Ashtabula 7/3 & 7/4

Hi Gents,

I usually fish farther west but am going to take my Dad tomorrow who has Dimentia. Still a good fishing partner! I'll go out of Lake Shore Park. Haven't been there in a few years so I guess I'll just go out to 50 FOW and put around until I can mark fish. If anyone wouldn't mind saying roughly what they've been doing I would greatly appreciate it. I'll post what I do good or bad and am happy to exchange info via text while fishing. Unlike in the western basin it's pretty quiet on this site and seems maybe the fish are a mile off or 15 miles out. I'll ask when I get bait too in case I wanna try crawler harnesses. Otherwise will run Bandits and Jet 40's with spoons.

Thank you in advance if anyone sees this and cares to throw a hint out!

Don

if going out of LSP get there early if possible, fills up fast. the girls at the bait shop will give ya good info. head NW out of harbor and start at about 58' of water and fish north to 70'. there should be plenty of boats out to see where everyone is fishin. i've been working the 40' depth area with spoons. thats where the fish have been showing up for me, the early bite has been best. dipseys and true trip 40's been doing the work. good luck and safe travels.

Thanks so much Sir! I'll start with that for sure. I'll also post results. Thanks again!!

your welcome, no problem. lots of fish have been coming in. watch out for the stormy weather we've been having. good luck!

oh one other thing. if you have a larger motor trim it up to maneuver around after launching until you get outside the sheltered area and a little beyond. needs dredged out again. no rocks but silt. tight lines.

I will certainly take your advice on all info. I have an I/O so will trim it up. I'll arrive mid day and bring everything with me as far as baits and tactics. Will fish until dark if need be and see what I can learn. Will then be back at daylight on the 4th. More confident and excited now😎

Thank you very much and also to the other Gentlemen who have posted recently on this Central Basin site.

On 7/1, Three of us went 30° out of Geneva Marina till we hit 70 fow and set up with dipseys. Ran spoons at 115/125 on 1 setting, 140/150 on 2 setting and 175/185 on 3 setting. Speed was 2.7 to 3.0. Had many doubles and lots of throw backs. 3 man limit in 3 hours. Fish we kept were 17” to 25”. Anything with purple was hot.

Hey Schapman,

Thanks buddy for confirming a good depth to work and the speeds. They were hitting at those higher speeds out west too a couple weeks ago. I'm not as experienced with the jet divers and spoons as I am with the inline weights bandits but I'll have to learn quick. Will maybe do spinner rigs too. According to iWindsurf the lake should be calm tomorrow so I'll zip out and start in about 70 FOW as PFK also suggested. Much appreciated buddy 👍

Sorry guys, I should have mentioned that I don't have dipsies. So like PFK mentioned, were your active fish appx. 30-40 feet down? I usually fish shallower and target fish suspended at 15-30 feet deep so it sounds like I may have to move down in the water column like 10 feet on average? Assuming they feed upwards 1-5 feet depending on water clarity of course.

Hell of a quick 3 man limit and great quality fish. Congrats 💪

Based on dipsey chart and the graph, we were targeting fish 45 to 50 feet deep. On our way to the lake now and will post results later. Good luck!

Cool. Hope you have a great day!

Not as productive today as Saturday. Ran the same program but too many shorts was the theme for today. That’s why they call it fishing. Ended up with 7 nice walleyes and 2 steelhead.

started at 58' fished to 65' today and had our fish. same program with dipseys and tru trips 40's. some shorts but mostly 18 to 23 inchers. all on spoons. small and medium. Norhtwest out of Ashtabula. speed was 2.5 mostly.

Fished yesterday 2 pm to dark. Started in 58 fow north edge of dump. Almost no boats and a fairly empty LSP so most must have limited of left by noon. Fished out to and all around 70 feet. Struggled with tangles on tru trips. Caught 6-8 very small fish out there. Ended up with 4 keepers.... all in under 60 fow. Caught a couple on bandits but spinners and spoons were better just small fish. lost one nice one on a spinner. Dad's tired or I'd be on the water now. Idk what I'm going to do today. Probably go west a little more and stay shallower than 65 fow. Will get more worms and run more spoons. Maybe slow down a little or cast worms if I can find fish. I never marked much at all just scattered fish. Speed 2.25-2.5.

Thanks again for sharing Gents. Tight lines

Had to work all day but scratched out a limit on 7/4. Not my strongsuit with jet divers. Got some on spinners and spoons. Some on bandits. Many fish out deep in 70 feet but too far down for me to catch. All my fish were 45-63 FOW. Speed 2.25-2.5. targeted fish 15-35 feet down. Chromes and gold for colors. Holographic perch was a great spinner. Quite a few shorts again.

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Originally Posted by DW72

Had to work all day but scratched out a limit on 7/4. Not my strongsuit with jet divers. Got some on spinners and spoons. Some on bandits. Many fish out deep in 70 feet but too far down for me to catch. All my fish were 45-63 FOW. Speed 2.25-2.5. targeted fish 15-35 feet down. Chromes and gold for colors. Holographic perch was a great spinner. Quite a few shorts again.

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way to get it done DW! yep the fishin over here is a deep water game for sure. fish dropped down for me again now i'm workin the 45' to 55' areas of the water column. tight lines and have a great day!

Thank you Sir. Can you hit that deep with Trip-Z 40 dvers? I saw conflicting dive charts. Have you fished and do you think I should buy a couple Trip-Z 50's?

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Originally Posted by DW72

Thank you Sir. Can you hit that deep with Trip-Z 40 dvers? I saw conflicting dive charts. Have you fished and do you think I should buy a couple Trip-Z 50's?

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i know i can get to 45' with spoons on the tru-trips 40 with 160' of braid in the water. i'm all dipseys and weighted lines on the in-line boards now when the fish get to 50 ft plus depths.

can't answer that about the 50's. never used them.

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Originally Posted by DW72

Thank you Sir. Can you hit that deep with Trip-Z 40 dvers? I saw conflicting dive charts. Have you fished and do you think I should buy a couple Trip-Z 50's?

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According to precision trolling, 50's will get down to 70'

Thank you very much gents. I have a friend that says he uses lite bites in Michigan to fish deep. I'm gonna look them up too.