Geneva Reports

[Dr.Ed]

I'm moving the Holly Lucas (20' ProLine) to Geneva tomorrow and I'm getting good reports by word of mouth but nothing in print so take a few moments and spread the word if you are catching those elusive Lake Erie walleye. I need fish for a church group of 60 and any info will be greatly appreciated. Thank you and Go Cavs.....

[skinny5382]

Dr.Ed I have a lot leftover from last year. All vacuum sealed, let me know if you need any.

[Dr.Ed]

Hitting the lake tomorrow. New report to follow. Ch.68

[Dr.Ed]

Thanks for the comeback Skinny. I will measure my freezer inventory against yours. That was not the question. I need current info from north of Geneva. I was out yesterday and ran from 38' to 62' from Geneva to Ashtabula and saw very few marks and could only catch white bass. Nothing beats fresh, not frozen, walleye but even those are better than anything you find at the fish market. I saw maybe 6 boats working the 40' line but never saw a net move. If anyone reading this thread was on that line I ask, "What's happening?"

[Dr.Ed]

Yesterday was rough, figuratively and literally. NOAA is saying 5 to 10 knot winds and waves less than 2 feet. The truth was 10 to 15 knot winds with occasional gusts and steady 2 to 4 foot waves. We never saw a west wind. In 4 hours of trolling every presentation in the boat, we ended up with 2 walleye and one steelhead so giving you numbers won't help. I cut the trip short to run 50 lbs of walleye filets to the volunteers at the Greek Festival in Warren so they could fry them up for the help and the security personel. It's a great festival with awesome Greek food, music and dance but you won't find any of Dr. Ed's walleye. Gone by 10:30 last night. I want to personally thank many of my friends for donating part of their catch to my cause. God bless...

[scubasteve]

Dr. Ed we fished east of Bula 2 weeks ago.Picked up 5 including a nice 29 incher .We pulled meat behind 3oz inline 50-70 back.Speed was 1.5mph and we fished in 45 ft. of water just east of the stacks.Not sure if they are still there but its a good place to start.

[sherman51]

just spent 2 weeks at Geneva and once we located a good school of fish n/e of Geneva in 72' to 73' of water we did ok. the fish are acting different than past yrs I have fished there. the fish were in the top 40' of water with a few coming from 50' off downriggers. had a great time and filled the freezer.

[Dr.Ed]

Sherman, sorry I missed you. I think I was working the same area as you. Would you care to elaborate on the methods that worked for you? In the past 2 weeks talking to various fishermen, no one had a limit and many had no fish at all.

[sherman51]

Sherman, sorry I missed you. I think I was working the same area as you. Would you care to elaborate on the methods that worked for you? In the past 2 weeks talking to various fishermen, no one had a limit and many had no fish at all.

we found a shool of fish n/e of Geneva at the 01 to 04 line trolling n/e. we were using lite bite slide divers set on 4.5 and 3 and 1.5. we caught most of our fish running the 4.5 divers 130 back and played around with the 3 and 1.5. we caught fish as shallow as 60' back on the 1.5 and 75' back on the 3 setting. these settings on a lite bite diver would be close to running a dipsy on a 1 2 and 3 setting. then we caught some nice fish running 50' down on our downriggers. our best harnesses were double Colorado dr death from gale force tackle and nuclear green from challenger lures. our best speed was trying to run 1.6 to 1.8 but we bounced from 1.4 to 1.8. hope this helps. I think most people were fishing to deep, as we were fishing the top 40' of water except for the riggers. while fishing I kept an eye on the depth finder and every so often I would notice some nice marks at around 50'. and the riggers hadn't been taking any fish so I just dropped 1 down to 50' and after catching a 29" and a 30" my son dropped the other 1 down and started catching fish.

[Dr.Ed]

Thanks for the info. I'm going up tomorrow and will give that area a try. I was only 2 miles south of where I had to be on the last trip but no one was talking so I was fishing in the blind. Thanks again and stay dry....