Harbor no fish reports

[John Miller]

Its been a tough fall for the weekend angler.  I walk around work and home like some kind of fish zombie dying to get out on the water and anxiously awaiting the weekend.  more often than not someone posts a report with pics of a successful trip during the week with calm flat waters in the background.  It all serves to make me even more excited for a weekend trip.  Then the weather men start blabbing about gale force winds for the upcoming weekend.  Enough of my babbling.  I fish when I can, so Saturday I fished the harbor solo from 4am-8am.   No fish, but I did catch an old Zebco.  Then again I lost my luckiest fishing hat.  A faded blue Gamagatsu hat in the south gap.  Winds got real stiff around 730am which made for a tough time at the launch. Lucky for me A little part of musky history was waiting for me at the dock.  Tom Eastman helped me get the boat on the trailer, no easy task in those winds, and then shared stories of harbor days past. 

Sunday morning didn't seem too windy after all.  I got a hold of Josh Kane for a quick 2 hour harbor troll after church.  We fish 1:30-3:30pm.  Not too bad really, that is until the north winds picked up and we had to ride back to the launch.  Washboard waves sprayed us down and froze instantly.  The two of us and the boat looked like we were made of glass.  At least like we were dipped in liquid glass that had cooled and hardened.  For the 15 minutes I took to get back to the launch I felt like I was a crab fisherman on the Bearing Sea. Back at it with Dave Martin Thanksgiving weekend.  Hoping to fish the low density waters for the BIG reward.   

[Dave Martin]

John...... like the old saying "if it was easy everyone would be doing it" hahaha

Late November and early December musky fishing in our local waters is what we all wait anxiously for, sure, some seasons the weather is mild but as you and Josh Kane just experienced it can get pretty raw.

If you are a musky fisherman "this is our time", angler safety aside, get out there and fish.

Don't know where we sit with the musky gods but after a foot of snow (or was it two feet lol) in our boat and getting soaked to the azz with 35degF rain last season, I'm guessing we're due for a blessing.

Looking forward to fishing with you starting Friday.

-Dave

[John Miller]

Dave, I don't know if we'll find her, but I sure feel like we're due.  Harbor temps ranged between 41 F to 43F on Sunday.  Capt Larry this would be a great time to chime in about wind velocity/water temps and how they set up for harbor muskies.

[Capt. Larry D. Jones]

John, I have been stuck on shore with problems with both my wife's & daughters cars needing repair.Looks like I will not get back out until friday.I have been waiting for the snow to cool the main waters of Lake Erie and bring the bait fish back to the harbor in masses.I believe the last couple days should setup to be very good if the winds can stop pushing the 42 to 43 degree surface water our way, the harbor needs to be warmer then the deeper water of Lake Erie.Either way it is killing me not being out.When the water behind the walls is colder then outside the walls do not waste your time inside, get out and work bait fish schools in open water, Noaks Reef, 32' hump to the right of the mid channel bouey etc.