great report juls. thanks to people like you it gives guys like me something to think about. love reading your posts. my 1st walleye ever came on a little local lake while crappie fishing with minnows through the ice. it was 29 1/2" at 9 1/2 lbs. thats when i started fishing for eyes. took me many yrs before i broke that magic 30" mark. my largest now is 32" caught from the central basin. I've been walleye fishing since the winter of 81. been fishing erie since the mid 80's. not sure what yr we moved our fishing to the central basin. but it has been several yrs.