Fall Action

[itsbob]

There will be limited reports with the "Fall Brawl" going on,we did not enter.We fished out of Huron Thursday and caught 18 fish in 3.5hrs.They were all 2015 fish with only 3 going 20-22'.Used mostly harnesses,but most guys have been doing well with spoons.We fished in a straight line out huron river chanel,about 5miles NE of river.Another guy was 8miles out and they caught bigger fish,but they were using spoons and deeper.When going out,was not marking much till got in the deeper water.We were in 45fow.The water temp is dropping fast now and soon,the cranks will be catching better.I tried a RR and a bandit for a couple hrs but just caught a few small fish.Looked at chart when fishing and saw Vermillion dump.It is straight north of river and looks like 2-3miles out at most.

[Congo]

Thanks Bob, Much appreciated. Fall Brawl sounds like quite a deal.
Sounds like you did awesome! Thanks again.

[itsbob]

Next season will be a banner year with all those 2015 fish.Those fish should be about 19" in the spring.Limits should come quickly and you may not have to run as far.The young fish should be aggressive and probably will stay in western basin and not migrate east.The perch fishing may crash like it has in other parts of lake erie.Hardly any small perch being caught.Once all the big perch are gone will be difficult to catch any perch in the next few years.

[Congo]

Hey Guys,

Thanks for all of the info. We got blown off the water 3 days. When we did get to fish we ended up catching some nice eyes. We caught fish on almost all of the cranks pulled. Our best set up was 50 3oz 50 with a bandit.
Caught fish on spoons also. We trolled anywhere from 1.5 - 2.5. No action started messing with our speed. We launched out of Huron and fish the south end of the dump mainly. Like I said, that wind was really something. Was that considered a tornado on Sunday?
Headed back out Saturday - Tuesday. Winds look like they will be more fishing friendly. Oh yah, the water temp hung around 54 - 55. Hopefully it has dropped a bit. Contemplating night fishing a night. Never done that before and very curious. I've been told you can catch in as little as 15 ft.
Thanks again everyone. I'll post our findings next Wednesday or Thursday.