I do a lot of Great Lakes fishing out of Erie Pa for Walleye & Steelhead. And Lake Ontario out of the Olcott/Wilson area for salmon/steelhead. Always trolling. Rather new to the jigging, drifting aspect on the Western end of Erie. I do know I have to hit the reefs/structure areas to eliminate the "bad water". On Lake Ontario it's all about the thermocline. That's how you fish the "good" water.

Anybody have any advice/pointers that may help us hit the fish sooner without the 1-2 day learning curve (4 day trip planned)? Would jigging with jigs tipped with a shiner or dragging a crawler on a worm rig with a bottom bouncer be better? Right now I see a lot of people trolling sticks. We would rather not troll as we do that all the other times we're on the Great Lakes. It would be nice to catch walleye with rod in hand instead of dragging them behind a boat.

We plan on coming the 1st full week of May.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks to all & please be safe. There are a lot of people waiting for your safe return.