Sturgeon Point 7/19/08

[captainjoe]

I was able to get out Sat. morning. Went 6 miles west out of Sturgeon Pt. I was in 66 ft. of water. There were white caps with 3 to 4 ft waves. I decided to troll from there. Trolled east with the waves. Had 4 hits - landed 3 of them. We were using planer boards - 2 rods on the port side had 2 oz. and 1 1/2 oz. weights. We had worm harnesses on them with watermellon and purple / black combination. The starboard side had 2 poles with a 20 and 30 jet. I had the Coast Guard all around me. It was very dark over Canada so I put on the weather radio. They said that most of the activity was north of us so we decided to keep fishing. When I switched back to the standard stations I went to ch 16. There was a report saying that there was a unmanned boat located 4 mi. off Sturgeon Pt. The coast Guard was looking for a missing person. I thought OH BOY I don't want to catch what they're looking for. When I got back to the Pt. to put the boat back on the trailer the D E C was there measuring fish. I asked them if they heard anything if they located anybody? The D E C said that they believed the unmanned boat was off a lake freighter that went through earlier in the day. It makes for a complete day when you have a good story to tell.















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[puking dog]

I know what you mean about the white caps.
I didn't fish this week end because of the wind.
Sounds like you had a fair day. Good luck next outing. Give me a shout on channel 68 when you are on the lake. If I'm out, I'll let you know how I'm doing and where I am.

Puking Dog

[captainjoe]

Hopefully I will be able to get out next Saturday. I'm always on ch 68.

[walleyerick]

The Sunday BNews was showing all the gas wells in Canada right in the middle of L Erie. Probably 10 mi west of Sturgeon Pt. There are 100's of them. Are you guys who saw the buoys sure they are net fishermen or could they be gas wells ?

I'm going west 10 miles out of SP and try my luck. So far, nothing in the freezer ! Gotta get some yellows.

[puking dog]

Gas wells are under water. You can't see them from a boat and to my knowledge are not marked with bouys. There is a weather bouy out there that you can access from the internet for wind speed/direction and wave height. below is the address, save it, it updates hourly and can tell you a lot about how the lake conditions are and what the trend is.

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

If you need to catch fish, go to Brocton Schoals area, between Dunkirk and Barcelona, 65 feet of water, in front of a blue water tower,
slightly SW of schoals. Last week you could limit out there in 2 hours.
Brocton schoals is marked on any good lake chart of the area. It has some rare structure for this end of the lake. Fish are being caught off the structure by a couple miles.

Puking Dog

[jersysider]

I just found this sight and the information is great. I'm ready to make my first trip to Erie . Planning on putting in at Catt. creek. No downriggers but I'm fully stocked on dipsys and lead core. Flying blind is tough so alittle advice on where to start would help a ton! What are the size/limit on the eyes? Just one would be worth the trip! I need ya Pukin Dog, Throw me a bone............J!

[sabercuts]

15 inches or better 5 a day on the walleyes.If you have never been out on Erie you might want to get the fishing hotspots maps(theres 2 for NY parts of Erie) They are a great point of reference for ideas of were you are and were to go.Have fun and good luck

[jimski2]

Point Breeze Marina has a small ramp. Put a $5 bill in the gate machine and go straight to the ramp. Park near the Gate house. Use your power tilt till to you get 4 feet of water as swells will cost you a prop. It is shallow and a few rocks travel around there.

[puking dog]

Don't set your dipsey at zero.
You want to get get it as far away from the boat as possible, to get a wider troll pattern. This allows you to cover more water and troll more lines.

You should be setting at 2 and a half or 3 with the weight on the bottom of the dipsey, on the inside (closest to the boat). So the port side dipsey will be set opposite of the starboard dipsey.

The only way you should be running dipsey's set at zero is if your running 3 dipsey's on each side of the boat.

If you are running 3 per side, set one at .5 or zero, the middle one at 1.5 and the outside one at 2.5 or 3.


The closer to the boat, the deeper they run. Try to get all 3 running at different depths until you hone in on where the fish are hitting then adjust the others by controlling how much line you let out.

You can also run mini-dipseys on planer boards.


When it comes to Lake Erie, the farther away from the boat you can get, the better you are. The fish can see your boat coming and will fan away from the boat.

Good luck next trip


Puking dog