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03-10-2024, 02:50 PM
Thread: Casting/Drifting this time of year???
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Re: Casting/Drifting this time of year???
this is great advice for jigging the reefs. but you might want a set of medium drift bags, if it's windy you can run 1 off each end of the boat to slow it down so your drift isn't too fast, but some...
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03-09-2024, 09:05 AM
Thread: Casting/Drifting this time of year???
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Re: Casting/Drifting this time of year???
just about a month from now we have had great luck drifting weight forward spinners in deeper water near the reefs. but that was years ago. but with all the eyes in the lake now it should really up...
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02-25-2024, 07:08 AM
Thread: Favorite trolling spoons
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Re: Favorite trolling spoons
just so you know while fishing the central basin out of Geneva Ohio when we fisf harnesses we start at the 1.8 to 2.0 speed. but have fished down to 1.6 or 2.2 to get fish. when running small spoons...
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02-22-2024, 07:47 AM
Thread: Favorite trolling spoons
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Re: Favorite trolling spoons
OH, I forgot we like to run them around 2.5 to 3.0 but mostly shoot for 2.7 and adjust the speed up or down if needed.
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02-22-2024, 07:45 AM
Thread: Favorite trolling spoons
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Re: Favorite trolling spoons
dreamweaver dw spoons are 1 of my top favorite in the 3 3/4 size. the best color we have used is the purple alewife. but they have many good colors.
another great spoon is the Michigan Stingger in... -
12-20-2023, 07:01 AM
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Re: December Thoughts.... Using Dipsey Divers....12/12/2023
my speed is based on what type lures i am using. even in mid summer in the central basin with harnesses we have had days where 1.6 was our best speed, other times 2.2 worked best but our starting...
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12-13-2023, 01:01 PM
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Re: December Thoughts.... Using Dipsey Divers....12/12/2023
I have to give you a huge KUDOS for this thread from all the guys starting out with dipsies. the way i got started was by going out on a great charter on the central basin. by mid-day, we were...
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11-30-2023, 11:49 PM
Thread: daiwa sealine reel question
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Re: daiwa sealine reel question
if you need more sealine sg17lca reels used i have 5 that are in working order plus 3 for parts cheap. at least 1 if not 2 of the parts reels the line counter doesn't work but one of another reel...
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09-16-2023, 02:48 PM
Thread: Conneaut 9/16
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Re: Conneaut 9/16
there is great fishing to be had still but they will start moving west before long so get them while you can. I didn't get to make it up to Geneva for our annual 1-week trip this year. but I love...
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08-22-2023, 10:08 AM
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Re: Looking for advice on areas to walleye sailing out of Ashtabula
in the water, LOL. sorry, but I had to say that. I can't really give you any good advice because I have never fished that late before. but the fish have been in 70' or better but once the water cools...
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07-31-2023, 07:45 AM
Thread: Sunday to Wednesday
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Re: Sunday to Wednesday
the only advice I can give is to fish deep with 1 or 2 just above the bottom. some of my best fish came off these deep lines. you don't say what you're using to get your lures down, or what lures...
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07-16-2023, 08:32 AM
Thread: looking for a new walleye net
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Re: looking for a new walleye net
I got the new type rubber net from Ego last year. I got the deep net in the large size. but it may still be a little small for fish 5# or more. but it is so much deeper and lighter than old style...
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07-11-2023, 01:22 PM
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Re: Need Help locating these Bandits, Please
I would guess it's a custom painted bandit by someone. I checked on fishusa.com in all their deep diving bandits the deep walleye bandits and they had some custom ones but not one like yours. you...
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Re: Need help
the weight will usually drop faster than your lure. if you let it out to fast the weight gets ahead of your line. that is when you start having trouble with the line catching on the weight causing...
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05-21-2023, 02:27 PM
Thread: 5-19-23 casting report
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Re: 5-19-23 casting report
i started drifting back about 1980 and the fishing was awesome. all we did back then was go out on the south or east side of west sister put our weight forward spinners out as far as we thought we...
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05-06-2023, 06:16 AM
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Re: Fishing Two Days with Jeff, Kevin, and Dan May 4/5, 2023
beautiful report and very nice sized fish. you talked about stopping and getting gas at the speedway. did they have non ethanol or did you just get ethanol gas? and would love to know what octane gas...
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04-28-2023, 06:30 AM
Thread: Advice on Trolling from a 30 Footer?
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Re: Advice on Trolling from a 30 Footer?
even though my boat was only a 21' I liked the boat running a little off course and then steering back using my autopilot. it gave the lures different action as the boat made its turns and we wasn't...
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04-27-2023, 06:03 PM
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Re: What to do with walleye leftovers after cleaning
if we can't find a place to dispose of them we just put them in a bag and put them in our coolers. but now we fish out of Geneva Ohio on Erie and pay to have them cleaned. we only get fillets back....
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04-27-2023, 05:58 PM
Thread: Advice on Trolling from a 30 Footer?
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Re: Advice on Trolling from a 30 Footer?
I had a 28' sea ray amberjack with twin 4.3 V6 motors. I had no problems getting slow enough by using only one motor. but it had Mercruiser outdrives. if you must use bags tie them off on forward...
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04-21-2023, 07:23 AM
Thread: Weather conditions
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Re: Weather conditions
we started fishing the western basin between the water intake and west sister just drifting with the wind and letting our boat do all the work. but I got an old 18' Cherokee aluminum boat and put my...
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04-19-2023, 08:46 AM
Thread: Anyone know the Raffle results
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Re: Anyone know the Raffle results
thank you so much for posting this. you're there helping others and you are appreciated much.
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04-19-2023, 08:43 AM
Thread: Western Basin Radio Channel
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Re: Western Basin Radio Channel
I'm not sure what channel the charters use but you won't get a lot of good info from most of them as they have to make a living from catching fish. most of them communicate by phone if they have...
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04-09-2023, 07:30 AM
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Re: 15 FREE! Charters from some of the best captains on the Lake!
i wouldn't expect to win if i bought all the tickets but 1. The 1 would win as I'm just not lucky with raffles. but thought i would help out just a little. i only bought 3 of the tickets for 50.00....
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04-07-2023, 07:56 AM
Thread: Need guidance
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Re: Need guidance
my problem with not using braid was getting them to trip when bringing them in. The mono has so much stretch I could jerk half of the day before the diver would trip. but with a non-stretch braid it...
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04-06-2023, 07:44 AM
Thread: Need guidance
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Re: Need guidance
this is actually how I run mine but I use 65# braid tied to an O-RING but I think the bead is a great idea. we also use snubbers for using braid as our main line. I attach the snubber with swivels at...
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Im using size 10 rubber band with...
Trolling with binder clips and...