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Well, we made it happen!  Bad start, but finished strong.

Plan A,  fish Monroe, MI. Found out there was a national walleye tournament.

Plan B... went to Huron launch. Got there, two boats. River was trashed, chocolate milk, full of debris. Carefully made it out to the lake for an hour in the afternoon, but fought the wind and debris field and tangled lines. Packed it up quickly.

Plan C... went to Port Clinton, and checked out Mazuriks. Talked to some guys and a CO. Said the bite was on, east of Kellys, but a different tournament was starting. Fished Friday morning for short time until the wind and waves got nasty fast. Trolled back in but thru muck water, no fish. Rains came and we did some napping, then drove around for sight seeing. 

Saturday morning got out early before the crowd, motored to SE corner of Kelly's and started dropping our spread. Before half was in, got a bite, then another. Finally set up and here comes the crowd! Literally hundreds of boats throughout the morning. We picked away with 6 fish, and the predicted 1 footers turned into 3 footers. Went to SW of Kelly's for the wind break, and trolled thru the jiggers. We picked up 3 more eventually, and decided we accomplished what we hoped for. Good trip considering first time in our own ride. We will be back! 

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One Bandit took 6 of the fish. Wish we had another to put out. Lol. Captains were sharing info on the radio with lead lengths, speeds, directions, etc. We picked up on all that and it sure helped.

Mazuriks holds 215 spots for boats. In addition, they were parked in the grass, on the lanes in the turns, along the road, etc. We got there about 5:20am and were about 5th in line. By the time we got our boat staged, the line was down the road as far as you could see. Total mess. So, word to the wise, check the schedules beforehand to avoid the chaos! On the up side, everyone was very friendly and on the same page. Pretty good time overall.

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Good job. Nice looking fish.

I was there also( I plan on putting up a report tomorrow)......Mazuriks was ridiculous...... all the LEWT guys launching....... not going to do that again, that's for sure.  Seeing about 250 to 300 boats out there was something,  definitely had to be on top of the navigation to stay trouble free. 
Glad you had a good time

How is the crowd on an average summer day, week and weekend? As big as that launch is, I can imagine its still tough sometimes.

Guys at our motel said they launch at Wild Wings because it is quiet and low traffic. They said $10 fee and has a fish cleaning station. 

Normally the launch is okay- gets crowded but nothing like it was on tournament day.  Mazuriks is a beautiful launch btw.  Wild wings is a nice spot to launch but you are not getting to Kelly's Island from there..... it's 25 miles from Wild wings to Eastside of Kelly's .

Ok thanks for the info. 

The guys out of WW said they were just shy of their limit the day prior. Surely fish to be had all over?

We are 100% newbies here, so we soak up any info we can and try to apply it eventually. Greatly appreciate the help!



 

Yes,  right now there should be fish out front and to the west,  shallow for jigging. Also you can head out past the reefs to troll.