Walleye fishing report for islands area 8/15/09.

[eyeslayer]

Trolling works great if there is no drift. I work on Sara-J charters out of Lorain. We are currently fishing along the canadian border. It has been on fire trolling and catching limits everyday. I would think that the water temp around the islands might be a little high for walleye this time of year. There is a huge school of fish outside of Lorain. Unfortunately you have to run 18 mile to get them. It would probably be about a 30 mile run for you. But I know the casters are doing great out there too. If you are loking to learn how to troll give me a call I will try to help you out. Captain Kray 216 346 5555

[MBLMIKE]

Went out sat with a bunch of friends on a head boat, not the best location to fish . but with a bunch of kids and wives it was a blast, the weather was very strange for August, big waves , cold wind , rain .at times we were the only boat in site, there were at least 5 to 7 funnel clouds we observed they were closer to shore but there was this one realy big one it formed a cone and came down almost to the ground with rotation and a very defined cone , our captain tried to keep every one calm by claiming he sees these all the time, but when he stopped to take pictures and mutered on his cell phone that he had never seen one this big I knew different , anyway we caught a mixed cooler of fish nothing to brag about here , but we had an exciting trip none the less. any one else out on Sat ?

[BigWally]

guess I'm glad I decided to stay home.would be kind of cool to see though

[wayne johnson]

the facts about are perch are true, 300 perch , 63 lbs, captain would not let
us keep anything under 7.5 largest was 13 inches, perch were everything inbetween, as far as the cleaners thats the lbs. he charged us for, as for every one else catches we were the largest to be brought into the store in weeks, everyone are bringing in minnows this year, I agree with you last
years lb, per fish were much better, we were getting the 2 to 3 fish per lb.
but even at drawbridge dock, this catch rasied alot of eyebrows, just reporting true report to help everyone out, even the charters from anchor point way are running to the islands for just avg, size fish.

[walleyewacker]

Wayne-

What you are saying is that each limit weighed basically 5 poiunds. That is 5 fish per pound. Again 63 pounds is believable not the size. 5 fish per pound means a lot of 7inch or less perch being kept, not 7.5 and better. There is nothing wrong with keeping small perch, just don't lie about it. You might get everyone else on here to "take the bait" but not me. You caught a bunch of little perch and want to brag about it and someone called you out. Everyone at drawbridge were looking at your catch in disbelief, they couldn't believe you kept some many small perch. If guys like you would be more selective, our perch would attain a larger average size. You would keep 13 inch walleye if the law would allow. Don't brag about little fish, unless you are a 10 year old kid.

[gregnwtf]

Wayne-

What you are saying is that each limit weighed basically 5 poiunds. That is 5 fish per pound. Again 63 pounds is believable not the size. 5 fish per pound means a lot of 7inch or less perch being kept, not 7.5 and better. There is nothing wrong with keeping small perch, just don't lie about it. You might get everyone else on here to "take the bait" but not me. You caught a bunch of little perch and want to brag about it and someone called you out. Everyone at drawbridge were looking at your catch in disbelief, they couldn't believe you kept some many small perch. If guys like you would be more selective, our perch would attain a larger average size. You would keep 13 inch walleye if the law would allow. Don't brag about little fish, unless you are a 10 year old kid.

Wacker needs to stop submitting his bs here . He stopped for a while after his walleye bs this spring. Now its his bs knowledge of perch. He must think he is a fish scientist for constant bs he writes about. Lake Erie captains , most have fished the lake for MANY years a not many bring in stories like his. He must have a fish stretching board on his row boat to talk like a hillbilly story teller form the hills. Yall aint gona blev this, he says.
His stories of locations and sizes will never add up to more the bs it that it smells of.
He knows all and tells all. I fished Monday in 4 normally great spots for perch and took 7 to 10.5 inch fish. Did not get a limit. Probably boated 300 perch but the size for two thirds of them did not make the grade for charter fish.
Most fish we kept averaged 7.5 inch. Warm water holds the larger perch way off in deeper water than the western basin holds till the water starts cooling off in a month. I have fished Erie for 33 years and thats the way it has always been. Whats changed since the 70's hay days. Water clearity, commercial fishing, baitfish, are the main ones. The days of stuffed coolers of back then are still hopeful in my mind but until that time we catch what the lake gives up to us each day we fish. Some days good and some days not.
The weather patterns , the moon phase, wind and currents. Most do , and go to what they remember the did from the last trip or last year or 10 years ago and it sometimes works out. Remember that fishing is fishing and its not a job and nowbody likes a guy that the talks and thinks hes is bragging about what he does or does not do on the lake we love. This site is for honest advice and maybe tell your spots because this lake will be here for many years along with the fish. Stop your bs and let the rest of us tell our true stories to help the true fisherman catch some fish. Enough said. GO AWAY

[wakina]

The wt (63#) brings to mind a post that I made on 08/13/2009 about a limit of perch that started near Green and was finished near C-can. My son and I caught 50 perch that weighed 11#s at the cleaners. We had a mixed bag of 7.5" to 12.75" perch. Majority were in the 8" range of perch. Multiply 11 x 6 and you get 66#s live wt. It is totally probable that Wayne Johnson's catch and claim of 63#s is true. I don't question his posted wt. or his integrity on this matter. I think time would be better served by posting reports and not attacking other members for trying to help fellow members out. Thank you Wayne for the report on your perch trip I am sure that it is well appreciated by most members of this site.
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