The night trolling ZOO has started off of Hamburg. 10-20 boats out there last night. Reports are some fish, not limits, caught.
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The night trolling ZOO has started off of Hamburg. 10-20 boats out there last night. Reports are some fish, not limits, caught.
From the NY Outdoor News:
Walleye season may have gotten off to a slow start due to cooler-than-normal water temperatures. The nearshore shoals/shallows are typically productive when the season opens, with better action at night. Shorehaven Reef, Bournes Beach, Green Hills, Van Buren Bay, Evans Bar, off Hamburg and near the mouth of Smokes Creek are good spots to try. Trolling minnow-type stickbaits at around 2 mph over rocky areas in 6-15 feet of water is a typical program.
From the NY D.E.C.:
The shoals are also worth a shot during the day. One group did very well over a three day period at Van Buren Bay in 8-12 feet of water. They were targeting bass, but ended up catching limits of walleye on bass lures! The other spawning shoals are good bets too. Anglers are also starting to pick up daytime walleye by bottom bouncing in 30 plus feet of water off the windmills.
From the Buffalo News:
Walleye action is slowly starting to pick up during the day, but the best action is still at night according to reports. Bob Rustowicz of Cheektowaga says that trolling the shoreline from Buffalo to Barcelona will produce in 5 to 12 feet of water with large stickbaits. Chartreuse and Firetiger Rapala’s in No. 11 or 13 have been working best for him.
fished 9-130 last night landed 6 lost one at the boat ,got all the fish from 11:30 -1 also a 4lb smallie
fished 12-20 fow it was good to get out for the first time water temp was 62 it drop to 56
jeff
I went out Thursday out of Dunkirk. Got 8 by 11PM and had to call it a night. I am planning to get out again this Thursday but would like to not drive all the way down to Dunkirk again. How is the night fishing out of Sturgeon Point?
went out last got 5 fished 9-12, 12-20fow smokes creek area
jeff
Went out for an hour at sundown. 15' FOW at the mouth of the river. Pink Wallydiver bumping bottom. One rock bass, one eye and one SM bass. All look like they swallowed a football. The rockbass could have fed a family of four! Gobies must be high in fat. LOL
fished last night from Pinehurst to smokes creek only got one bad night for me
nothing work either that's fishing
jeff
it was a little stained and a lot of debris and foam around I caught fish Friday and sat. night I honestly believe it was the moon I look back and I don't seem
to do any good when the moon is close to being full or a full moon or it was a bad day a fishing talked to some people they had a bad night also
jeff
tried a couple spots last nite till 1030 1 fish made the move to woodlawn and the fishin picked up ended up with 4 and about 6 shorts /still milking made a mess they will be around for a while
fished last night 930-1230 got 2- 15in, 1- 18in,1-25in,1-27in, 2 big bass and one huge sheephead fished smokes creek area
jeff
fished the south gap yesterday 11 till 230 pm had good day with 9 only 2 that would have had to be measured all went back with 1 about 5lb 31 fow on worm harness/slow trolled @1mph
fished last night 9-1 got 4 bigger fish and bunch of smallies the bite was in 20-25 fow with baits diving to 12-15ft
got luck to everyone in the tournament
jeff
Finally I got something to report. Got 8 walleye today off Dunkirk. All worm harnesses, down riggers, dipseys, long lines.
Fished in front of the windmills 32-38 fow got 4 keepers & a lot of short ones. all on harnesses bottom bouncing during the day.
Today 4 walleye. Fished from the tip of Myers east to past Seneca Shoals then west to about 1/2 back to Myers. All on worms.
I got a ton of sheepheads today fished woodlawn to the southgap got a late start around 1pm when the wind pick up
still a nice day to be on the water
jeff
Fished the morn. Managed 6 keepers. All around 18-22in. About 8 short fish. Bunch of sheep and a few silver bass. Bouncing harness around windmills.
fished the walls last nite till midnight 16 with 10 of them being short 1 about 5 lb
Out again by windmills. Definitely didn't mark as many fish as I have been. Just a few scattered here and there. Got 3 keepers, and a few shorts. With a bonus jumbo. Bottom bouncing, 35-40ft. Did try out deep with the lead core. Managed one on Bayrat. 5 Color.
5 yesterday. Went WSW out of Sturgeon Pt. 55 to 60 ft. Between Pt, Breeze and the Catt. Lead core, dipseys, downrigger.
No weighers but nice fish. :(:)
I worked the weigh station yesterday. Some fishermen were out there yesterday, but not many. I believe that there were about 7 fish weighed. Some from the night before the blow. Much to rough for me. ;)
fished inside the harbor 11 till 2 23 with 8 being keepers just over 15 buddy wanted a fishfry
Went west of SP. Boated 9. One weigher 27 1/2". In the am got 2 off of Eye Fish off dipsys and Torpedo deep divers. Some off 6 color, 7 color, the bigger on on down rigger. Nice day out there. At least were on the board. ;)
fished out of sbh by myself landed one 18in a lot of short hits trolled from south gap 38-45fow to Seneca bouy and back a lot of boats wasn't marking a ton just small groups of fish happy fathers day to all
jeff
Went out Sat. Same area as Friday. Boated 6. one was 29 1/2" long BUT not much weight. :(
Slow day on the pond today. 1 walleye, 3 silver bass, 1 white perch
this year is starting out just like last year slow lol
jeff
has anyone been fishing myers reef area?
jeff
7 today. Went NNE out of Sturgeon Pt.. then to Myers then west. Then to Pt. Abino. Worms worked much better than plugs.
has anyone been out at night lately?
jeff
Milt I haven't been out since Monday. I think that you and me are the only ones fishing around here. Bailey's a work a holic. Copo is into fast boats now. Fishkiller hasn't been posting ( in his defense he's been busy ). And once in a while he does have to work his regular job. I don't know where Lineman's been.??? Joes Spot? Where's everyone else been? Forgive me I can't think of other names right now. I'm baby sitting and chasing 2 kids and a dog around.
alive and well been hitting the harbor for the day bite needed to work on my suntan and have a couple of buds/ a lot of small ones to weed through ratio is about 1 keeper for every 5 caught but action is great 20 to 25 an outing for a few hours of fishing/ nite bite has been a little slow out side the harbor but bigger fish /every one have a great 4th and stay hydrated its gonna be a hot week
take the kids inside the harbor they would have a ball a lot of action bottom bounceing
im gonna go out this evening/night and bottom bounce I have not been out ,some of the guys been on that other site lake erie united
happy 4th lots of fluids gonna be hot
jeff
I check that other site now and then. If its raining, blowing, etc. But I rather check one site ( here )and then get things done, go fishing rather then spending time on the computer.
I hear ya joe spend more time on the water fishing rather than computer lol I think im gonna try myers reef area on sunday
jeff
Went out of SP late this morning, a 23 and a 17 in the first 20 minutes then couldn't get back on them. HOT!
fished last night behind the windmills 20-25 fow got 7 15in-20in went deeper 27-35 bottom bounce lost a monster and boated a 24in mark a lot of fish very nice night
jeff