Hotlinefishing Port Bruce July 4th with pics

[Hotlinefishing]

Two of us headed out this morning at 7:30 a.m. and went about 1.5 miles west of Port Bruce. We setup in 57 feet and trolled SW into 58 feet. There was a slight chop in the morning with overcast skies. We went 6 for 8 on the rainbows and there were not any walleye today for us. We fished in the same area as last Saturday with the best luck in 58-58.5 feet of water about 2.5 miles west of Port Bruce. The fish hit the following colors:

Nascar took 3 fish and lost 1 on 4 color core, rigger and small dipsey out 135 on 2 setting
2 inch spoon on downrigger cheater purple/silver took one fish
Caramel dolphin in Dreamweaver SS one fish on 5 color core
Yeck Jerry Lee 221 in 3.75 inch size took one fish on 4 color core
Yeck #280 Blueberry Muffin took one fish on 4 color core

Surface temps were about 68.5-69 degrees
Temp at 40 feet was 63 degrees
Temp at 48 feet was 54 degrees

Tightlines,

John

 

[Derby69]

Nice catch thanks for sharing

 

[Caseys Dream]

Good shootin' man. Sounds like the steelheads are really kicking in. Pretty amazing that at 40 feet the temp was only 5 degrees lower than the surface. No thermocline has set up much yet, we need some heat!!

 

[Blastr]

good report, thanks

Blastr