9/18/25 Lorain Walleye

Only two of us in the boat so we only needed 12. We got them. Departed from Hot Waters about 6:30 with our lights on. The water was rippled but smooth enough that I could go full speed without beating up boat or people. We went straight back to the 44' "reef" system 9 miles NW from Lorain. (For exact GPS coordinate, see my post: "7/25/25 Trolling Report"). Sure enough, the great marks were still there 2 months later. This time, we did not troll to the weather buoy. We just trolled back and forth over the SE end of that line. Two other boats showed up in the vicinity but didn't stick around. We got all 12 right there - plus two lost and one throw-back. Three were only 16", but one was 28". No other species. We caught on bandits, reef runners, flicker minnows and spoons. The hot lures were a smaller blue and chrome reef runner (7?), and a watermelon-color spoon. The cranks caught between 60 and 110 back unassisted. The spoons caught between 30/30 and 30/70 with a 4oz snap weight in between. 2.5 mph speed over ground. Great day on the lake!