If you have no ice in the early spring how soon do you launch? I assume you have to wait for the docks. Do you start your walleye fishing out of Vermilion or are you farther west. I start at Catawba as soon as the ramp is open. I have caught fish in Feb but that was rare. Fogging my 150 E-tec is a simple 2 minute procedure and it can be reversed with the turn of a key. In the meantime with the water temp at 53 and the Conneaut harbor area teaming with dynamic trout, my boat sits on a trailer a couple of miles from the ramp and we can go at a moments notice.