I arrived quite early at the Port Stanley boat ramp today,June 17/21,in anticipation of catching some walleyeβs & even perhaps some rainbowβs & fingers crossed!!
View attachment 43368 There were no fish to be found in the 35 to 40 feet of water,as some members on
@stomp previously had mentioned that they had caught some there & so therefore,I headed deeper to 51 fow with no luck there as well.No fish were displayed on my fish finder so far anywhere,so my next depth I wanted to try was around 65 fow. At 61 fow,my 90 - 4 stroke Mercury tiller outboard started to shake. I therefore looked on my message display
View attachment 43367 on my boat and it said,Caution,ignition coil running poorly-see dealer.
Thinking
the worst of what could happen next,I decided to turn back to Port Stanley for safety reasons,because the wind was suppose to pick up today around noon hour. Even though,I have a 9.9 4-stroke kicker outboard as well on my boat which I could of used to fish with,
View attachment 43373 I still figured it was best to head back in to shore with the 90 tiller,but at a moderate speed.Some of you would of likely kept on fishing with the 9.9 hp kicker motor all the way back in from around 10 kilometres from shore,but I figured that the walleye season is still very young,and itβs best to get my boat to my marine mechanic as soon as possible,in case he has to order a new part,which it turned out that he had to. As always,it was great to be fishing out of my boat again,(even though it was only for 2 hours), because the last time I was on my boat,was back in May,of this year off Port Franks. I should have my boat back by next week the marine mechanic said, & βlookoutβ walleyeβs & rainbowβs,because the
@Red Hering is coming for you!!
lol
Some photoβs below from Port Stanley today.The commercial fishing boat in the second last photo,has a Montreal Canadiens flag on the left side. GO HABS GO!!
Be Safe Everyone!! & Tight Lines & walleyeβs & rainbowβs ON!! to All!!