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We have had the best season we have ever had catching Walleye every time we go out in my $850 craigslist boat.....including last Saturday morning when we caught 8 from 18in to 28in. Using a Humminbird 998ci SI, Berts custom tackle trees rod holders, tracks, Church's walleye boards and our own custom worm harnesses with either #5 & #6 Silver Streak Spinners and #2 octopus hook and #6 Gamakatsu #6 round bronze treble hook In 38-42fow behind the windmills. Trolling at .7 to 1.4mph. I attribute our success to the Learning charter we took in May down in Ohio with Bigwaterfishing and Capt Ross Robertson (google both for more info) Ross is the co-Author of the book "Walleye Trolling" and does TV shows, contributes to infisherman and field and stream. Ross's charters have caught about 1000 walleye on lake Erie since Feb of this year including nearly 400 in just one week. He is the Walleye Slayer! Everything he showed us is in his book and well worth the price. I am working with a local tackle shop to get some of Ross's books and maybe Ross himself to do a Q&A session locally.
Hey Fishkiller, thanks for the tips ! I got my brother and nephew out for a short time today, and we caught a few real nice fish. Thanks Again !
Any time we went 21 for 24 today with 1 at 9#.
Happy 4 the everyone. :)
happy 4th to you all
Trolled for six hours this am, picked up two along the fence. Both 6# , heard worm harnesses had better day, Lil rough out there for us.
It was rough for many yesterday.
And it looks like it's gonna be rough for the next several days. Maybe Thursday will be the next fishable day.:rolleyes:
fished Saturday because it was the only day I could go. Limited out on nice fish in 53 -56 FOW out near the international line in front of the Wind Mills. All fish were near the bottom and most were caught with the #1 dipsy on the #3 setting , no ring, back 178'- 200'. Did not matter what color harness. Got a few with the # 1.5 setting on the dipsy also. Set 130' back. Hope this helps.
I fished Saturday from Seneca to Meyers in 50-52 foot of water. I used alot of info from here as I have not been out this year (working in New Mexico) and shot home for the holiday weekend. Ran big dipsies on a 2-3 setting 90 foot back - took a couple hours to figure them out but managed 5 fish, not too bad as we only fished till 11:00 as my son and partner had to work at 1:00. Wanted to get out Sunday again but the lady had other ideas with that wind. Thanks for the info everyone - I hope my post might help someone else out.
Cought 12 in one hour 45 min in the 52 fow at the fence. All on worm harness down 30-40 feet. All fish were over 4lbs and three in the 7-8. Chartreuse seemed to be the favorite choice.
Well heading out again in the morning good luck to you guys! Hope it's as good as last week we boated 9 and lost 3 in 1.75 hours. All on chartreuse and brass #4 blades 52 fow and 30-35 feet down.
I'll be out of SBH on 68 tomorrow. Good fishing everyone and to any of you in the tournament.
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Went out of Sturgeon Pt today at about 7:00 am. Went to the line and trolled east. Started round Pt Abino towards the condos. Then trolled back west. Ended up with a limit - 12 fish. 5 color was the hot pole. Got a few on small dippsy # 2 Setting - No Ring. all were caught on worm harnesses trolling around 1.9 mph. :D
Lost a few at the boat. Much BIGGER fish today. :D
Congrats Capt. Joe! My brother got 9 today in front of the condos on the fence in 55-60 fow. on Pink & purple/blk. sticks & harnesses. 35 ft down.
Good luck, still waiting for repair parts.Quote:
Originally Posted by GreenHead
Went out today. Boated 8 walleye. It was slow at the condos today. Picked 2 off Rynoskys. The other off worm harnesses. What was hot for me two days ago didn't produce today. :confused: Everyday is a new adventure. :rolleyes:
Sorry for late report but we fished yesterday west of Myers and did a 2 man limit of 12 and released 2. It was not easy like CapJoe said we worked hard for these fish. 4-5 color, all on harnesses. Good Fishing all:)
Fished this morning before the rain moved in, in front of the windmills 20-30 fow. Tru-trip 40's, 50-60 back, all on harnesses. Ended with 6, two guys.
Hello all,
I am new to the game, but have been able to use a lot of information from you guys sharing here. I would like to return with my recent experiences. On the 4th her and I did 8 in the morning upper 40's near the line-7/8 colors, the next day before we got blown off picked up 3 in low 40's by the windmills, last thursday evening I could not find the fish went 43 to 52 by the line with no success, yesterday went to sturgeon started east and tried to west-few marks-few silvers no eyes went 55-68ft, then last night tried by hamburg mid40's boated 3 at dusk including a best for me 31 1/4" 11lber! I mainly run harnesses, not much luck on sticks so far. Have to figure out the suspended fish-my luck is mainly when they are close to bottom. Thanks to all for the helpful tips, I intend to keep learning and in turn help someone else. -J
Hello am new to the forum and walleye fishing. Went out on Fri and managed 5 fish near the condos. Many others at sbh did worse so was glad I got that many. When filleting them found the meat on the one filled with splotches of yellow stringy stuff so threw the fish in the grinder. Have never seen this before does anyone know what this is?
Guys I've talked to went at least 10 miles out from the SBH. Right on the line. 60 ft of water. I got skunked Sat. Ran riggers and boards, 50 fow , harnesses , rapala's...was marking plenty , nothing was hitting. Ton's of boats off SP , looked like they were perching. May have to go out of Dunkirk....
New to forum and walleye fishing. Caught 5 fish Fri out of the sbh. When filleting one of them had yellow splotches in the meat so I unfortunately discarded the fish does anyone know what this is??
Yes it is a form of a virus...its not recommended to consume the Meat you did the right thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by knotknot
Thanks. Thought it looked weird.
Hay on a different subject - we WON today. :)
Softball. :rolleyes:
I have four Daiwa 47lc reels. I want to set them up with lead core. I assume they should be set up in pairs. Should I make a pair with 5 colors and a pair with 7 colors? If not what combo's should I make?
I'm new to lead core myself. But i would recommend - depending on where you are going to fish and the depths you might thing about setting up one with 2 color, one with 5 color, one with 7 color and one with 10 color. If the reel can hold that much line???
I'm sure that Fishkiller could set you straight. :rolleyes:
cograts on the win it must be a tuff year you don't say much about ball this yearQuote:
Originally Posted by captainjoe
Yes - Its been a tuff year. Only 3 wins so far. There are a few games to go.Quote:
Originally Posted by milt
Sounds like the old retired guy is loosing his touch! lol ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by captainjoe
Joe, maybe all the walleyes you been reeling in has the arm a bit sore. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by lineman49
capt joe fishing is good and ball is so so last year it was the opposite good thing you retire lol
Well I think you are all right. :D
There is just too much to do when your retired. :rolleyes: Busy, Busy, Busy
we boxed out a 2 man limit in 90 mins saturday...but also 1 of the fish I was cleaning and a bunch of blotches in the fillets...I discarded it also...was wondering what that was? any info on what that virus is?
Hey Coach, I suggest, to be functional for the remainder of this season,
2@ 6color, and 2@ 8 color. .... It really depends on how many rods you typically run. You really don't need, IMO, to have a 5,6,7, etc. I just fished with 5's and 7's. The 7's started to fire regularly so I let out 50 - 75 ft. of braid backing on each of the 5 color. I calculate this got me an additional 8 - 12 ft on the 5 color, to equal the 7's. afterwards, the 5's fired too. We'll have to try to get out together so I can show you. CHEERS
Coach the 47 will hold up to 7 colors comfortably you can squeeze 10 colors on it but with limited backer. I do not use braid for backer I use 20lb mono (usually Berkley big game) I have my own theory on mono for backer acting like a rubber band and adding a little stretch giving the lead core more action. I'm well over 300 walleyes since the end of the Southtowns tourney so I feel the results are somewhat proven....lol In my opinion I would go with a 3, 5, 5, & a 7 color if your just fishing from Sturgeon pt. to Buffalo. BUT I would also get 2 Okuma 45 series reel and put 2 10 color rods together if your venturing west towards the Catt or further west. If you want a hand getting them setup get a hold of me I can get you all set up I just got 30 spools of lead core in and we can get them all spooled up and ready to go. My number is 716 796 5372 Thanks, JimQuote:
Originally Posted by Wrestling Coach
Danley4 the reason your 5 colors started to fire was not the result of them diving deeper because the deepest a 5 color can dive without any weight is 30 ft at 1.5-2.0 mph, it is because the additional backer gave the lead core the proper action it needed. When using Braid for backer you will always have to let out more backer to achieve the proper action. Im not saying using braid is wrong because it works fine, but you almost always have to let out 30% or so more backer to accomplish what mono will do with less backer out. The fish are stacked from 10 ft down to almost the bottom with the thermocline not being set up yet due to all this wind we have been having. As Capt. Joe said even our 2 colors have been working well and they are only diving 10-12 feet down max. I would say about 75% of our fish are being caught in the top 25 feet of the water column our best setups have been 3 & 4 color with harnesses. Just my 2 cents on your post.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danley4
Dan/Jim,
Ended up filling 2 with five colors and 2 with seven colors. Used the Suffix 18#. Used braid as a backer and floro carbon as a leader. Added a swivel between the leader and lead core. Jim - Your theory about braid vs mono as a backer is an interesting one. So thanks for sharing your thoughts and now it is up to me to learn to use this system of trolling. I do fish west in Dunkirk/Barcelona as the summer goes on. Walker Divers and Renoskys/worm harnesses have served me well down there. I will have to get a ten color set up and try that as well. Thanks again.
Dennis
Hey Jim and Coach.
Don't you love fishermen.????? we all have our ideas and practices that we're confident in. Jim, WOW you're having a great season and thanks for your insight(s) into your program. Here's my thoughts on our program, just sharing.....
I use power Pro 30# as backer. My view is..... $6/10 in leadcore, $40 board, $7 Renowsky..... I want it back every time.
Secondly, I have one of those fish hawk TD depth and temp gauge thingies.... What I have found and confirmed by running toward shore, is that at 1.7 MPH, our "Old" leadcore runs at 7ft. per color with no backer out. Then we ran test, by letting out 50ft. of braid backer, up the same hill, and averaged 8/9ft per color. Our thought is that the higher resistance (diameter) of leadcore causes "planing" when run top to depth, like a banana. Since Braid is much less diameter, it doesn't "banana" like leadcore therefore the leadcore, lays flatter in the water since there is less drag and "planing". Seems like simple physics. When in doubt go shallower..... is our motto. If you don't see them on your graph, it "Might" be because your cone is only about 4-6 ft around at 15 ft.on most units. Jim is right... we consider what we're seeing and move up if they aren't set up at 30,40 ,50 etc. Also, actively feeding fish tend to move higher in the water.... they're like cows.... they go were the food is. Cheers.