Fishing Tiger Charters

06/23/2026

We had a chance to slip out Father’s Day with the family for some quality time and to check up on the fish. It was a great afternoon on the water.

The eyes have started to settle into their summer pattern. We had low 70s surface temps with 68 down 30. We worked north of Huron trolling East over 42 ft of water at 2.2 to 2.5 mph fish Hawk. We were marking deep fish but not on the bottom. Our best leads were Flickers back 120 and Scorpion spoons down 30. We didn’t turn a fish on Bandits. Color didn’t matter. But we did not work hard or long, it was all about the fun as the little ones reeled in several.

Weather has us inshore. We have re-scheduled our next three day for Friday.

BTW Mayflies are starting to come in thick.

06/23/2026

06/22/2026

Great trip up north. I told one of the guys I was fishing with no one would believe me when I said how many fish we caught.

Let’s just say every muscle in my arms and shoulders ached after the second day. We were catching smallmouth, wall eye, and northerns. I basically targeted the smallies as their my favorite, the way they fight pound for pound.

Great views and scenery. The wildlife was up close and personal. We see Bald Eagles all the time here but they were feet away there. We had one that would come every evening for his fish scrap snack.

Best of all, it was quality time with a great group of guys. BTW, Capt Christy says not without her next time, lol!

We went out Fathers Day with the family to catch back up on what the fish are doing here. Post to follow.

06/21/2026

Happy Fathers Day!

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.