Two army/air force veterans need your advice

[Herb S]

Well, compared to Bill (age 78) and me at 82, I guess according to our math you're still a young buck! You fished Erie since the '70s and I just wished I was fishing Erie during that time. But the one thing I did in common with you during those years was to buy many of the lures you have mentioned. The greater majority have never seen water. Is there any chance you might be fishing May 24-26? We'd like to thank you in person for getting back to us. If not, thank you for these "pearls of wisdom". We are changing where we launch our boat and that will be at the Catawba launch ramp.

[sherman51]

Well, compared to Bill (age 78) and me at 82, I guess according to our math you're still a young buck! You fished Erie since the '70s and I just wished I was fishing Erie during that time. But the one thing I did in common with you during those years was to buy many of the lures you have mentioned. The greater majority have never seen water. Is there any chance you might be fishing May 24-26? We'd like to thank you in person for getting back to us. If not, thank you for these "pearls of wisdom". We are changing where we launch our boat and that will be at the Catawba launch ramp.

I won't be up until mid-july to fish out of geneva with divers to get my lures down. back when I fished the western basin we did most of our fishing around west sister island. early in the year, we fished south and sometimes a little west of the island but as temps rise we would fish north and northwest of the island. but things may have changed by now. and I'm sure there are other great places to fish.

[Herb S]

Got back from the Western Basin yesterday. For our three-day trip we mainly used crawler harnesses, it was too windy to do much else. For day one and two we caught sheepshead, small perch, a smallmouth and pee wee perch. The final day (Thursday the 25th) we got into walleyes just off of Kelleye's Island. We caught 5 keepers then when the wind picked up, we thought it best to head back to the ramp. It was getting too rough for a 17' boat. Oh, when at the ramp a boat comes in with a 13 pounder and another about 6-7 lbs. Now, why wasn't that us?