how is fishing in buffalo

[walleyerick]

According to the Bflo News, L Erie water temp is 40 deg. I have no idea where they measure this. I usually use the Canadian buoy at Pt Colburn but the buoy is not active yet. They have water temp, wave heights, wind speed and direction.

Whenever they set it up, find it here :

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=45142

[wnyguy]

National weather service is showing lake erie temp at 46 degrees, this is 30 ft down at the water treatment plant, I think it's at the intake. (roundhouse)

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/buf/laketemps/laketemps.php

Looks like we are 4 degrees above average today.

[bigdog8837]

A friend of mine and I are thinking of coming up later in the month. Any info. on where and when and how would be a great help. We have about a 7 hour drive but love coming up to the area. We usally launch out of the Small Boat Harbor but would like to try out of St. point this time. Thanks

[FISHNCARS]

I finally caught my first walleye on Wednesday night. I just got my boat and I'm still learning. I was fishing early evening behind the windmills 30-38 FOW. I was running a double blade harness with #5 Colorado blades, chartreuse red eyes. I had this rigged to a 8' leader off a 3 oz. bottom bouncer. Trolling 0.8-1.5 with 120 ft. of line out.

Can anyone spot an error to my technique?
I have been fishing there for 3-4 weeks, and just got my first.
I have been using single #3 blades, and just switched it up, and it worked.
I thought 2x #5 would be way too much.

Any questions or comments would be appreciated!!!
Thanks

[overthelimit]

I would shorten up your leader length to the bottom bouncer. Way to long in my opinion. Try half that.

[FISHNCARS]

I would shorten up your leader length to the bottom bouncer. Way to long in my opinion. Try half that.

Well at my speed, weight of bottom bouncer, and turbulence of the harness, I was creating about a 20* angle from the pole to the water. With 120' of line I should be about 41' down from tip of the pole to the lure.
So if the tip is 6' above water, this should put the lure at about 35 FOW.

Is this not correct?
My initial drop of line is about 45' to the bottom, then it drifts up again, I drop it to about 65, drifts up again, then about 85, and so on till about 120.

[milt]

I had 65-75 feet of line out in the same fow I was taping bottom I use 30lb fireline tolling the same speed

[copo427ss]

Well at my speed, weight of bottom bouncer, and turbulence of the harness, I was creating about a 20* angle from the pole to the water. With 120' of line I should be about 41' down from tip of the pole to the lure.
So if the tip is 6' above water, this should put the lure at about 35 FOW.

Is this not correct?
My initial drop of line is about 45' to the bottom, then it drifts up again, I drop it to about 65, drifts up again, then about 85, and so on till about 120.

I think he ment from harness to weight should be half that. (4ft). Line out will depend on line diameter, speed, depth desired. When dragging harnesses like that usually going just fast enough to turn the blades and keeping contact with the bottom is the ticket. Try around Seneca shoal and between there and Meyers reef. The departure buoy to Seneca shoal should be getting good now too.

[overthelimit]

I meant shorten the leader from bouncer to harness. An 8 foot leader is likely dragging bottom if your tapping it with the bouncer. You want your presentation just above the fish as eyes come up for their prey.

[glassyeyes]

Finished up the week with 29 walleye, biggest 1 8lbs, fish cars I had good luck between hamburg launch and Meyers early evening slower the better