hvyhaul
Well-Known Member
I missed 2 of the best weeks of fishing recently, so I made every effort this week to get on Erie on this week's holidays as much as possible.
Neighbour and I left the house at 05 30.
Down the river at 07 15.
Really good to see the Marina so busy.
First rod in the water at 07 55.
Yeah, went to deep water.
First keeper walleye in the box at 08 05. Thought this could be an awesome trip, and then it started.
Sheephead, Sheephead, really small Walleye.
Big pause, Sheephead, Sheephead, really small Walleye.
Set up in 62 a little East , wandered over bait and hooks all trip, went out as deep as 65 which didn't really pay off.
The best depths were 59 - 63, caught at least 7 Sheephead, 1 pair in a dbl header, a single impressive Silver Bass specimen, and over 20 Walleye.
Two Walleye dbl headers including this one which was the last fish of our 12 kept.
Wonder which one was kept.
Yup, ran 2 of those as the starboard just kept firing, so added another to port.
Struggled to get a consistent bite for a while, had Erie Dearies out for 2, a J11 blue silver Rapala for only 1 and numerous spoon changes until "old faithful" kicked in.
Had numerous hard strikes without hookups, a few small draggers after a bump, all were noticed quickly and released.
Pretty easy to see why Walleye escape with the way their mouths tear.
By releasing the smalls and catching and keeping good quality sized fish, ended up with a great cooler of fish.
Ran only dipsys, on 1 set 125 back and spoons was killer.
Starboard dipsy on 1 set the standard, so port was set the same.
On 3 155 back was a long 3rd place.
Stopped changing lures once the Dreamweaver SS Perch started doing it's magic.
My bag from today.
Most of the family was here when I got home, so I will be Vac bagging what they left me.
Still hoping for a few more trips out this year.
Neighbour and I left the house at 05 30.
Down the river at 07 15.
Really good to see the Marina so busy.
First rod in the water at 07 55.
Yeah, went to deep water.
First keeper walleye in the box at 08 05. Thought this could be an awesome trip, and then it started.
Sheephead, Sheephead, really small Walleye.
Big pause, Sheephead, Sheephead, really small Walleye.
Set up in 62 a little East , wandered over bait and hooks all trip, went out as deep as 65 which didn't really pay off.
The best depths were 59 - 63, caught at least 7 Sheephead, 1 pair in a dbl header, a single impressive Silver Bass specimen, and over 20 Walleye.
Two Walleye dbl headers including this one which was the last fish of our 12 kept.
Wonder which one was kept.
Yup, ran 2 of those as the starboard just kept firing, so added another to port.
Struggled to get a consistent bite for a while, had Erie Dearies out for 2, a J11 blue silver Rapala for only 1 and numerous spoon changes until "old faithful" kicked in.
Had numerous hard strikes without hookups, a few small draggers after a bump, all were noticed quickly and released.
Pretty easy to see why Walleye escape with the way their mouths tear.
By releasing the smalls and catching and keeping good quality sized fish, ended up with a great cooler of fish.
Ran only dipsys, on 1 set 125 back and spoons was killer.
Starboard dipsy on 1 set the standard, so port was set the same.
On 3 155 back was a long 3rd place.
Stopped changing lures once the Dreamweaver SS Perch started doing it's magic.
My bag from today.
Most of the family was here when I got home, so I will be Vac bagging what they left me.
Still hoping for a few more trips out this year.
Our day west of you at Bruce was a bust. 
Yeah Glasgow, Stanley and Bruce have really slowed down for some reason while Burwell has pumped up. Happy to hear you and 
