Fishing Day Two with Ed, Tim, and Rick...6/25/2026

Let me first say that this check engine light was scanned, and it came back as "Cold Start/ Fast Idle", so last week I had Matt Weiland clean the injectors and change the spark plugs. He didn't change the spark plug wires at that time, though. It also required another oil change due to the injectors being cleaned, even though it was still at 78% oil life from the last change.

Back in April, I had the coolant flush, tranny flush, and the oil change done. He also put new springs and shocks on it at that time, too.

The light was off for most of the week after he worked on it, but came back on a couple of days ago. The truck isn't making any weird noises or vibrations, so I drove it to the launch and back...that's it.

Since it was flashing this morning, I'm guessing there is a clogged injector that needs replacing, or it's simply the spark plug wires needing replaced. I can get it in on Monday the 6th, so I'm not too worried about it.

My neighbor, Dave, is going to let me use his new truck to run my trip tomorrow, so I don't have to worry about it. Then, I'm good. Well, not really....July's bookings are dismal to say the least.  Normally, by now, I have half of July booked, but I only had 5 as of the other day. But then one of my customers who had a two day-trip booked called to cancel, so now I only have three days booked for the entire month of July.  

After talking to another Captain, I have found out that a lot of bookings are down for a lot of Capts, too.  I blame the economy right now. People are hanging onto their money with the unbelievably high prices of everything, and no relief is in sight right now. I can't blame them.

Anyway....

This morning, I picked my guys up at 4:45 anyway, even though we would be launching at Mazurik's instead of Huron, and got to the ramp when it was still dark.  We waited until 5:30 to launch, so I could see when we were driving out.

The rain had stopped, so that was a relief, too.  Somehow, we managed to miss most of the rain all morning. It either went south of us or to the north of us, but never on top of us. We got a little drizzle for about 5 minutes, but that was it.

We went to the same place as yesterday, and ran the exact same program and lures as yesterday, too. I didn't change anything all morning, and we were done with our 24 eaters by 8:15.  My guys were happy, because they are older, and the forecast was calling for some wind to come in, but it was nice while we were out there...thank goodness, because they are older and their sea legs were out of practice. lol  

Since it's the same program and info as yesterday....I'm keeping this short, because I still have to clean the boat for the new customers fishing with me tomorrow. :)

The forecast for tomorrow is showing light winds out of the west and switching to the east by late morning. We will launch out of Mazurik's, because with my luck, if I drove my neighbor's truck to Huron, some stupid deer would jump out and wreck his truck. Ha!

Stay tuned....

Capt Juls