I have caught walleye out of Ashtabula and Conneaut into the middle of November some years. If you can believe the Farmers Almanac, winter is coming early and often this year and that is another vote for the outboard motor. Love my 150 E-tec. As long as there is a perch pack in Conneaut there will be walleye around them. I always check before switching to steelhead by the breakwall, the inner harbor and the channel. Only a frozen ramp will keep me from fishing.