dhhurlburt

Ny. I live in Rochester and looking to made a day trip

I'm new to walleyw fishing and I'd like to take my kids to lake erie ..any recommendations on ramp locations? Ty Dave

Today with the northwest wind I had my butt handed to me. While trolling west to east in 220ft everything on the stbd side was tracking to the port side. My low divers set on R1.5 tangled with my port side rigger cable. Then trolling east to west, same...port low dive on L1.5 tracking to the stbd rigger cable. Both divers were between 200 and 230 back and the riggers were parked at 95 and 100. I never experienced it before and as luck has it once I got stuff set a fish takes my stbd diver through every dam line I had out. Is this current thing normal? How frequent is it and how do I compensate for it. Ty Dave

I worked 220 all afternoon. One good take on a purple meat rig, and one good rip on a green meat rig. 50f down 103. I gotta figure out the currents. Trolling west to east with NW wind, all my gear was drifting to the north side of the boat. My low diver kept getting tangled with the rigger cable...yes..the diver was set right...it was so frustrating. Same current situation trolling east to west...what gives?

Sounds like you still had a great time. Id rather go 0 for 10 than not going at all. Is 220 feet still the target rich depth? Tight lines

I loved every second of it...it brought a tear to my eye when my so started telling his friends what to do and here to stand...pretty proud...and ready for a beer.

First ..my son says...dad can you bring my friends out to try and catch salmon...sure I say...never again will there be 3 13 yr olds on a 18ft boat...circus...total circus... The show started when the 300 goes off pulling a carbon 14...all they could do is trip over each other fighting for the net...nice 10 pounder hits the deck....boom.....mag diver pulling meat back 240 let's loose....14 pounder flopping in the surface, carbon 14 spoon stuck in the net, copper rod bouncing all-over the place..somehow get both fish in the box. I have enough time to get the net free and the meat rig untangled and get our feet untangled and...shazam...rigger down 90 with n42 takes a hit....get it to the boat spits the hook. I take a breath, get everything sort of under control and stowed and the 10 color with a NBK takes off like like I've hooked a tuna...get that back to the leader and a nice fat 17pounder hits the deck. All this in about 45 minutes..I was spent, the boys were non stop shouting and high fiveing each other and all I wanted was a beer. Anyway....220 feet trolling east. Lots of marks down 90 with 49f. Nbk, n42, green meat rigs, raspberry carbon all took at least a knock off.

I'm heading to the UP in July to a place called Paradise Michigan. Ill be on Lake Superior and I'm taking the boat. Any intel on salmon fishing up there? I plan on running a standard setup of riggers, dipseys and copper/lead with a spoon and/or meat program like here on Lady O. Any help greatly appreciated. Ty

250 feet. White meat rig on mag diver back 100 takes a 28in steelie. 300 with carbon 14 takes 16 pounder.

They were there, just not hungry. Itll happen eventually.

Stayed in 105 feet and there were quite a few marks at 80-90 feet and a bunch of bait balls anywhere between 70 to 90. There were a few bait balls surrounded by marks with my meat rigs, FF and spoons going through the middle of them. No takers but one good rip on a nbk out 120 on a deeper diver. Put a gambler death trap on the bottom to avoid getting skunked. Managed 2 then called it a morning.

Yeah, its a 2019 115hp.

I have a 18ft aluminum and I want to install electric downriggers. Can I connect to the starting battery, or should I install a separate battery to run the riggers. Right now I have a battery that starts the engine and runs the electronics and pumps and a separate battery for the trolling motor. Thank you Dave