I haven’t fished the buoy for several years. Last year didn’t make it to Erie at all… I’m semi retired now so trying to actually use my Ranger now and in the future. I think I’m done for a while this year- too many maintenance projects at home this summer

All that said, the buoy was generally good in early June. IF weather was good enough to get out there. I would run meat on the riggers and pull limits pretty quickly. Junk is biggest problem with pulling quick limits. They like live bait as well!

Also, seems like everybody does really well on bandits. I typically fish cold water so my box is full of RRs and rapalas… I need to add to my box obviously, but I very much prefer to drift unless it’s nearly flat calm.