July 2009 Western Lake Erie Fishing Reports

[hartless1951]

trolled tots 2.9 to 3'6 mph big boards 2.5 to 3.5 miles northwest of west sister 28 to 30 ft of water 100 to 130 back 4 man limit 3.7 hrs hot color green chrome blue chrome

[ReelTime]

trolled tots 2.9 to 3'6 mph big boards 2.5 to 3.5 miles northwest of west sister 28 to 30 ft of water 100 to 130 back 4 man limit 3.7 hrs hot color green chrome blue chrome

Were you trolling them behind jets or just straight off the line? I assume a tot is a Hot N Tot correct? Which model do you use?(sorry I'm new)

Also I here a lot of guys trolling Little Rippers. Do you know if they run the deep divers of the shallow model? I'd like to start trolling hard baits myself...just looking for some info. Thanks

[hartless1951]

trolled on 10 lb line bare no weight they were half ounce

[troy1976]

Fished Friday about 10 miles out west of west sister. 27-29 fow. Caught 10 20 inch plus fish on gold and yellow weapons. 2 guys fishing

Saturday afternoon same location caught 6 keepers and 2 throwbacks in 2 hours of fishing same lures.

Sunday morning ended up N. of Island 2-3 miles could only find 4 fish tried everything in tackle box.

[dreamcatcher]

Caught 4 man limit 1/2 mile off west reef throwing short tied harnesses with small hooks and 1in gold blades, 3 count fish were very high, must have thrown 20 short fish back.

[Baha299]

7/24- Fished West of North Bass island drifting using small gold mayfly harnesses. 13 walleye 5 throwbacks.

7/26- Fished west of West Reef for 4 hours in 4-6 foot waves (with the occasional 8 footer). 5 walleye 3 throwbacks. Small mayfly rigs and solid gold weight forwards. All fish but 2 were suspended (15 count).

Heard reports of larger fish being caught on the border north of the islands. Can anyone verify?



Baha299

[troy1976]

Fshed in 24-26 fow about 7 miles out of Meinke Marina to north and west. Put 8 in box and threw back 7 from 7 am to 11 am. All on weapons either yellow, firetiger, or gold. worked a 18 count. Two people fishing

[rscotfish]

off of metzger pier tried 12 ft of water graph was full picked up a dozen nice perch but slow moved out to 22-23 ft of water got limit for 4 guys steady pick biggest 11 smallest 7-1/2 threw back a lot of 6 inch fish cut minnows in half lots of doubles spreaders on bottom 22 pounds

[rscotfish]

3 man limit 21 ft of water same as yesterday 14 pounds 3-4 ft waves out of southwest fresh perch today for dinner yum yum

[rickerd]

Fished a couple hours on Monday from 1030-1245. SW winds produced a drift .5-.7mph. We were a few miles offshore in 17-19 fow. We made 3 drifts and caught 3 small walleye 15.5-16.5 inches. We threw them back to grow for next year. We caught some sheep, one nice white bass and a 10 inch yellow perch. A fun day with my daughter and mother in law. All walleye were caught on green/yellow Erie dearie with a 5 count and pull, pause, reel retrieve. We were marking active fish on top 1/3 of water until 1130. Funny thing, gold Erie dearie didn't produce 1 fish with the same retrieve. Also tried a green/ yellow harness off the bottom and 1 sheephead. Minnows on a crappie rig produced the perch and white bass.

Great day to be out. One other observation, green algae is blooming all over the area.

tight lines,
Rickerd