Old School or Smarter Fish?

[eriepro]

HEY guys, i''ve got a hand out sheet i made up for Erie Dearie , that we used at sport shows some 30 years ago describing the swing ,i will get it scanned and posted on here later tonight. I always used to send it out with my charter info. If anyone wants feel free to copy and send with yours...Lucky Eddie

[eriepro]

Here is the document explaining "the swing"...

[eriepro]

Here is the document explaining "the swing"...2nd try

[TIN CAN]

Danny Galbencia was a friend and fishing buddy of mine long before he invented the Erie Dearie or obtained his CG captains license. The only bait that was even close to productive that we had to fish was called a Heddon Spin fin. We learned that it was best fished in the count down style. Later after Danny released the Erie Dearie we found that it was an even better count down lure. In other words when you cast the lure out, you start counting as soon as it hits the water. You start reeling at 5 then 10 then 20 which was usually the bottom. Where ever you got a hit you repeated that count to set up a pattern. Danny was owner operator of Causeway sport shop at Mecca, Ohio. I used his old International truck to haul crawlers out of Canada and Fathead minnows from Minnisota. We fished Erie back in a magical time where none of the boats had radios and the first two charter boats on the lake were Sportsman 1 and Sportsman 2 owned and operated by Bart and Claudia Blaha. There was no limit on walleye, Blue pike were still catchable. As a rule Walleye will go up for a bait before they will go down. Fish above them you'll catch them. If they are suspended at say 20 feet and you pull a bait by under them they won't hit but above at say 15 they will go up for it. At least this has been my experience. Some of our best fishing was done from a blacked out boat after dark close in around the islands and on some of the outlying reefs. We would throw crank baits with a very slow retrieve and do very well. The point of all this rambling is to say that not too many people even have and Erie dearie in their box now much less know where, when and how to fish one. And as has already been said with the new water clarity, trolling will put many more fish in the box. But I still like to ease in right at dusk along the north shore of North Bass and catch a few in that shallow water.

[Panfisher1402]

Great Post Great Story Tin Can