Cleveland 6/21

[Whitswhaler]

My middle initial is "S" and it should stand for Snafu. I have had more than my share of craziness in my various fishing endevours (most of them self induced). I have forgotten nets (which usually leads to filling the boat with big fish), hooked up on gill nets, been lost in the fog (before gps), had to rebuild an outboard 15 miles off shore, but I wouldn't stop fishing for any of it.

More importantly, the "Crib" is the Cleveland water intake. It is slightly north west of down town Cleveland. I hate to say it, but I have never checked to see how far off shore it is (probably around 3 miles) and I don't have the exact GPS coordinates for it either. I do, however, have some coordinates from the waypoints around the crib that I have been fishing (their on the gps on the boat). I'll send them to you so you can get an idea on where it is. Bottom line is you're fishing just off of Cleveland. It is a little strange to be catching big walleye and look back and see the Cleveland sky line. The other interesting thing about the crib is that it has a webcam so if you want to check the water conditions all you have to do is pull up the camera and see what the lake is doing. Google the Cleveland Crib web cam and it will give you more info.

Greg, If you want to come this way and give it a shot let me know, you're always welcome on Whitswhaler.

[spoontang]

Keith-
Thanks for the feedback and invite. I will certainly take you up on that offer. I'm thinking about devising a vest that will hold lures, salmon net, a full set of standard and metric tools, gps, homing beacon, fillet knives, deep cycle battery, marine engine rebuild guide, spare prop, depth charge (when the fishing is slow), playboy magazine (for the articles of course), Life raft, a roofie for the wife when she starts saying "when are we going to be done?", body bags.........for the fish of course aka freezer bags -shhhhhhhh.

All for 100 easy installments $19.99. If you act now and promise to tell a friend, I will throw in a wife and 4 kids.

We will talk and fish soon. It's been a week for me and looking like it will be this weekend before I can get back out.