Search:

Very good. I'm hoping to be able to get up there this weekend and troll up a little chrome. We tried back in September but didn't have any luck.

Brian,
you can troll any bait you want off of a wire line. We run spoons, harnessess, shallow or deep crank baits. The wire is just a means to get more depth, same concept as leadcore.
Assuming...

I'll preface this by saying I've never trolled outside the Rocky for steelhead, I troll for them at Conneaut in the NE Corner of the state. But the general rules should hold true.

It's probably...

Fished Conneaut Friday through Monday, 8/16 - 8/19. Lake was flat and it was sunny and warm. Fished by myself Friday and Saturday afternoon. Only got 1 walleye Friday, 50' down in 72' of water, to...

Couple thoughts, many of which echo what has already been said, since I had 2 breakoffs this weekend on braid dipseys without snubbers, using 12lb mono leader.
I keep the release tension set...

I think it is pretty close as well. The chart in the precision trolling book shows them running a little shallower for the same amount of line out. But this weekend was hitting bottom a lot when...

Got into town Friday afternoon and took the boat out myself to see if I could locate the fish. Decided to avoid Conneaut due to Dock Fest and went out of Ashtabula Lakeshore Park. Headed...

Went out Wednesday afternoon and Friday morning for walleye, couldn't find a program to get them to bite. Ran in and went back out for perch Friday afternoon (7/5) and had a 2 person limit in less...

Some other thoughts:

At least here in the Central Basin we have a good summer near shore Smallmouth fishery. Might be a good situation for using the kayak.
Another idea is using the kayak to...

You can find the steelhead stocking levels for Erie on page 2 of the linked doc. 2012 was 2% higher than 2011, but still 2% lower than the average....

On a related note, the linked page has links to videos of the presentations made at the March Great Lakes Fishery Commission Lower Lakes Committee Meeting. Probably a lot of the same data you are...

SANDUSKY, Ohio – Authorities along Lake Erie in Ohio say they have suspended the search for a father and his 12-year-old daughter who were last seen in their kayaks on Sandusky Bay.
The Erie County...

Dr. Ed, would you mind posting or messaging me the contact information for where you are storing. I have been looking to store/trailer my boat near catawba in the spring until I move it up to...

Great Lakes Coastal Forecasting System (Hitorical Data and Forecasts)
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/

Satellite Calculated Surface Water Temps
http://coastwatch.msu.edu/index.html

Lake...

Some good resources for water temp (and other) data, note the second link uses satellite imagary to calculate surface temp, not temp probes in the lake:

http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/
...

Big Dave,
I fish out of Conneaut. The weather/conditions in the western basin play a role since the effect the spawn, and hence when the spawn completes and the walleye start moving east. For...

I release pre-spawn females as well, but I like to jig rather than troll, so not much of a problem.
As for cookin up the late season big fish. I cut up the fillets for fying. First I cut along...

The modis satellite photos have been mostly clouded over lately, but looks like a lot was still iced over a couple days ago.

http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/modis/modis.php?region=e&page=1

This is the actual press release from the ODNR DOW.
...

I imagine the gander mts around columbus will be having some more sales in a couple months when the new Cabelas opens up. That said, anymore I tend to make most of my purchases at Fishermans...

The Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. of Cleveland will launch an offshore wind development effort on Lake Erie using $4 million in federal money.

More...

In general I am a supporter of...

We were out there Saturday as well. Probably talked to you, we were in the little 16' Bluefin. We trolled in and out of the harbor and up the river to/from the Woodworth Rd. Ramp. marked lots of...

I was hoping they were still out there. Wish I could have headed out in the middle of the week, jobs really holding me back. Saturday is looking like it will be pretty rough. Hopefully they are...

No, you likely won't be able to get under the bridge due to the hardtop. Not sure the exact clearance, and am sure it varies with water level, but in our little 16' blue fin my head seems close to...

As Dr.Ed and TIN CAN stated, Conneaut will be your first place to start. We have been getting some mixed in with the walleyes trolling 8-15 miles out. As water temperature lowers and we get some...