spring spawn

[ReelTime]

dont get to excited the algae has everything a mess and dosent look good for this year also.

Seriously? Have you ever seen algae in the spring?

[shawnb1977]

What I mean is do to all the weather and algea last year the hatch was about zero.and and this year dosent look good , just the info I retrieved from our lake Erie water shed meeting last week , they estimated3-5 years for the spawning beds to turn around. While reducing the numbers from 4-3 fish a day. An estimated one hundred charters went bankrupt last year. And the record rainfall this year will make things difficult this year also.

[pap]

We have been comming out to the western part of Erie for years, but this year I think I will cancel out. the last two years have been tough for us and all the talk about the alge has the guys on edge about comming out this year. This is a sad situation!!!. I know skipper9 and a few others done well! but it is 10hr. ride for us and we only have a week. To all the locals and charters tight lines be safe!

[skipper9]

Bankrupt, Hell I am considering buying a second boat... We caught limit after limit of great eyes... I just had to spend the gas money to follow them big fish.. don't throw in the towel yet. There are plenty of eyes in the great lake Erie....

[gregnwtf]

Bankrupt, Hell I am considering buying a second boat... We caught limit after limit of great eyes... I just had to spend the gas money to follow them big fish.. don't throw in the towel yet. There are plenty of eyes in the great lake Erie....

Ya, ran more trips during 2011 than I ever have and already have most of the peak times booked up for 2012. People will still keep coming up, they want to fish. Plain and simple, they want to fish. The kicker is I havent booked the regulars yet. Looks like its time to send out the winter flyer and start making casting rigs. 13 weeks to go.

[mkalink]

I'm sure the economy had a lot to due with those charters going out of business not the lack of walleyes in the lake. Most likely a lack of walleye in the box. I also believe some people are just too stubborn to give up on casting and start trolling. I finally gave in and bought the equipment. Although, I can't wait for the spring jig bite so I can knock the dust off the loomis rods and leave the trolling stuff in the shed. I would rather catch one walleye casting or jigging then 10 trolling, but you have to do what you have to do when the fish are all scattered after they spawn and leave the reefs.

[gregnwtf]

I'm sure the economy had a lot to due with those charters going out of business not the lack of walleyes in the lake. Most likely a lack of walleye in the box. I also believe some people are just too stubborn to give up on casting and start trolling. I finally gave in and bought the equipment. Although, I can't wait for the spring jig bite so I can knock the dust off the loomis rods and leave the trolling stuff in the shed. I would rather catch one walleye casting or jigging then 10 trolling, but you have to do what you have to do when the fish are all scattered after they spawn and leave the reefs.

I keep casting, work the deep ledges and the flats. Some days they are near the bottom and some days its a short count and medium reel speed. So many people dont realize their lures are under the walleye. Its hard to teach but once they figure it out, the smiles are on. Happy customers come back.