August 2009 Central Lake Erie Fishing Reports

[I&E_Tom]

Went out of Lake Shore Park on the 6th, the 7th and the 15th. We caught our limit of eyes all three days. We worked for them but they are out there. We went straight North from the light house until we were 6.5 miles out. Trolled straight North until we out 12 miles, then turned around and trolled back South until we had our limits. Took from 4 to 6 hours each day. Rigged up trolling dipsy divers with worm harnesses and stinger spoons. Right side of boat I run two of the large dipsys, one set at 3.5 and other set at 1.5. The 3.5 gets let out on wire line to 125 to 135 feet. The 1.5 gets let out to 145 to 160 feet. Let much more than that out and you bring up zebra shells so I know we are fishing deep. On left side using braided line, large dipsy set at 1.5 and small one set at 3.5. The 1.5 gets let out same as right side of boat. The 3.5 small dipsy gets let out to 200 to 225 feet. If there are three of us on the boat, we let out a wire line with a large blue and silver Hot-N-Tot 325 feet straight back flat line style. It always catches the largest fish of the day, it may only catch one or two but it is always the largest fish. I am on vacation this week so plan on trying to get out a few more times weather permitting. One thing I have noticed this year, the fish are not schooled up like years past, they are scattered and you will run through pockets of them, catch a couple here and a couple there. Have fun and remember, a bad day of fishing is better than a good day working!

by the way, we headed out at dawn all three days and were back in by 2pm