Quote Originally Posted by bdrieck View Post
I totally agree with you guys. Boca you are right. I've only gone out there 3 years and fished with a friend. Grew up in Minnesota fishing smaller lakes. Totally different ball game on Erie. Our lives are not worth it that's for sure. I'm hoping that the 10 day forecast is wrong for next weekend (more rain). it's a long ways out. the guys back home are willing to wait a couple weeks as long as the jig bite is somewhat still productive. I'd rather wait for better conditions and work harder for fish if we miss the hot jig bite. nothing like the erie jig bite. trolling is fun but it's more like towing in a fish in rather than feeling the hit!

Where to you go for "close to shore" condition reports? NOAA?

thanks again guys. Let me know when you guys do plan to go out there. the first round is on me at the Wild Wings.
Here are some weather links I use. I generally try to look at about every forecast available and then see what the weather trend is going to be, as in getting better, getting worse, or no change and use that to decide if, how, when, and where I fish.

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/for.../le/lez145.txt
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/CLE/GLFLE
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/Hou...3&day=Tomorrow
http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/mod...egion=e&page=1
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick....x=70&map.y=95
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/...t&type=N&hr=00

Now, if your going straight from the jig bite to trolling, you are missing out on some of the best casting bite there is. When the jig bite stops, start casting some harnesses or mayfly rigs when there is a decent drift. For me, trolling is what you do when there is no wind to drift. Otherwise I have a fishing pole in my hand and casting!! trollling done right is very effective, but I just love to cast!!