Couple Questions if someone could help.

[itsbob]

The reason nobody has been fishing Canada yet,has been the fishing has been so good in American waters,no need to burn Expensive gas.Canada also has been closed to fish the past two seasons due to pandemic.We have recently got our canadian liscences and looking foward to fishing up there soon.
Back in the day when we would only cast and mostly fish west of the bass islands,we would fish for walleye through the end of July and switch over to perch the first of August.There were also good numbers of perch back then though.
About 15yrs ago i started fishing with a guy who enjoyed casting for walleye on the rocks in canadian waters.We would target the east side of Pelee,beginning in June and did very well catching nice fish.Very few boats and we would catch well through August some years.Then the emerald shiners crashed and did not catch well on the rocks when there were no minnows there.
When the waters start to cool around the first couple weeks of Sept,the walleye start moving up onto the reefs to feed.By the third week of Sept,have done well casting on those reefs.Particulary,the easterly reefs.Our favorite was Gull Island Shoal.
We almost exclusively troll now,and we do need to head further East to catch our fish as the water warms.We have done well around the weather bouy the past two seasons.Thats about as far east as we go,since we do not trailor our boats.But with $6 gas,not sure how many of those runs we will be making this season.

[DeBaited]

The reason nobody has been fishing Canada yet,has been the fishing has been so good in American waters,no need to burn Expensive gas.Canada also has been closed to fish the past two seasons due to pandemic.We have recently got our canadian liscences and looking foward to fishing up there soon.
Back in the day when we would only cast and mostly fish west of the bass islands,we would fish for walleye through the end of July and switch over to perch the first of August.There were also good numbers of perch back then though.
About 15yrs ago i started fishing with a guy who enjoyed casting for walleye on the rocks in canadian waters.We would target the east side of Pelee,beginning in June and did very well catching nice fish.Very few boats and we would catch well through August some years.Then the emerald shiners crashed and did not catch well on the rocks when there were no minnows there.
When the waters start to cool around the first couple weeks of Sept,the walleye start moving up onto the reefs to feed.By the third week of Sept,have done well casting on those reefs.Particulary,the easterly reefs.Our favorite was Gull Island Shoal.
We almost exclusively troll now,and we do need to head further East to catch our fish as the water warms.We have done well around the weather bouy the past two seasons.Thats about as far east as we go,since we do not trailor our boats.But with $6 gas,not sure how many of those runs we will be making this season.

I only cast I fish for eyes in WB until middle of August then it slows do to warm water. We then start fishing Canada not prior 2 years as it was shut down We primarily target structure around Hen island. Some days we are only ones around. Casting later in the year does require patients as it can be long time between fish especially on calmer days as you are not drifting much. Use you Fish finder & work the fish you find As Bob said as the water cools you can start catching eyes again late September through time to pull boat around the reef complexes. But Perchin is good September through time to pull boats so we do our fair share of that as well. Canada trips this year may be held to a minimum with $6.25 gas.

[rickerd]

20 min is about right if you trust your crew and have good marks on screen. Sometimes, you can be fishing below the walleye. This time of year on WB I like to start at top and work down.

I've had 2 occasions where a splash count got you fish and a 2 count got a blank. I had 2 guys on my boat and they just didn't get it the last time I experienced it. The date was first week in July after the 4th, maybe even the 5th. The winds were brisk out of NW and waves honest 2-4 footers. We were drifting with a sock at 1.1 or so. We had 4 fish in box after 2 hours and I figured out the splash count. It happened because I kept line tight enough when landing to detect a touch. Then I landed 6 keepers in 20 minutes myself. The other guys only 1 more each because they let it settle under the fish.

Splash count is turning over bail while lure is in air. Once it lands, pull to activate spinner then retrieve. Keeps bait in top 12 inches of water with high rod tip. How fish could find it with 2-4s in the top, I don't know but it was the most furious bite I've experienced.

Rickerd

[capt pete]

I fish for chinook salmon that way in the Pacific NW off Port Angeles, WA. In over 40 years of salmon fishing, I have found that the stronger the wind, the higher the salmon will migrate towards the surface. Almost always, a 1 oz pearl white Crippled Herring, or Kandlefish, metal jig will be deadly under these wind conditions. The trick is to cast directly upwind so that your line remains taut at all times. This results in three main strike-triggering lure actions...1) Strong sideways darting action with hydrosonic vibration; 2) The tight line keeps the lure near surface with a slower fall rate and creates better hook sets on the strike; 3) The tight line causes more flash in combination with a wider darting swing as compared to a loose line that causes the lure to drop faster. You want that lure to stay near the surface. Drifting is a more natural presentation than trolling. But, each works. Capt. Pete