Dear Friends,
The
close of another season is here. The summer goes by so fast, it’s
hard to catch up on my chores at home. I want to take time to Thank
everybody who fished with Watta Bite.
Fishing
was phennominal, all summer. Caught a bunch of salmon, smaller in
size, than years past.
We
started an Inland Lake perch charter this fall. Really catching
some nice perch this year. We caught about 250 this past week with
sizes 8” to 13”. Many in the 9” to 10” range.
Cindy
did a fabulous collage on the web site. Click on the
“Thank You 2005” link. These are all
pictures from the 2005 season that you sent to use, we hope to do
this and update every year.
The
photo album is getting closer. We have a bunch of pictures people
have sent via e-mail. We have a little problem with our slow dial
up internet, it doesn’t receive picutres real well. Cindy is setting
something else up for us to be able to receive your pictures so keep
them coming.
Sue and
I attended the Michigan Charter Boat Association Meeting at the end
of October. We had a good time, with some good information. Looks
like Lake Michigan is in good shape for next year. The warm summer
gave us great alewife hatch. Actually it was the best in 5 years.
This means fish should be a bit larger next year. The DNR is
cutting back on the salmon plant in Lake Michigan by 27% this year.
With alewives down the past few years, Lake Huron fish in Lake
Michigan. Plus a large natural re-production in streams and
rivers, the lake has a bit too many salmon in it, for the amount of
forage fish.
Prices
for next year are a big question with fuel prices being the
culprit. It’s hitting everybody hard, I’m going to try and remain
the same, except for the all day trip. It will go up from $650.00 to
$700.00 this coming year. So the half day trip for up to 4 people
will stay at $400.00. I checked with other Captains down state at
the meeting and their prices have gone up $50.00 to $100.00 more
than my prices.
I’m
hoping for more trips to make up the difference. This means book
early to get your date for your vacation.
There
will be some changes in Lake Trout size and limits for this year.
The final draft will be out in April. Looks like we’ll be able to
keep some smaller fish. This will help, since we threw so many back
the past couple of years.
The
fishing future looks bright next year and it should be a great year.
Hope to see you on
the boat!
Good fishing,
Captain Bill
