The 2024 Fall Brawl is finally upon us. We decide to start off where we ended up last year, fishing out of Cleveland. The first morning finds us launching out of EdgeWater with the plan to utilize our Livescope and Active Target to work the shallower flats. Our bait of choice for both of us was a Kalin's 3/8 oz Google Eye Jig in the glow color. We managed to pick up a couple decent walleye between the many sheephead that were roaming the flats as well. Our patience ran out on the jigging so we headed out towards the crib and started trolling cranks. We marked fish but it was not what you would expect for Cleveland. We caught a few but nothing big so we threw in the towel for the day.
On Day Two, we launched out of Dempsey (in Sandusky bay) and headed to the shipping channel along Cedar Point. With Livescope and Active Target down we worked the edge of the channel and picked off a few Walleye but, again, nothing big enough to keep us there. As late morning arrived we headed out of the bay to the east and trolled for the remainder of the day. We managed to mark a bunch of fish but just were not getting the bites you would expect no matter what we threw at them. And again 3-4 pounders with an occasional 5-6 pounder but not Fall Brawl size fish.
Day 3 - our final day of the first weekend we headed out of Huron early in hopes of catching the early dawn troll bite. Right away we managed a quick double of 5-6 pounders but our lines tangled and created a mess along with losing one of our boards. After searching for our board without finding it we trolled for a short bit and decided to end our short day jigging the shallow flats west of the Lighthouse. We didn't have a whole lot of time but we did catch some decent walleye and Amber lost a good one at the boat. This got our minds going and we already had our plan in place for the following weekend when we return.
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