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The walleye fishing this season was similar for us compared to last year. We limited 11 of the 16 trips i took on my buddy Johns' boat this year. The avg weight of our fish was 2.5lbs this year, compared to 2.25lbs last year. But we get Canadian licenses, and John is willing to make long runs to catch fish. Now we caught fish last season off Huron in August and September, but we did not fish there this year. We made the long run to Lorain three times this year to catch our fish. One possible reason the fish were far offshore and in the deepest water was water temperature. We had a hot summer, and the water got pretty warm by August. John kept his boat in the water a month longer this season. I had been on him to do so because in the past, we had done well casting for walleye on the reefs in October. We had a pretty warm September and the water temps kept steady the whole month. We tried casting several times in late Sept and early October and the best we did was get 4 casting Oct 11th. Again, i think the warmer water kept the fish offshore. I'll bet it affected the poor perch fishing too. Have a great offseason and good health to all.
I had mixed results. Early jig season was good for us. I really struggled late May. But from mid June through all of July we did fine. If not limits 16 out of 18. But our fish were smaller this year. I was out 5 times in July & never had a walleye over 20”. Most 16-18”. My 2 best perch weekends were 1st & 3rd weekends of August. No limits 3 of us. 45 -60 fish leg day on those trips with good grade of fish. Then 3 more times out 8 keepers & 100 through backs. 1 st saturday of October I casted for eyes because perching reports were so bad. We caught them on Crib & Big Pic & 2 of us got 10. After that weekend pulled boat