Planning mid August trip with family, would like help

[fishhead315]

wakina you make me laugh . To even compare the moderators from OGF to the one here is a good laugh . How long and how much bitching did it take to get the porn spam off of here a couple of months ago ???? To say I said OGF mods are no better is a flat out lie on your part as they take care of things swiftly and promptly ..

Ogf takes care of the problem real quick if it breaks forums rule . Once again ask your posse mate HOCKEY how long his last 2 post lasted on there .. Last I checked , The good old USA still had free speech so I can speak away ..

Go beat your chest now Super Wakina so you feel special !!!!

Good Fishing !!!

Non Pack Hunter !!!

[ILBowhuntr]

I appreciate all of the helpful information from all of you (even fishhead). If you all look, each of you have offered me some good advice. Each of you have varying degrees of experience, but all of it is more than I have on the big lake. What time I have spent on this site I believe ALL of you have done a good job of providing useful info to all of us newbies. I ask all of you to remember that what Wakina said is true. This is a fishing report forum and I for one believe all of you have something to bring to the table. The way I see it is you all are out there wayyyyy more than me or many others, so any info you share is very welcome. Besides, if there was only a few of you posting here, us newbies would be missing out on many other tips on catching fish and those few would also have all of the fisherman following them around everywhere (maybe they do already, don't know). This way, us newbies have various options available to decide on what, when, and where to go each and every day. And believe me, that means a lot!
Thank you all and please get over the bickering and go fishing. Who knows, it might be that one guy you despise on here that may lead you to your next big bite!

[skipper9]

Why cant we just go back to catching fish!!!!


Pack starter!!!!!

[Domers98]

I was up in late June in a 17.5 foot crestliner that is owned by my uncle (toopugs4me) and we had an absolute positive experience... We fished out of Put in Bay all week. captnbrian, skipper9 and many others were very nice to help us with info and put us on some nice fish...we were first time trollers and caught a lot of fish!!!! I don't know what we would have done without help from the people on this site! I just hope this can stay a positive place that talks about our love to catch the marble eyes and the negativity goes away!!

[BossHogg]

I fish out of a 17.5' boat and run all over out there. I never leave the house when they are calling for more than 1-3. 2 to 4 and I don't go. I could fish in it, but I know I will need a mouth piece while driving around, so I don't loose any teeth and it takes too long to go 10 miles. I like to be able to hop around if necessary. Just monitor the weather iwindsurf.com and http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/zo...akes/clemz.htm. I have not been fishing in a month due to buying a new house and moving so I have nothing to offer as far as where to go, but have fun.

[B can man]

I fish out of a 17.5' boat and run all over out there. I never leave the house when they are calling for more than 1-3. 2 to 4 and I don't go. I could fish in it, but I know I will need a mouth piece while driving around, so I don't loose any teeth and it takes too long to go 10 miles. I like to be able to hop around if necessary. Just monitor the weather iwindsurf.com and http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/zo...akes/clemz.htm. I have not been fishing in a month due to buying a new house and moving so I have nothing to offer as far as where to go, but have fun.

Grats on the new house! It is so much work moving. Hopefully you can get back out fishing soon.

[BossHogg]

Grats on the new house! It is so much work moving. Hopefully you can get back out fishing soon.

Thanks. Now I have a 40 x 54 barn that has a 12' x 16' door. I can back anything in there you can legally pull down the road. Its time for a bigger boat

[24ft Proline]

Just pay close attention to weather forecast , it can sneak up on you out there. I've seen it happen be 1 to 2 fters and NE wind blow and in 45 min be 8 fters very dangerous . You lose engine power in these conditions not good ,just watch weather closely I fish out of 24 ft boat and that don't seem like much of a craft on lots of days! Call Skipper 9 if your in doubt you'll have a good time and catch your fish!

[cooleyfarms]

I have been catching walleyes north of green island near northwest reef. This area is west of the bass islands, close to your launch site, and not hard to fish. Go north of green til you have 35' of water and set up. If a storm comes up, it is easy to make a dash for Put-In-Bay which will be east of you, and please,please,please get a life jacket on everyone if it gets rough. If you don't have one, get a chart/map of the western basin. If you want to give the kids a good time, set up just outside the launch area north of catawba and they will quickly catch sheephead of all sizes. My grandkids (6 & 10) wrestled 2 fish ohios in from this area.