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    Walleye in Lake Erie have tested above World...

    Walleye in Lake Erie have tested above World Health Organization standards for toxic chemicals from the algae. I have cut way back on consumption, especially after algae blooms start. Chemicals in...
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    walleye

    A lot of things are combining to threaten the walleye population - voracious small fish (gobies, white perch, perch) eat their eggs, zebra mussels filter out the microscopic food walleye fry depend...
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    lorain perch

    Surprisingly good perchin' today off Lorain, considering how muddy it was. Got a limit in 34 feet of water NW of St. Anthony's. Not many boats out, but it seemed like everyone out had perch.

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    anyone remember flatfish?

    I'm a fair-weather fishermen these days. I'll be waiting for the water to clear and warm up. But when I did fish early in the season, the best success I had in muddy water was drifting or trolling...
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    could this work

    Not sure if this will work in your situation. Back in the 1980s my dad and I bought an Imperial with an oddly shaped transom. We could not fit a motor bracket on to it, so my dad's cousin, a...
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    NW Kelley's walleye

    Either there are some people who like to keep secrets, or none of the people killing walleye off Kelley's Island know about this site. I winterized my boat 3 weeks ago, but a good friend and fishing...
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    re: wakina

    Your post brings back some memories. I used to fish that area with my dad and grandpa back in the late 60s and 70s. We called it East Reef back then. We also fished around Starve Island, all along...
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    lorain perch

    Got a two-man limit of small perch in a short time this morning about 400 yards west of Lorain lighthouse in 27 feet of water. No jumbos. Almost all the fish were around 7 inches, a few 8 and 9....
  9. Thread: Bigger Fish

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    goin perchin

    Capt. Jim,

    Any good perch reports in the Vermilion/Lorain area? Did well off Sheffield Lake in 36 feet before the hot spell, but haven't been out and haven't heard much since.

    - Cast Party
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    re: merc mechanic

    I had a good experience with Pier 58 Marine in Oberlin (440-774-4338). I was having trouble with a fairly new trolling motor back in May and they had it fixed in two days when everyone else had a...
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    perch

    try about 5 miles due north of Lorain in 52 feet of water. Got a limit there in 2 hours on Monday. Didn't get the GPS numbers, but I was about a half-mile east of the perch nets. All the fish were...
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    trolling spoons

    Lots of good advice here, but you might also want to consider trolling with night crawler harnesses. Fish them with jets, small dipsys or 2-3 oz. of weight, then off planer boards. or flatline, or...
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    re:trolling

    I think it's early for trolling spoons. If you have to troll, try trolling a big minnow plug off planer boards, slow (like 1.4-1.8 mph). Something like a Rapala Husky Jerk or Reef Runner. You could...
  14. I don't know. As much as I distrust government -...

    I don't know. As much as I distrust government - both parties - that just sounds insane to me. Sport fishermen comprise a huge percentage of the population in the Great Lakes region. Even if it were...
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    lorain perch

    Heard great reports on perch off Lorain. Went out Sunday. Checked out 42 feet off St. Anthony's, where a friend caught fish Friday. Didn't mark anything and didn't see anyone catching. Went out to 46...
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    re: dowriggers for walleye

    I've done very well when the walleye are down deep, usually about 35-45 feet down in 45-75 feet of water. I fish night crawler harnesses behind the cannon balls. I hook my line up with a rubber band...
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    recipe

    We just had some friends over for grilled fish tacos and everyone loved them. Here's the recipe:

    coat walleye in a combination of vegetable oil, cumin, chili powder, garlic powder, paprika, lemon...
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    re: near shore walleye

    Well, checked it out for myself today. Wanted to go out to 37/16 (about 11 miles NNW of Lorain) where we limited Monday evening, but the wind was roaring out of the SW. We fished 31/15 for about an...
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    re: near shore walleye

    This was a younger guy (around 30-35) with a 27-foot Starcraft type boat and all the rigging you could imagine. He said he had been fishing 77 feet for steelhead, but the walleye fishing was slow out...
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    near shore walleye

    Has anyone been fishing in close for walleye in the central basin? I ran into a guy at Edgwater Park today who said the fish are in 15-25 feet of water all along the shoreline, but no one is fishing...
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    re: Lorain or Cleveland

    I did really well (limits) at 31-33/15-17 off Lorain a few weeks ago, but when I fished it Friday, my partner and I got just 4 before a storm chased us off the lake around 1 p.m. I heard some boats...
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