recent walleye action

[gregnwtf]

Fish Ohio still way west ! On a Dipsey with a spoon.

[gregnwtf]

Nice fishing out of Geneva on boat #2. Limits and near limits of big walleye. Wallhanger class fish taken daily. Daily average recently of 10 to 20 Fish Ohio walleye and boxing 25 to 42 walleye per day. Wire line and long minnow baits doing the catching.
July bite has been spotty ok to good for casting and decent trolling. Spots are Rattlesnake, Green and deeper water around the fire range, west of north bass and Canadian waters giving up nice fish on the days the wind blows alittle and trolling in Canada waters has been pretty good also. Trolling jets n spoons or crankbaits working.

[gregnwtf]

Geneva is bangn ! Huge fish going in the net again.
Picture is from todays box.

[gregnwtf]

Central basin fishing action has been hot. I fished Sat n Sunday with limits both days. Sundays box had two going to the taxidermist. Saturday was high waves and decent action of walleye. Long ways offshore using big stickbaits. Deep clear waters and get the lures down 50-55 feet. 74 to the bottom. Water temp 67. Weekdays have a few openings in Geneva for walleye. Average fish in the mid upper 20s with great shot at some over 30 inch and these fish have big girth and great color. Good for mounting size. Wire line, big baits 300-350 ft back of the boat.

[gregnwtf]

Summer Break Charters 2014 Ashtabula Ohio walleye tournament winner on Saturday. 5 walleye total measurement of 152 inches hit the net and take the win on first time entry. First place out of 80 boats ! Walleye bonanza in the central basin and the walleye starting to bite again in the west end after a short pause . Perch being taken all over the lake in the classic spots to.
Call and book a trip for either area of the lake we have boats.
2 boats in Oak Harbor { Fenwick Marina} and 1 boat in Geneva Ohio.
Call for open dates that are available for weekday and weekends.
Overnight lodging available at the marina and customer fish cleaning nearby.
All 30 foot boats ,clean and all gear provided on every trip.
Perch are biting !

[gregnwtf]

Recent perch catch is very good for most. Deeper water west of the islands producing alot of perch but the size is mixed with many smaller ones to sort thru. Spend the time and extra bait to get a nicer box or wait till Oct for the water cool off to find the big ones. Saturday treated us well as I found mostly large slab perch with an average weight of 1.1 pounds for 2 yellow perch. I made one change this year and its red hooks. I normally use Mustad #28 snelled but the way they are packaged now is tough to get out of the package. So now I am making my own rigs and so far the results are good. We had a few small 6-7 inch throw backs but most were 9-13s with a few 8s. Only moved one time as the anchor wouldnt hold a bite to the bottom. It was windy but these guys fished hard all day. Already rebooked for 2015. Going back to same spot next week.

[gregnwtf]

Weekend of basically small perch. Saturday did good caught a couple hundred perch and only one white perch all day. Sunday probably caught 150-160 perch and then trolled for a few walleye to end the day. Walleye taken between L can and West sister. 65-75 ft 40 jets, 2.4 mph...Big dipseys 38-42 ft on #1 setting with J7. Water near L can got very weedy. Heard a late report of good perch taken west of North Bass which was my gut feeling but I didnt go with it. The water west of the area around West Sister has algea streaks all over and its moving east. Take plenty of minnows on your perch excursions to sort thru the small ones that many people are encountering west of the islands. Any further trips for me will be east of the islands and Canadian waters.

[gregnwtf]

Great weekend of trolling 40 jets and spoons. Limit Saturday by noon and limit Sunday before 1pm. Sorting thru hundreds of white bass and some white perch and sheephead. Friday fun trip of casting netting half a limit but not enough wind which has been the norm lately. Sunday we had something HUGE on a spoon. It snapped the clip off and that rod bent over hard. I grabbed it and watch the line strip off and a few strong head shakes and more pulling as we tried to slow the boat and get stuff out of the way. After about 20 seconds it was gone. I have never had a fish that strong on a rod in my 35 plus years of fishing on Erie. My guess is a large Musky but will never know. We had just been talking about musky with the crew and then that happened. Boat #2 has been on fire this last week and has had limits each day by noon or by 9:30 at the earliest on a couple days. Working the east side of the reefs and some guys on the north side. Size range for this week has been 8 to 27 inch. If you are trolling take plenty of clips and bands. Casters take plenty of worms. Worm prices have gone crazy as the cost has gone up again. 55/60 bucks a flat. Could go higher as they have said draught and no workers to pick worms up north. 40 jets this last week 25 to 60 ft back.

[gregnwtf]

http://www,youtube.com/watch?v=Did2L...&feature=share
recent jig trip video if I uploaded it correct.

[gregnwtf]

The last few weeks of island shoreline fishing has been hit n miss with the winds of fall. The first week of Nov. was really good. Group had a couple nights of huge stringers in knee deep water. Largest was just shy of 12 pounds and next cast was a 10 pounder. The windy nights did produce a few eyes on the leeward side casting off the piers. The cold is now here and pack it in for ol man winter. 4 months off then gear up for spring jigging the reefs for walleye. That rod in hand fishing is what I will always preach. Jigging, castn worm harnesses or casting crankbaits in the shallow reefs. Trollings only is preferred for super clean water and calm days. With all these small walleye hatching over the last 2 years there is no reason that casting and catching walleye with a rod hand shouldnt be the preferred method of the future. Some should remember the days way back when charters would and could run 3 trips a day with limits in a few hours, casting erie dearie type lures with worm. I know there are plenty of trollers ,but customer return and customer smiles count in my book.
Booking 2016 fishing trips for your preferred method for walleye in spring and all summer. Also the last 4 years the yellow perch have done a rebound in both US and Canadian waters. My last Canadian trip for perch for early Nov and we had solid 2 to a pound with 90 perch weighed 45 pounds.
My last post for awhile.