Harbor Light

I tryed yesterday night between Turtle Island and the Harobr Light...Went out at 6 and ended up getting 13 total....Not to bad considering the water in very muddy.....We were about 1 mile from the lighthouse between turtle in 9-11 fow...We were using Purple and green jigs just vertical jigging no minnows... I went out of Turtle Creek the other day and got 3 by myself..It was SLOW going...took 3 hrs to get 3 fish.... Went 4 mile's straight out in front of the creek in 12-14 FOW same jigs with minnows..Wasn't what I had hoped it would be...I have done better up their before I just coulden't find them...Water out that way was alot cleaner then the water by the lighthouse...Gonna give it a try again tonight and see if we can boat some more fish...I'll keep you POSTED!!!! Good Luck and be safe....O yeah and I did out fish everyone on the boat for the 8th straight time...Their getting pissed at me!!! LOL... But I do catch the fish!!!!
LOWE LIFE...

Hey Lowe Life Its awsome that you have the time and ability to fish that much and catch that many fish, count must be in the 100s by now. How can one consume that much fish??? Ya Think maybe you might be harvesting too many???? Just a thought.

Lowe, good to hear eye's are still close, and your knowledge is greatly appreciated. We fished on the Spack'ln Eye along the d besse and turtle creek in12-14fow took 6 fish, all on purple no minnow.Heading out early friday,same area maybe a little deeper . Will call on ch. 68 good luck thanks for your input.

I agree with tinker!! But i think it's all smoke and mirrors!! I still think LOWE is the WHACKER is his real life. The type and speak the same.

Hi lowe, I dont get it? first the guys are pissed because you dont post what your using or where you went. You took the time @ $ to figure out all this stuff. Now there whining you catch to many fish, whats the difference if you catch 6 fish every other day, or the charters bring in 50 plus twice a day, thats one boat!! So you spill your guts, tell them what your using what color how deep your fishing. I hope you dont get to pissed off and quit posting, the few morons out there arent werth it. Its guys like you that gives guys like me a heads up on things. Im comming out, staying at lamberjacks the 7-13th of may. Do you think we will catch the tail end of jig season, or will it be harness time? Tight lines to everyone PAP

Why not post what's going on? I like seeing what's hot when i don't get a chance to go out for a couple days. I've been fishing the area west of the reefs for the last 25 years, latley 4 times a week. Anybody thats been fishing this end of the lake knows that the days of driving a mile off shore and limiting in an hour comes to an end soon and driving 12 miles north and spending all day to get limits is only weeks away. I remember the days of just looking for the pack of boats or where the charters are going was the only way of knowing where the fish are supposed to be. That didn't tell you what the hot color was or which lure was best that day....trial and error was the way to find out if you haven't been out since the week before. So far this year has been the best year i can remember...been in the water since the 27th of Mar. caught limits almost every trip,threw back fish on a lot of trips,gave fish to all my old timer fishing buddies and anybody that doesn't get the chance to fish as much as i do.....keep fishing...keep postin...it's a fishing forum!

Lowe,

Your reports are great for those who do not get to fish nearly as much as we like. Anytime that I am planning a trip out I review these posts and ask for any assistance. I always post within a day or two my results in detail. Thanks Lowe and do not let the prior posts rub you the wrong way

FISHMAN

Tinkertoy...I do go out in this early season and yes I do take alot of fish...But here's the thing,This is the only time if year I fish for walleye..I put as many fish in the freeezer as I can cause I don't fish for them any other time of year...When Jigging is done that's it for me!!! And I do give alot of fish away,and have some big fish fry's....I try and post what's going on to help out those who can't do it everyday...That's what this site is about right???I mean I could just post the number's and that's it,but that would help NO ONE out...I did that once on acciden't and heard all about the POST...I swore off posting for a while, but that don't help the guy's like PRKR.PAP and BIZWIZ who are all good fisherman...Some time's I look to see where the fish are at up at the cottage cause I don't get up their as much as I'd like to...Any INFO helps...But only if you use it...I like it when people I don't even know send me a message saying THANKS you helped me out alot...It kinda make's me feel good....So that's it...
As far as "THE WACKER" goes IT IS NOT ME!!!!!! I don't know him and never heard of him...This is the first year on this site for me...
Sorry guys I'm the LOWE LIFE....
Good luck and be safe!!!

My thanks to LOWE LIFE.....Im in Mansfield and fish the weekends usually out of catawba except when the jig west is on in the spring...Beside the weather sites for conditions I really do use the info I read here, at least for ballparking the bite...the rest is fishing...I know there are fish on the reefs yet dialing them in with bait color, coordinates, time of day, where can u get bait, etc,etc helps turn a 1:45 min drive to wild wings towing a boat a little easier. So, please continue to post it is appreciated and used. PS. I would expect someone who sleeps in a cabin on the waters edge and fishes 3 times a week to be more successful, if your take of walleye was a detriment to the walleye population then our bag limits would be reduced to 2/day, so dont pay attention to crazy comments like your overfishing.

I, love to fish for walleyes,but I only get one week a year. We have place on Onterio but trust me it aint nothing like Erie. My uncles,my dad and I would go to canada. The last trip for dad, dieing of cancer we went to that ******* country Canada! they treated us like criminals detained for 3hrs they all can go to hell as far as im concerned! So I took the bull by the horns and said lets go to Erie, we allways talked about it. Lets do it! Some how we hooked up with lamberjacks, The nicest people. The locals are great also everybody seemed to share info,equipment,whatever. So I got 6 guys together and we went. One guy was 89-70-68 and so on me 45. the old coots had a blast and so did I. Out there is where I learned about this site to use for futuer referances. So when I got home I told were we were what we were using you know the usuall stuff,But I made a mistake by saying after our limit was caught, we would catch and release the rest of the day.WELL you would of thought I was red headed step child, the boys beat me right into the dirt and then some,So I SWORE on my dads grave I NEVER would post on here again. Untill I saw LOWE taking the same punches I did, that PISSED me off

my thanks go out to you pap and lowe and to thows that post my season will start this weekend my boat go's out of wards canal and i will post as i get started thare are a lot of good ppl on here i am on channel 68 most of the time and will help as i can im no pro but my son and i can catch fish and love shareing our exsperances . so hope to talk to new and old friends soon good fishn and be safe . Big Joe

This is walleye rick. I'm the guy who started walleye.com 10+ years ago and started this new forum two years ago. And yes, I also run the www.walleyetacklestore.com shop.

I want to thank EVERYONE who takes the time out of their day to post accurate fishing reports. These reports help everyone, especially the weekend fisherman who is driving from some distance away (e.g. Columbus, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Chicago, you name it) in the hopes of having success on ole Lake Erie.

Kudos to all Fishing Reporters. Keep em coming.

thanks lowe for the reports, I know before I leave the dock if
I should turn towards the west or go east, I know where he is fishing and know he telling the truth, and far as 100 walleyes for the season anyone who fishes aleast twice a week has over
a hundred in thier boat for the season easy, come on the charters sort thru 50 to70 fish a day just fun fishing, keep up the reports esp. from the maumee bay area.

It takes us about 9hrs to get to lamberjacks,from our area the Poconos, thats eastern PA. I gather all the info I can for months off this site. Its great to have an idea of whats working,and a general idea where to start, thanks to all the fishing posters with there info. I keep a log of whats going on so dont forget till I get there,when Im on vacation no computers,phones, just my boat,gps,friends,BEER, and with a little luck, some walleyes. This year will be a little different, cause only 3 of us been to Erie before all the oleboys are gone.So we need all info possible, and this is what this site was intended to do, not argue about bs. nitpick stuff!!!. PS.I also look at Captain Daves report, he helped us out alot on our first trip(HAPPY HOOKER bait shop)This is it for me till I get back to PA. Then I will post our report. Thanks to everyone,& keep a tight line till I get there. PAP

Thanks to all of you...
It take's all of us on here to keep up on the fishing.....To help those out who love to catch walleye and live hours away...To help us who live on the shore's of this Beautiful lake...We can all go out and get fish on any given day,but with a little help we can make that day alot more productive...That what this site is about...I'm glad to have talked to so many great people and some not so great LOL...Pap were you up at Lamberjacks with 7 other people 2 weeks ago?? I met some people from penn and was wondering if that was you??? Good luck and be safe...Special thanks to all of those who stepped up when the haters stepped in!!!!
Thanks,
MIKE...LOWE LIFE

LOWE, that wasnt me, we are comming out to lamberjacks the 7th-13th. I would like to meet you in person some time. If I can scratch enough $ money together I would like to buy a radio, Im mostly rigged up for samon fishing, down riggers, temp probe and speed at the ball. It all takes money, work isnt that great right now. I was wondering what your prediction on what methood would be most productive at this time, harnesses,trolling,ect any input would be great. till then tight lines to all that post positive info this week.I will check it out every day this week, because friday morning we will be Erie bound at 6am, cant wait!!!! PAP

I'm not sure which will be best for fishing...I think tommrow night we will give it a try out here in toledo and we will be jigging for them...It all depends on the water temp..If it gets any warmer then you'll have to go with harnesses...Jigging up their last week was SLOW, but I was never really on the fish that day...I'll talk to some of the guys I know up at Wild Wings and see if I can get ant Info out of them...We can meet up one night at our cottage,since it's right next to lamberjack's..How many guys you bringing this way...Depends on work but mabey I'll fry up some fish for you guys...Which cottage do you stay at??? They have a cottage right next door to ours right on the creek...Let me know and we'll at least have a few beers and tell about the one that got away..
LOWE LIFE

Heading up to Put In Bay the last week in May. What are some good spots around the islands and what might be the best way to fish for walleye at that time. Since it's the only time of the year I can make it up, I'd like to come with a mess of fish. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

LOWE, I dont know yet what house we will be in yet till we get there. is there a phone # number I can reach you at? my personal e male is [email protected] if you want to tell me. we will have 6 guys all old coots but a great group of guys. Right know Im smoking some jerky for the trip if I dont have much work this week Im makeing some hot sticks also. You bet all deer meat! We are all from the old school!! The older guys have there wives make a dish of some sort.I bring my cooker with peanut oil we make dutch fries, Fish Ect. you got to stop in and try the dutch fryes if never had them, a little salt an Heinze cider vineger, cant beet it with a beer!! some how I feel you will fit right in. A couple of beers after a long days fishing and the stories these guys tell are priceless They are all military vets been around the world. One is a ww2 vet he can sling the **** like know body I know. Davey is 90 or so first trip to Erie. Thanks for all you did PAP. keep a tight line till we get there PAP

all the charters kill them off crane creek, 12 to 14 ft, purple
and tipped with minnows.

I'll send you a E-mail with my phone number so we can meet up..Just not sure on which day it will be...I'll bring up a few bags of walleye and we can make a meal out of it...Best way to meet people is to break some bread and pop a top!!!Be safe on your trip here and I'll send you my Info...If you get the cottage that Lamberjacks ownes behind their bait shop on JOAN ST. you'll be next door to us...See you soon...
LOWE LIFE

This is Uncle Willie from Chicago, and for a guy that only gets to go fishing a few times a year, I look forward to your posts. At least if I can't be there I can appreciate someone who goes out and hammers them on a regular, my hats off to you and I wil be up there May 12,13,14,and 15th hope I can do half as good as you've been doing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks,Uncle Willie....
I just try to keep everyone informed and not brag to much..I'm not a bad guy or an ******* just a guy who love to jig for walleye...Work has been slow and that has allowed me to go out and put up some impressive numbers...I don't troll for walleye cause that is boring to me...So my season is just about over...Till next Spring...I'll most likely be up at the cottage that weekend mabey we can meet up for a beer...Proably gonna head up on wed to meet up with a few other members and this weekend to meet somemore...Good luck guys and be safe....
LOWE LIFE...