Sunday 5/5/24 pulled the boat up from Mercer PA primarily to get it settled on the slip @ Channel Grove Marina. Didnt even start fishing until 11AM SE of Niagara Reef (ya we joined the 50+ other boats). Picked up 4 shorties sliding past the D-can on bottom bouncers harnessing gold blades. The old man, who wont give up on his box of Erie Dearies from the 90s picked up a nice 18"on gold....that was our only keeper and I'm never going to hear the end of this! "First keeper on this boat on an Erie Dearie".

This was the maiden voyage on Erie for me as a new boat owner, so the trip was primarily to get familar with the boat and take dad along for a trip down memory lane. Saw lots of trollers pickin' up fish. Lovely lady @ Channel Grove pointed us out to the Niagara reef and said, "Gold blades on harness is all we ever drift with."