Traveling Circus

I Fished SP yesterday 64 - 70 FOW...... wound up with 5 and one short. Had a hard time establishing any pattern..... but the best rig for the day was a 7 color lead core with a watermelon harness, good for 3 fish..... also took a fish on a long A bomber off the rigger (down 57), and one off a wire diver with a harness out 145.... tough bite for me. Wet day....

Fished Thursday out of SP south of the fence. Landed 11... cores(3,4,5 color) and riggers with harnesses worked. Very nice quality fish..... 4 over 8 lbs, and one pushing 10. Yesterday, fished on a friends boat out of SP, and we put 9 in the cooler..... tougher bite yesterday... again, all harnesses but this time all off the cores..... couldn't get a rigger bite regardless of bait... Stayed south of the pack (on the fence), mostly in 50 - 55 FOW... How long will the walleye bite out of SBH/SP last? Does it extend into August? Where do they go when the water warms?

very nice report..... wait until they hook up a couple of kings! What port did you fish out of?

Maybe a new thread for SBH improvements? Fished solo out of Sturgeon Point yesterday (which was pretty quiet at 05:30). Managed 2 walleyes bottom bouncing crawlers around Myers , and then took 4 trolling out in the deep water (50+). The last of which was 9+. Lots of sheepies, silver bass, and SM Bass in the mix.....even a couple of trophy perch. My only complaint on the launch area is it's so damn far! Gotta start driving at 3:30, and even then it's daylight when you get there! Questions for you regulars around Buffalo...... 1. While trolling out in the deep stuff, every now and the graph would show "baitfish marks" on the bottom....... are they bait or perch? 2. What do you think about Sam Reinhart as the #2 pick?

Had another very good day off the Catt ...... 86 fish out of 50 - 55 fow...... couple of sheeps, white perch... great day.

I've heard them referred to as "lucky stones"..... behind their eyes....... not too lucky for them when they're removed.

State record is 24 lb 8 oz....from Chaumont Bay

I'll bet he said he got them at the "Can"...... the red Can.... off the Niagara river. I think the can is 4 ish miles out of the mouth of the Niagara. There's a drop off very close to the can, where the bottom drops from roughly 50 to 150 fetet. It can be fantastic fishing there when conditions are right.

My daughter and I fished out of the Catt yesterday morning in 55 FOW and wound up with 75 perch in the cooler. The weather was perfect, and the fish cooperated at a decent pace. Emeralds on the bottom were the ticket.... many perch were spitting up small gobies, and the perch pack was spread from about 50 to 60 straight out of the harbor. seemed like not many boats strayed from the group.... One female still had eggs. Fun day.

I'm hoping Winchester will load these with BB's or t's for coyotes...... should provide pretty good results.

Excellent "Tag-Team"........ congrats!

I don't know if he'll ever "fully" retire.........and he sure does like the hunting...... I'll be fishing out of my little boat for a while...... but I'm sure I'll see you at the launch or on the water.... good luck, be careful.......

Nice Going Jeremy...... say hi to your Dad for me..... was he onboard by any chance?

Matt ....I think you've defined the term "hard work" when it comes to late season....and probably "hard headedness" too.... thanks for sharing your days. Take care,

I've seen these lesions on Lake Erie walleyes in the past..... and I think it's virus related..... but I'm not certain.