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Fished little East of E can on 3/30 with Bandits 40-60 back. Speed 1.1- 1.6 depending on direction. Limit Catch
4 girls were absolutely great all day.
Big fish was 13.01# plus 2 12's, 11,10
You Tube Video of trip
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Great Job Dave! I am sure the kids had a blast.
Great Job! Glad to see kids enjoying. Trying to get grandson out on Lake Erie for his first time walleye fishing but the weather gods just aren't helping much. If I may ask what were the best colors of Bandits did you use? Any help is deeply appreciated. Thanks
Moldman, best colors that day were white, purple, and chartreuse. Best color changes day by day, biggest thing i concentrate on is speed and depth. Wrong color in the right place will still catch a fish or two. feel free to ask questions.
Nice catch
Those are Dandies!
How many FOW was best out there?
WOW great pics thanks for sharing. Makes the itch even worse lol.
Thanks for the pics and update. What advice can you offer for a fisherman new to western Lake Erie? We've spent our years fishing Ontario and Saginaw bay. Wondering what tactical changes we should plan for when fishing Erie in April. Trying to get a feel for the April timeline, depths, and lures. Any advice is greatly appreciated!
Trolling: April fishing is primarily a crank bait bite. go to lures are: Reef Runners, Deep husky Jerks, Bandit walleye deep. once the water warms up to 50 degrees worm harnesses start to produce. Areas to start at are in and around the Camp Perry firing range buoy lines, key is finding and marking fish. I hate blind trolling. Fish are always on the move this time of year!
Jigging this time of year is good on all the reefs in side the the firing range can. lots of males will stay on the reef when the females have long been gone. casting hair jigs bare or tipped with minnows will produce. color of jig changes day to day. local tackle shops have tons of them.
Thanks for the tips! We are looking forward to getting out there over the next couple of weeks.
I see at least FIVE females that will never spawn
Before criticising other people's choices as to whether or not to keep a fish, do some research. Females over 28" produce many fewer eggs and those that they do are much less likely to get fertilized and hatched.Quote:
Originally Posted by zakzonez
Regardless of all that, as long as everyone follows the laws it's their choice to keep or throw back any given fish. Especially when paying for a charter, maybe they only go once a year and wanted as much meat as possible. Education is one thing, bashing people with a once sentence post just doesn't accomplish anything
I see four young girls who will remember that day for a lifetime. Way to Go DAD!
I see at least 5 female fish that have had more than enough time in the lake to have replaced themselves many times over. Those fish are probably at least 5 or more years old, with at least 2 or more spawns in their spawning history. That same argument could be used next month and every month there after, and they would still be females next spawning season. If a person has a problem with keeping those fish they can release them if they so chose. If they don't like the laws as they are written and enforced as to what is legal to keep then they should petition their State Legislature as well as the ODNR to get those laws changed. Bitching about those who follow the law does no one any good. It would be best to direct your attention to those who can actually get the change that you seek enacted. But the facts do not support your argument and here is why. You can do the math if you disbelieve the following.Quote:
Originally Posted by zakzonez
Once the 2003 hatch became mature adults there were roughly 35,000,000 adult breeders in lake Erie! Now assuming that only half of those adults were females of breeding age that would be roughly 17,500,000 mature females. The average number of eggs laid by a mature female is roughly 250,000. Please read the last post in this thread in the provided link as it is my source for the average number of eggs laid per mature female.
http://ohioseagrant.osu.edu/archive/...ic,1075.0.html
So with 17,500,000 females laying an average of 250,000 eggs each that would be a total of 4,375,000,000,000. That is (four trillion three hundred seventy five billion) eggs laid. If only 1% hatched, that would be 43,750,000,000 fry and if only 1% of those fry lived to maturity that would be 437,500,000 (four hundred thirty seven million five hundred thousand) walleyes that would have survived into adulthood. So since those numbers have not or were not ever realized there has to be more involved than the few thousand females taken just before and during the spawn as you can see those few thousand fish would have a very minor roll in the total overall egg production.
Anyone looking for a trip, I have this FRI & SAT open due to a cancellation. April 15 & 16.
The Walleye should be biting this weekend. Stable warmer weather should fire them right back up.
Give me call 440-221-8368
When I first saw the pics from this trip I thought how cool dad and his daughters. Then I quickly day dreamed about when I was a little boy around that age fishing with my dad and grandpa. Then I watched the video, my day dreaming quickly switch to a future trip with my own kids ( who are 3 and 1 ). Hoping life allows me to grant my kid the same chances to fish with their dad and gramps as I had.
How do a child in that age rang reeling fish that could quite easily be fish of a lifetime they can't keep it.
I know I have fish erie for approx 20 years now and I have never pulled in a 13 pounder.
Not only will the kids remember the trip, so will dad, the capt and the mate. Great memories all around
That video is priceless! Nice work!