Beagler

I use Okuma dead eye rods 7.5 ml rods with Okuma convector cv20d reels spooled with 12 lb big game.  When the walleye move deeper, i replace the reels with 30 size loaded with 5 color cores.

A diver is far more versatile.

I troll for walleye in East Ohio and Pennsylvania primarily, but travel to Lake O a few times a year.  

To run 6 rods,my money would be on 2 riggers (1 with a flasher fly or flasher meat and 1 with a spoon possibly with a fixed slider on the spoon). 2 braid divers outside and 2 wire divers inside (wire divers do well for us in the central basin for walleye mid summer too)

I run 20lb leaders for spoons and 30 for flashers.  Invest in decent fluoro for this.

Since I'm spending your money, I would get 3 or 4 flashers and a couple each flies and meat rigs.  I do haven my best success on spoons, but feel that a flasher or 2 in the spread brings them in.

I do best on Moonshine spoons in Carbon 14 and Green Jeans, Black NKs, Dreamweavers in NBK and occasionally Stingers and Dreamweaver super slims in various colors.

Greens, whites and silvers or some combinations of them do well for me in flashers, flies and meat rigs.

While I enjoy shopping online, for just a few items, I'll stop at a good tackle shop, such as Boat Doctors in Olcott and Narby's or Captain's cove at the Oak.  These places will also carry fillets for your meat rigs, ice and other incidentials and generally provide solid advice.

Good luck on your trip.

Brian

I agree with Yankee.

I had a helix 5 on my last boat and was very satisfied.

Changing from triple to quad trees. 

Just ordered 8 offshore boards to replace the churches I've been using for years. 

Hit the Dreamweaver sale a couple weeks back and got some new flashers and spoons. 

Adding more track to the boat (19' in total). 

Going to need new skins for the trailer.

Just ordered some more planer board rods (everyone needs 17 planer board rods, right?)

Probably need 2 more Convector reels for browns and walleye.

Considering adding a second 7" screen fish finder / gps to the mix.

That should get me going for the season. Lol.

Last season I ran the mag offshore boards for the first time.  On one side I ran a 300 copper and the other a 10 color.  This year, I plan to run 2 per side.  Would you run the cores on the outside and copper inside, or run copper on one side and core on the other?

We run 3 or 4 boards to a side for walleye, but with shorter leads.

Looking for the following:

Quad trees 

Tree rod holders 

72" track 

Planer board holders 

Lure and tool holders 

Net holders 

Possibly other items.

Please let me know what you have.

Thanks

Brian

Thank you very much for your detailed reports all season.  While fish swim and are here and gone every day, it's nice to have a starting point for a trip, especially when the Big O isn't my home water.

i use 12# but I've caught plenty on 10's.

I too am very impressed with the facilities there.  I have fished out of a dozen ports on Lake Erie and Ontario and it is hands down the best.

I run similar to sloooo motion, except I run my inside dipsy at 1.5.

If you will ship them, I will take them at asking plus actual shipping.

1 hour ago, Reel 'em in Rinallo said:

 

Two Church Walleye boards port (left) side brand new $40 for both best offer buffalo pick up only

 

 

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Had 1 more hit on a 10 color and spoon.

We pulled the plug around 10.

Last trip to the big O til next year.

Thanks for your reports.

Brian

2 shakers so far in  375-400.

One skipper tonight. Back at it in the morning.

That's a big sheeper.  Having fun is all that matters.

In from the morning.  4/7.  Big king, 2 smaller ones, and a steelie about 6 pounds.

All on spoons.  5 out of 6 on green off dipsies....

Thanks Andiamo.

Anyone know if the launch fee is good for the day or each launch?

Yes

We are 2 for 5.  4 on dipsies.  1 on rigger.  One nice king about 20 pounds.

1 small king 300 fow off the power plant.  Heading deeper. 46* down 81.

The steelies we have caught out of PA and Ohio have all been on plugs on leadcore and riggers.

Usually however dipsies and riggers with spoons are most productive.  2.5 to 3.0 seems to be the best speeds for us.