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When I fish my 16 ft tin boat solo, I fish 2 divers and a rigger, and I can usually let the hooked fish run in a rod holder while frantically clearing any rods necessary. But steering the boat, clearing, and then netting...... it's chaos. and only to be attempted on a flat lake

That little boat / solo stuff sure gets interesting.......... congrats!

I've got the 2015 Commander 1850 and absolutely love it...... they're great boats with lots of room in the back, trailerable, and adaptable to all types of fishing. Terrova on the front, 9.9 kicker on the back. You're gonna be very happy with it.

Very good fishing out of Cattaragus Creek today. We boxed a 12 fish limit by 9am out of 80 fow.

That's excellent! Congrats........ you're one of the few.

Every boat is different...... on my rig, I'd be tangled every time a rod went off.

While trolling out of Sturgeon Point last Sunday we trolled through 2 massive schools of perch....... 20 feet thick. But they were suspended 25 to 45 down. I don't remember the depth they were marked in, but we spent most of the day between 55 and 65 fow. They were agressively feeding, as we took perch on stickbaits and harnesses when passing through the schools. I haven't fished for perch in probably 3 weeks, but if you have the time to fish for them, you might as well pick up some goldies and give it a try.

Everybody's boat is different......... I would't launch in Erie without my riggers..... mostly it depends on how deep in the water column the fish are located. The deeper they are, the more likely your riggers will work well, and by the 27th there will be plenty of "deep" fish. Just don't be afraid to run your lures back off the cannonballs and make plenty of turns. And riggers can be set in a fraction of the time of core rods.

I've checked in the neighborhood of 40 more LE walleye(legal and shorts) since the original post and never seen another affected fish......

I fished out of SP today solo, and took 4 legal fish and 5 shorts.....never hooked a fish over 20". the "best" screen was 45 - 55 off the park. Harnesses off a diver took the most fish.

sturgeon point, but the fish were much closer to the SBH.

added a pic.

We got some Erie eyes this past weekend that had small (1/8" - 1/2"), whiteish/clear, wormlike (or leechlike) parasites attached to both sides of the tail, and behind each pectoral and pelvic fins..... The fish appeared healthy otherwise, and the flesh was normal. Some of the fish had as many as 100 of these hitchhikers............Any Ideas on what they were?

A black NK28 with yellow diagonal tape and a white back has been money for me this spring.............. during overcast conditions.

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