Quote Originally Posted by rscotfish View Post
with gas prices going up and fishing limits going down. its going to make it hard for a charter captain to get clients.sure hope it gets better, and what would the slot be on the lake. that might make it tough lucky i love lake erie.just watched a fishing show on bcsn they were trolling for the eyes in cleveland in close to shore at night in the middle of december. and were using in line board. s and catching some nice fish makes me whant to go get the net
This same topic keeps popping up. There is not anything set for limit changes. The TAC will not be announced till April. Its the same time every year when they announce what the lake can handle for fish being taken.People will still go fishing, they go because they plan on it and save for it. 2008 was a very expensive year for fuel on the boat but people still came to fish and the fishing was good. Last spring the fishing was not that great the fuel wasnt cheap, people still came to fish as I was swamped with charters. People love to fish for walleye and not afraid dig into their wallet to go. Some guys have increased the fee per charter and some have not, and people will pay it to fish the famous Lake Erie.I have paid 5 bucks a gallon to fill the boat and didnt deter the people from driving up, spend a night or two and fish for 2 days and happy as can be about it. If the limits goes down ( I said this last year and didnt change ) we have to deal with it, but we dont need to sit here and complain about it when the TAC isnt announced till we are aleady jigging. How many people complained when the limit up to 10 walleye per day ? How many people only fish for walleye in the Maumee a couple days in the spring ? Most people on charters normally only fish Erie one day a year or only travel to Erie to fish one time in their life. So many people dont know what the limit is until they are on the boat and we are heading out and they ask. So , sit back and wait till the TAC is made public.