Does anyone have any reports of activity off Lorain or Cleveland?
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Does anyone have any reports of activity off Lorain or Cleveland?
Went out of hot waters on Monday and lucked into on walleye talk to a few others that were out and they got nothing
I guess all other members have put their boats away for winter.
Went out of Gordon park on9/5. Got skunked. Couldn`t even mark fish on the break wall.
do any of you go out to 72 FOW where the walleye are.
do you just go out anywhere and expect them to jump on the hook.
I limit out more than 80 % of the time and I am in a 12' aluminum boat.
some of you need to try harder.
I'm not sure what type of fishing you do doug, but you are an expert "Troller"!!!
Accord to my maps, 72 fow is 20 miles North West of Gordon Park. 65 feet is as far as I have been.
How long does it take you to get out to 72 FOW in that 12 foot boat tough guy ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Doug Lewis
The amount of fuel you would need to get there and back and troll ... wouldn’t seem like it would fit on the boat
If he is going out 20 miles to 72 fow in a 12 ft boat he needs to have his head examined!
I Doug Lewis fish out of Ashtabula
it is 11 miles out to 72 FOW
I use 2 Gallons of gas
I use a 9.8 Tohatsu 2021 outboard
it takes me 1 hour to get out 1 hour to get in
I troll at 2.5-2.9 miles per hour for 4-8 hours
I have yet to hook a walleye above 3 MPH
I have heard 3.2 up to 3.5 MPH from some fisherman
is that a true speed or a false speed
I try different speeds lures weights
Chartreuse also known as Yellow Bandits have been good since June
the walleye have been at 71-73 FOW all of SEPTEMBER out of Ashtabula
I have to use 5 OZ weights since walleye are near bottom
all my numbers are true
the bigger boats go right past me at 72 FOW
and Yes I do have to steer out of the way of some of these Jack-Asses
Thanks for the info. I hooked 1 at 4mph on the gps. Wasn`t trying, just in a hurry to get to another spot and to lazy to pull in the lines.
Doug you are fortunate to be in Ashtabula and only have to go 11 miles to get to 72 feet. It is a further ride to 72 feet from Cleveland but it is not 20 miles. You can’t go by the Lake Erie chart. My guess it is in the neighborhood of 15 to 16 miles out of Edgewater to get to 72 feet. I’m sure you pick the right days to do it but I commend you on going to where the fish are. Hopefully you have all your safety equipment in place in case there’s a problem. Good luck.
I use to limit going out to 63-68 about 7 miles off Ashtabula. I am now comfortable at 72 FOW. constant 2 footers are also within my comfort level.
No I will not be going out to 15 miles at all. the first time I went out on lake Erie I went out 300 yards and came back in nervous even that was beyond my comfort level. all the walleye have been on the bottom all of September. yellow has been the best color for me. there are very few fish on fish finder at any depth.
Was in 65 for On Saturday off Fairport, marking fish stacked up 50-60 ft. Waves were 3-5 ft. Only lasted a couple hours got beat to death and skunked
Fished Lorain Friday near the dumping grounds. Managed only six fat eyes 17-22".
The program was dipseys and small spoons (Warrior, Michigan Stinger) either gold, copper, or antifreeze that worked. All the spoons had markings of green. Also tried divers, and worm harnesses with no success.
Speed 2.8-3.1 mph
Marked a ton of great fish, but not much seemed to be biting.
Also ran to the south sandbar which had great marks but nothing was biting.
Not going to get much of report since the Fall Brawl is about to start everyone trying to get that new boat!!!!!!!!
I have to use 5 OZ weights since walleye are near bottom
Doug... how far up from the lure do you run your 5 oz?
what total leads are working to get that deep?
Thanks!
I used 8-10 foot leads
my lines got tangled and I had to cut them
I forgot my 25 LB. Mono that day and had to use a 42" leader
since that pole had the Yellow lure it still caught the most fish
YELLOW has been the color since MAY
I started using 3-4 foot leaders they worked just as good
I have 125 foot of 1 color then 125 foot of another color that puts lines out 250 feet
If anyone needs exact size weights
I go on EBAY. send a message to sellers who sell that style weight
ask for the weights you want
my first order was for 3-4-5 oz pyramid weights 10 of each 30 total for 25 dollars shipping included
this is the time to get best prices
Van Dam ware house had the best prices on Bandits $ 5.84 I had to order 9 to have free shipping
I put 200 feet then 125 feet then 125 feet 450 total
first 200 40 lb braided then 30 lb braided then 20 lb braided
both 40 and 30 lb are cheaper lines about 13-17 dollars for 1000 meters on Ebay
line near lure is 20 lbs. 37 dollars for 1000 meters on Ebay
I have not had any fish break my 20-30-40 lbs. braided lines since I started fishing again from a boat in 2019
nor have any broke my 25 lb Mono
my biggest Trout 27+ inches about 7 1/2 lbs. and Walleye 28+ inches about 7 1/2 lbs. in 1 year of fishing
I let about 400 feet of line out once this year just to try it.
after about 50 minutes I reeled it in since it was the only pole NOT to catch a fish.
I found a small 11 inch walleye on it. so all of my poles had caught a fish that morning I just did not realize it.
my old 2 stroke engine used about 4 gallons my new 4 stroke uses about 2 Gallons
there is Peace with a 4 stroke 2 strokes give me a head ache Higher Noise Level
Doug... was asking... with 5 oz attached... how much line out to reach say 60 ft.
Doug,
You are using 25lb mono for all your leaders and braid for main lines?
It appears your method for weights is a 50/50 method or sometimes used the different color of braid set to 150 ft to get the desired depth. How are you attaching the pyramid weights?
I use 2 snap swivels
1 at the end of the braided line.
1 that connects to the lure.
the barrel swivel at the end of the mono leader goes on the snap swivel first then the weight
that way I can leave the leader and lure on all day.
as far as how much line to make 5 oz go 60 feet deep that would depend on speed
my guess is 1-1.3 MPH
I make sure I have 175-250 feet of line out
the conflict is how to be near the bottom without snagging the bottom
I was told my entire life that walleye in lake Erie are suspended I have not found that to be true in 2019 or 2020
though I troll at 2.5 -2.8 MPH
4 of the biggest walleye and trout I caught have been on the bottom when trolling at .9 MPH
I purposely slow down for 1-3 minutes to try something different and let lures go to bottom
at 72 FOW I was catching a keeper every 10-12 minutes with 5 oz weight thus no need to go to 6-7 oz of weight
in a perfect world I would be 2 feet off the bottom without ever snagging the bottom
Thanks Doug
I wasn't gong to post, but decided to maybe help someone decide where to go.
Fished Lorain 5/22 3pm to 9pm. Managed one 24" Walleye
Trolled 3 miles West of the Lighthouse and marked decent fish, but everything seemed to have lock jaw. Started with Dipsys running everywhere between 15-40ft down with speeds adjusted to low two's to 3.1 and even tried zig zag patterns with various speeds. Used spoons, big and small, used crawler harnesses, and used shallow crank baits big and small. After about several hours picked up and moved to the dumping ground where we trolled for about and hour and a half (saw very few marks). Pulled lines and went back to the original area where we used bandit's and reef runners on boards. Picked up our only walleye on a bandit around 8pm . Good luck to everyone.
Yep I only got 1 walleye sat the 23rd also it was a 24 inch I caught on worm harness white #6colorado spoon.Trolled down to vermilion from beaver lots of marks in 46 foot of water.There on bottom. Only thing is to wait til water temp in central basin hits 60 or above.Then we will all benefit.And go as slow as possible like 1.5 bouncing bottom.
Bites on now limited in 2 hours out of lorain today 6_21 worm harnesses
6/12 bites good out of lorain limited in 2 hours and nice fish. GO GET EM!