Off Topic Body bait strategy this year.

[Dmanwithnoname]

This is from the American side. I’m going to employ this observation when using body baits this year.

 

[camer]

This is from the American side. I’m going to employ this observation when using body baits this year.

That's interesting, I wouldn't have thought that shad was the dominant forage for central basin.

 

[Derkd9]

How about some examples of these gizzard shad body baits for those of us who aren’t as gifted as you sir

 

[Dmanwithnoname]

 

[Dmanwithnoname]

Been hit a couple times

 

[Dmanwithnoname]

How about some examples of these gizzard shad body baits for those of us who aren’t as gifted as you sir

Lol nerd

 

[Dmanwithnoname]

Live target makes some good ones too

 

[kevin]

Strange, because here in the Eastern basin I can wash a live target smelt for hours, while everything else is getting absolutely smoked. For such a good looking smelt bait it just never seems to do well for me at this end.

 

[Dmanwithnoname]

Well maybe it’s bullshit then

 

[Dmanwithnoname]

Shad | LIVETARGET

livetargetlures.ca

 

[Derkd9]

Very very very interesting

 

[hvyhaul]

Best lure on my boat for the past few years hands down is the DW SS Perch SS2655.

Nothing else comes close.

 

[fishin fool]

Would you happen to have a picture of one of those ss perch lures

 

[Red Gator]

 

[bryonfromTilly]

Strange, because here in the Eastern basin I can wash a live target smelt for hours, while everything else is getting absolutely smoked. For such a good looking smelt bait it just never seems to do well for me at this end.

I've got a dozen live targets in bluegill craw and perch. Most of them Suck and do not true. Have you checked yours to see if they roll or lay on there side when being pulled.

 

[GPS]

Here is a good read I borrowed from another site. The research may be a year or two old but it is very informative.

Yellow Perch, Emerald Shiners: Diet change might have led to drop in fish catches | Great Lakes Now

www.greatlakesnow.org

 

[GPS]

Here is a good read I borrowed from another site. The research may be a year or two old but it is very informative.

Yellow Perch, Emerald Shiners: Diet change might have led to drop in fish catches | Great Lakes Now

www.greatlakesnow.org

Here is a quote from the article for those that don't want to read through it.

"According to the most recent Lake Erie Yellow Perch Task Group’s research, yellow perch were virtually nonexistent in Central Basin walleye stomachs, walleye are eating mostly gizzard shad in the Central Basin, at up to 72 percent of their diets, with smelt at 7 percent, emerald shiners at just 5 percent and all other fish combined, including some yellow perch, at just 9 percent.

Similarly, in the Western Basin, walleye are eating mostly gizzard shad, at 58 percent, with yellow perch comprising only 2 percent of their diets."

 

[hvyhaul]

Some of the comments below the article make for interesting reading as well.

 

[stomp]

Some of the comments below the article make for interesting reading as well.

short and to the point @hvyhaul

 

[DST]

What basin is Port Dover Nanticoke