Fishing Tiger Charters

Name: Fishing Tiger Charters
Address: Lakeside Marblehead, OH, 43452, US
Telephone: +14199672442
Rating: 5

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Follow our walleye fishing charter adventures as we fish the Western and Central Basins of Lake Erie
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06/01/2026

5/31
It was a humbling day for us. We fished hard for a single limit of 6 but threw back the 2 smallest at 15 1/4. Just can’t risk shrinkage when we ice them.

Great companionship! Lousy catching. We worked several spots we have been doing really good. And as I always preach to new people wanting to learn, “Trust Your Electronics”. We were marking good fish, we just couldn’t get them to bite.

We worked 35, 40, and 45 ft. Ran small and large spoons, bandits, flickers, husky’s, and more. Speeds from 1.9 to 2.7. Pulled every direction and zig zagged. No go.

I am scheduled off the next couple weeks. In case you wondered what I do when not fishing, I go fishing, lol. I will be doing a fly in to remote northern Canada. If I get a chance I’ll try to post a few pics.

05/30/2026

5/29 report.
Our suggestion to fish later was met with a a little resistance. We explained with the full moon and mayflies starting, we were on a better afternoon bite. We compromised and went out of Huron at 10:00.

We headed NE and picked up some beautiful marks over 35 ft of water. They were all up and down the water column just what I like. We set an East troll. It looked good but as I suspected it was a slow hard bite. Picking one here and one there. We made a few moves with no improvement. At 1:30 we only had 6 in the box.

We have been fortunate this season with little in the way of trash fish. I knew it wouldn’t last. We also had several white perch, a cat fish, and a trophy sized stick.

We pulled the spread and headed further ENE over 45 ft of water. I don’t know if it was the deeper water or just a better afternoon bite but we picked up 18 more between 2:00 and 3:30.

Water temps were 65 surface and 63 down 20 on fishhawk. Speed was 2.2 to 2.5. Flicker 11s and scorpion sized spoons were best. Blue was the best color by far.

Midges were bad! We also marked several areas of mayflies rising when in shallow but not out deeper. It is supposed to blow a little more tomorrow, so we will be back out Sunday.

05/18/2026

A special day today for sure. Our special guest and long term friend agreed to let our special little people come along. Building the next generation of fisher-people one fish at a time.

It was so nice watching them wanting their turn to bring in a fish.

We fished out of Huron but down off Vermillion. We have a pocket of bigger fish located so I can’t give up the exact spot. But we were trolling Bandits back 90 and Scorpion spoons down 30. Of the 24 walleye 6 came on spoons and the rest on Bandits, no color dominated but we were pulling allot of white. Spoons were orange headed wonderbread (only color we pulled). We caught several on fruit dot and white red head Bandits.

We worked over 40-30 ft. Surface temps hit 60 in the afternoon but temp was 56 on fish Hawk. Speed was 2.2 mph fish Hawk. There are allot of eater sized eyes in 20-30 ft of water, but today we were looking for bigs.

Best of all, the just turned 6 young lady cranked in a Fish Ohio 28 1/2” with a little help from Capt. Christy. We had several 26-27 fish.

We are off the next several days.

05/16/2026

We met our guests from S. Ohio for a nice leisurely breakfast before heading to the Huron ramp. It was a beautiful morning and the lake had just a small chop.

I decided it would be a good day to do a little running and get ready for things to come. We ran out north of Vermillion to 45ft. We were marking allot of fish but they were hanging deep - never a good sign. I checked several of our spots but always the same deep marks.

The guests were getting antsy so we set up headed south , but as expected it was a slow bite. As the day went on we got a little more wind putting a better ripple on the surface and the eyes started to rise. And we started the fire drill with doubles triples and even a quad.

We iced 36, the boat limit and even had catch and release. When we got to the Huron cleaning station and unloaded there were only 35 walleye. Now this is a concern because if you can undercount by one you could overcount by one. Capt. Christy and I will be watching closer next time. In all fairness it was a madhouse in the cockpit with multiples coming in.

We started running bandits back 120 with little luck. The first few fish came on spoons down 35 on the riggers. Once the fish got active the best leads were 90 back naked Bandits. Water temp was 56. Best speeds were 2-2.2. They showed a real preference for white baits, with W***y Nelson ( white red head) and Fruit Dot AKA wonderbread outfishing all other colors by far.

I was supposed to have a bass trip tomorrow but the winds will be rising and it won’t be a bass boat kind of day. So we rescheduled. Sunday is looking good and we should be back chasing eyes with a solo guest.

05/15/2026

Our guests who will be fishing with us for the next couple days got in this afternoon. We agreed to take them late this afternoon. The plan was to wait for the winds to settle a little. I warned them there would be residual rollers.

We worked the clearer water east of Kelly’s for about 4 hours. It was a tough bite and the boat was rocking and rolling. There was no such thing as setting a line to troll. We just had to let the waves dictate our troll.

We finished with 19 nice eaters.

We ran bandits both sides, port 100 and Stbd 90, at about 2mph. We were surging with the waves. All colors caught. We worked from 40 to 20 ft of water. We caught at all depths and colors, but it was a grind. Surface temp was 56.5 and down 20 on fish Hawk 55.

I’m looking forward to some nicer water tomorrow.

05/13/2026

We had a short window to fish this afternoon. We launched out of Huron and ran out front to 40ft of water. There still is allot of wood coming down the river. So we setup headed west following the 40ft.

It was another non stop bite. I know it can’t last but for now we are enjoying it. We could not get a full spread out. 4 was the most rods we were able to get out. It took us 1 1/2 hours to catch a two person limit.

Leads were 100 port and 90 Stbd. Bandits naked. 1.7-1.9 mph. All colors caught. We had doubles and a triple on. We lost 2 fish, through a couple back, brought 12 in for the freezer.

Size was 18-22”.

Surface temp was 56. FishHawk temp down 20 was 55.

05/11/2026

We took advantage of the off time to do some maintenance on Fishing Tigers electronics.

We depend heavily on our electronics. 2 Solix 15s, Fish Hawk, 2 Optima downriggers, Ultera, and Radar all interconnected through an Ethernet. Basically you can see and do everything from any device.

We upgraded 15hp merc kicker battery from 100 amp to 165. This battery also supports all the electronics. Note: we use the 15hp instead of the 9.9 hp most guys run because of its larger alternator.

Next we rebuilt the Down riggers. Including replacing a control board on one.

We started updating version on everything. We found when you have this much inter talking between units it helps to have the latest software.

We had one oh shucks when one of the Solix wouldn’t update and kept hanging up. Humminbird is replacing no questions ask even though it was out of warranty. Their service was fantastic. Bummer is I don’t get the new one until next week. We don’t need 2 but I’m spoiled. We run one in the front and one in the back.

I wasn’t supposed to fish so I just tested out the upgrades a couple times, lol!

Fish haven’t changed much. The fish we have been working east of the islands have drifted a little farther east but not far. We worked 35 ft of water trolling west to east following the contour. Leads were 90-100 Bandits naked. Speed 2mph fish Hawk. Best color was what we call W***y Nelson - red headed step child. White with red head, it was the best color the last 2 days out.

We caught our first shorts of the season. 2 12 inchers went back to grow. We still haven’t brought a trash fish in, knock on would. We know it is coming.

05/08/2026

Say ouch!

Use that sunscreen. Skin cancer had to be removed.

It looks worse than it feels.

04/28/2026

Yesterday a potential bummer turned into one of our best/fun days in a long time. Our clients driving up from KY were supposed to meet us at 9:00. At 9:30 a call saying they would be late. At 10:30 another call to cancel - it happens😢.

Meanwhile, while we were hanging out at the ramp 6 guys from out of state came in and were complaining about the lake and fishing. They were talking about going home early. They said the lake was over rated and when I suggested they get a guide to show them the ropes, that set them off again “guides are a rip off”. It seems they hired a guide for the day and the 6 of them only caught 7 small walleye.

When our people canceled I made the most vocal older guy an offer. Come fish with us and if you don’t catch your limit in an hour your trip is free. They all laughed! They thought we were joking - I assured him we were legitimate. His friends egged him on. He said sure can I bring my son.

We made a short run and started to set up. Capt. Christy was putting out the first line while I was setting up the Ultera and Fish Hawk, bam first fish hit, a chunky 24 incher. She put the line back out and just got second set when bam another. The guy looks at me an says “damn looks I’m going to owe you”. We left the dock at 11:30 and were back about 2:30 with their and our limit (24) of mid 20 inch fish.

Another fun times was when I threw a 17 incher back and he was amazed when I said we don’t want the little ones - he said that was the biggest they had caught all week.

BTW I wasn’t worried, we have been working this school for a couple weeks.

It made our day to hear him talking to his buddies. He kept sending them pics and they were waiting at the dock. He made us sound like fish gods, lol.

Our program was the same. Bandits back 90-100 naked 35 to 40 ft of water. We did pick speed up to 2 - 2.2mph. They hit on every color.

Well this is my last post for awhile. Capt. Christy is at the dentist, say ouch - root canal and crown this week.

04/24/2026

We have had questions pop up because we have not been posting. There were a few issues last Fall with posts I won’t go into. But we are well and good and still fishing and thank you for those who were concerned.

But I understand your liking the pics and hopefully the updated help. So I will try to balance things out and post weekly.

We have been hitting the Walleye hard the last couple weeks weather permitting. We have picked up 8 fish Ohios so far with 2 over 30 in one day.

This week we have been working 30 to 40 feet of water. Honestly we have been hitting on every color, speed, and lead. But the best of the best if I had to recommend program it would be Bandits naked back 90 at 1.7-1.9 mph FishHawk, with Popsicle the best color over 35 ft.

The last few day have been big males 23-26, perfect for loading the freezer.

BTW the really big girls all came on Husky Jerks fished 3-5 off bottom on the riggers.

Also if the wind is up and you are so inclined the Smallies are getting active and moving up on the rocks.

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Lakeside Marblehead, OH
43452

Telephone

+14199672442

Website

http://www.fishingtigercharters.com/

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