did it's job the other day, but all I could trick into eating were Panfish, lots of Crappie, Perch and a few Pumpkinseeds and the big ones took the day off lol. I took sometime to drive around mapping and looking for schools and trying to find the solo fish hoping they'd be the bigger ones.

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The weather is holding on pretty good this year

Tuesday was another beautiful multi species day out in the lake with Smallmouth Bass, lots of Crappie, Perch and Rockbass all caught from 18' to 51' of water, they were even on the bottom in 51' of water. The Smallies came on a Tokyo Rig with an Adrenaline Craw and the rest were all caught on a Blade Baits everything was released to be caught another day.

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Cloudy and Sunny with a few good wind gusts

The Smallies are starting to show up at the wintering hole. Blade Baits and Football Head Swammers or Adrenaline Craws normally work when they're set up. We found a few nice schools if Crappie as well but no pictures were taken 8-10" was the biggest caught, hoping to get out a couple more times over the next couple weeks. 

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Found a few Smallies and a bunch of Crappie

First Smallmouth in the boat 7 minutes after I started on a Football Jig with an Adrenaline Craw and a bunch of schools of Crappie scattered around the lake that were from 10' to 40' of water and everywhere in between. The Blade Bait helped put a few Crappie in the boat, next time I'll try some Crappie Jigs as well. I even marked a bunch of Fish down to 50' of water on the bottom. I might have to checkout what they are the next time out if there is another this year. Sounds like we could get snow Sunday but hopefully it doesn't stay it's way to early for that. 

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ZAFS 2022 Show #9 Aaron Martens Tribute Full Show

This special ZAFS episode pays tribute to Aaron Martens, a frequent guest and friend. Mark Zona shares heartfelt memories alongside fishing footage spanning several years. Viewers experience their unique camaraderie and fishing adventures at Pickwick Lake.

This is a very touching Tribute

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Lots of wind but a little warmer today

Panfish plastics and Blade Baits helped put the Crappie in the boat the last 2 days, I found a few nice schools and caught lots but 9" was as big as they got. I tried a bit for Bass and Pike before getting a call to say I needed to take some stuff to Bill in the London Hospital, he's in over night for observation after he had a reaction after they started his treatment, he's stable now and hopefully home tomorrow late morning or after lunch. 

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Underwater Drone Reached the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, It Captured Something No One Expected

This is very interesting and worth watching

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Multi Species days can be FUN keep changing it up

Wednesday and Thursday was a couple multi species days with lots of Crappie being caught, we had one spot that had 15' of Crappie on the screen in 30'+ water that I should've taken a picture of too. 

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9.5" Pumpkinseed on a BladeBait

Caught on a 4.75" Swammers on a belly weighted hook with a willow blade under it.

9.5" Perch

Crappie ever drop until they moved

Nomad Chatterbait

Pike on a Crappie Jig sitting on the bottom as I helped Bonnie unhook a Crappie lol

This is how I got the skunk out of the boat today

Bit of a surprise today, I seen a few marks on the bottom in 30' of water I dropped a Football Jig down with no takers so I dropped a BladeBait down and watched it hit bottom as I went to lift it there was weight on the line so I set hard with no movement and I thought damn I have a rock and then it started to pull and I couldn't stop it so the hook pulled out, 2nd drop nothing and 3rd drop another fish and this Carp was hooked in the mouth lol I've never caught one like this but I'll take it and had a good fight getting it up to the boat. This Blade Bait has caught a lot of nice fish, Pike, Bass, Walleye and now a Carp before the Zebra Mussels got it, I'll be buying a few more when I find them.

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A little nicer out today and less wind as well

Another couple hours late afternoon today put a couple nice Largemouth Bass in the boat and lost another right at the boat while grabbing the net, I guess I should've boat flipped it in lol. I hit 1 point and then started shallow with a Chatterbait the boat was in 3.5' of water and casting shallower. I mixed in a Flipp'n Jig and a Football Jig with no success and tried them deep as well as a Bladebait with no takers. Looks like the Crappie are starting to school up, I found a couple schools but didn't try for them. 

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