Fished Lorain 4/27 - 1:00PM to 5:30PM. 10 or so boats scattered around. 2 to 4 miles out. Water clarity was less than clear. I'm guessing it would be clearer the further out you go.
We started casting for maybe 30 minutes 45 FOW - 2 to 3 miles out. Light winds, limited drift speed.
Switched to trolling - north to about 4 miles out (55 FOW), then east/southeast (towards Avon stacks) through the dumping area. Only 1 walleye - 20"
Setup (4 sticks) - trolling speed: 2.0 MPH (that's as slow as I can go with my setup - I am pulling drag bags to get down to 2 MPH)
-2 Dipsy Divers (right and left - setting 3) 100 to 175 back (tried different distances) - pulling stinger spoons
-2 Jet Divers (middle) - 100 to 200 back (ran one middle stick without the jet for a little while to test for surface fish) - pulling stinger spoons when using Jet Divers, stick bait when not using Jet Diver.
Seemed to mark scattered fish. only one came home with us.
We did good last year from Lorain to Geneva. I don't think walleye care if they are near the islands as much as human folk do.
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