LUCKY STRIKE Sport fishing - fishing charters on Lake Erie

Just when can I find time to get everything done??????

Lake Erie is thawing out. Officially spring has begun but we're all anticipating the good weather arrival. The steelhead trout are in the shallows. Turkey hunting is opening in a week. My motorcycle is coming out of storage. The "Lucky Strike" is also coming out of storage as well as my wife's New Beetle. The campground is opening this week.

Do you know what all this tells me??? Just when will I find the time to get all the things done that need done? I can hardly believe I did it all through all these years and over 35 of them was while working a full time job! I'm glad I'm retired from industry. I don't know how I ever found the time to go to work.

I'm expecting an excellent walleye year in 2008. Our weekend charters are nearly all booked but you can still get an afternoon 4 man charter at a reduced rate.

Gotta go & get some of this work load accomplished!

In the meantime if you may be interested in Lake Erie fishing charters and Lake Erie walleye fishing charters visit us on the web at http://www.LakeErieCaptain.com


Until then, good friends, calm seas and great fishing........God Bless America, Captain Art

I was in industry for over 35 years. I always took pride in listening to everyones requests. This could be from the smallest guy on the ladder to the CEO. I would listen to what they had to say and give them some response. I would always return phone calls. Even if it were to tell someone I wasn't interested.

Now it's the computer generation. It's surprising to me how many returns I get from peoples websites. What are the websites doing out there? I even created a blog recently to show our quest for link exchanges.

Why is it that when I ask questions to webmasters or owners that I only receive an answer back from less than 1% of the emails I send out? Is it that the web is filled with rude people? Even if the email did not get to the right place it would only be a mouse click for someone to forward it to whomever is in charge. Rude people - get off your butts & do some work, I am!

In the meantime if you may be interested in Lake Erie fishing charters and Lake Erie walleye fishing charters visit us on the web at http://www.LakeErieCaptain.com

Until then, good friends, calm seas and great fishing........God Bless America, Captain Art

A little bit more on saving bucks:

Today I had to revert back to an old ability of mine which I really didn't want to do: automobile mechanic. I have a Blazer which needed lower ball joints and with the price of fuel being what it is I chose not to let the local automotive shop do the work & did it myself.

Instead of doing just the lowers I chose to do the upper ball joints as well. Savings: about $400 big bucks. I'm sure everyone can find a better way of cutting corners than doing automotive work. Maybe you won't eat out as often......maybe you won't buy that new suit or major appliance you were looking at.

One thing is certain.......for the average person cutting costs somewhere to be able to put gasoline in your tank is a certainty. I'll still pray that God will bless America while our short sided politicians are running around with their heads stuck up their behinds.

In the meantime if you may be interested in Lake Erie fishing charters and Lake Erie walleye fishing charters visit us on the web at http://www.LakeErieCaptain.com


Until then, good friends, calm seas and great fishing........God Bless America, Captain Art

With the cost of gasoline these days going through the roof where does the average Joe save enough bucks to make up for the increase?

For instance.....if your monthly automotive gasoline costs were $300 a few years ago they are now at least $900. If your income has not increased and all other things are equal where do you get the $600 extra to put fuel in that vehicle?

Have you ever figured out how long you have to work to pay that gasoline bill? Or better yet have you ever figured out what percent of your income was & now is being paid to put fuel in your vehicles? I'll bet if you did you were very surprised. I'll bet if you didn't you sure should have because everyone needs to know these things.

More on this grief later but......................

In the meantime if you may be interested in Lake Erie fishing charters and Lake Erie walleye fishing charters visit us on the web at http://www.LakeErieCaptain.com


Until then, good friends, calm seas and great fishing........God Bless America, Captain Art

I found a bunch of steelhead trout today in the shallows in the Ashtabula River. We pounded on them until our arms were tired. The rest of the week has rain forcasted and I get the feeling that the remainder of our trout fishing season may not be fishable much longer.

In the meantime if you may be interested in Lake Erie fishing charters and Lake Erie walleye fishing charters visit us on the web at http://www.LakeErieCaptain.com


Until then, good friends, calm seas and great fishing........God Bless America, Captain Art

1st week of April........... My oh my, just where did our steelhead season go? It just seems like yesterday was October first and the beginning of our steelhead season. Six months have already passed. Today we had the banquet for the Grand River Bait & tackle trout tournament. The boat will be out of storage next week & soon will be ready for the water. The winter has held on this year and I feel our season is two weeks behind 2007. We will probably have two days of good trout fishing this coming week - tomorrow and Tuesday. From Wednesday on more rain with thunderstorms are predicted and will certainly muddy up the rivers again. It's really something how little good river time we have had since the end of January. It has either been frozen or muddy. But as always with the weather we can only take what we're given. Don't forget the youth trout derby at the Conneaut Fish & Game Club's pond, scheduled for May 17th. Bring your children for free gifts and refreshments and hopefully one of them will win the grand prize - a fishing charter on the "Lucky Strike"

In the meantime if you may be interested in Lake Erie fishing charters and Lake Erie walleye fishing charters visit us on the web at http://www.LakeErieCaptain.com


Until then, good friends, calm seas and great fishing........God Bless America, Captain Art

Yesterday, for no apparent reason the steelhead trout began jumping out of the water and trying to swim upstream across a barrier which they could not make. I don't mean just a few. Hundreds of fish all seemingly over active. At the same time they became over-anxious on the bite and took every bait we threw after them.

I said to my friends who were fishing with me I wonder what triggers that. There were no apparent water or condition or barometer changes. I also said that if we could ever figure the fish out there would not be any more. The people would simply wipe them out!

Thats why its called fishing and I love it whichever way it comes. So if your interested in those guided stream trips for our wonderful steelhead trout make it soon as our season is winding down.

In the meantime if you may be interested in Lake Erie fishing charters and Lake Erie walleye fishing charters visit us on the web at http://www.LakeErieCaptain.com


Until then, good friends, calm seas and great fishing........God Bless America, Captain Art