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04-20-2020, 06:15 PM #11
liketohuntlovetofish, sadly due to coronavirus, this year doesnt work. Im fishing alone because of it. Fishing has been fabulous, have had limits last 8 days been able to get on water. Usually less than 2 hrs. Fact you want to fish with your kids is great. I'm not expert by any means, nor am I a charter. Would be my pleasure to help you & your kids catch fish. Jig fishing is fun, requires patience usually. I'm not tech savvy, just let me know best way of us to make contact without everyone else getting involved. I rent condo at Green Cove in Oak Harbor for 3 weeks every April. Would love to help you & young ones catch fish next year. would do my heart well.
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04-20-2020, 08:51 PM #12
[QUOTE=liketohuntlovetofish;67860]I understand being in contact with the bottom and how the speed can impact things, but are the walleye on the reefs, off just off the reefs, etc? I’m from Columbus so I come up a few times a year and never feel confident making the right choice for location. I always feel like guys on here are exceptionally successful and share a lot of great info, but not enough for an occasional visitor to get the “two hour limit”. It definitely doesn’t seem as easy as “14 FOW in front of wild wings”. I’m greatful for the info, but feel like I’m missing a lot of something. I mean, I got limits 20 years ago with my grandpa and all we did was float out to the Catawba market bouy... and biologists are saying it’s better today than then, so I’m missing something more than luck.
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04-20-2020, 09:35 PM #13
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04-21-2020, 09:51 AM #14
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04-21-2020, 01:48 PM #15
Thanks! This is exactly the kind of conversation I was hoping to get into. I make these adjustments all the time fishing in locations I know, so hopefully this helps me adjust better on the big lake. Driving 2 hours to be there at sunrise might be a hard sell for the family trips, but I can talk a few guys into that next April. Is there a favorite water temp range? I’ve been reading between 44-52 online, but based on your last response of it being almost over, seems like Erie may be a little cooler water trend (I was reading a generic walleye fishing article). I know bass on Erie start to catch fire at 50 degrees, so I am hoping this is another piece I can put in play.
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04-21-2020, 07:02 PM #16
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04-22-2020, 04:53 AM #17
Here shortly you will be able to use bandits just off the bottom in the same areas of jigging and get productive numbers too.....as the spawn ends the feeding begins
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04-22-2020, 08:21 AM #18
What kind of jigs are you guys using?
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04-22-2020, 03:00 PM #19
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04-26-2020, 04:29 PM #20
We’ve participated in the jig fishing off turtle creek the past two Saturdays. The first week, were out front at 8 am, but could not get vertical. I had two 18inch trolling socks and got educated on the difference between trolling socks and drift bags. Slowest we could get was .8 to 1.2 mph and all our jigs were 1/2 oz and a couple 3/4 oz jigs. We came home with two fish. The second week, I added a 60 inch trolling sock, and we used 1 oz jigs. Speed was still .6 to .9. For this second trip, I used a Garmin LiveScope. What I observed was even with the 60 inch sock out and one oz jigs, the jig was still 20 ft away from the boat at the point it was contacting bottom. I could see the fish approach and pass my jig. Meanwhile guys on low profile boats around us were killing it. We salvaged the day by trolling. The livescope clearly showed crazy numbers of fish on the bottom and we got them trolling bandits 33-50 back. I have come to the conclusion that you need a drift speed around .3 to .5 to effectively jig and in a higher profile boat, you might need not one, but two 60 inch socks in the 15-20mph winds we had the past two Saturdays. There are enough boats out there that it’s easy to see what the guys who are catching fish are doing and mimic that. I dont think our problem is with the jigging mechanics, I think speed is our issue. I’d say fishing in high winds was culprit if I had not witnessed guys catching fish all over.
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