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  1. It was like 53 out there yesterday. Few degrees higher than in the lake.
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    Lake Erie bite

    Got em….not sure if/when we’re headed out. Eastern Ontario tourney next weekend.
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    Lake Erie bite

    Fwiw… it looks like the fall brawl is including all US Lake Erie water this year (including NY). Closest weigh station is still quite a haul near Geneva OH I think….but might be worth it to the guys who don’t put their boats away.
  4. fwiw I have a garmin gt54 transducer on the transom of my boat and after playing around with the adjustment angle I was able to mark fish/bottom at 20+mph with the scroll speed turned up. (They just look like yellow dots). Think I just had to move it one click on the bracket….just can’t remember if it was up or down.
  5. Couple years ago I caught a hen king in cattaraugus creek in November….full of eggs…she was 6-8lbs max. Kings haven’t been stocked in Erie since the late 90’s. That’s what genetics can do in just a handful of generations.
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    Gulp SR crawlers

    Actually I came away from the experiment thinking scent matters even less. The fact that the yellow perch and white bass didn’t eat them to me says those bycatch species are keying on the worm. The fact that the walleyes didn’t seem to know the difference to me says they’re keying on the blade. This is confirmed I think by the fact that only a couple different blades were working….several blades wouldn’t get touched in what I would consider a “wide open” bite. Of course these triggering factors can and do change….this pattern was consistent over a week.
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    Gulp SR crawlers

    Got these some solid runtime last week so wanted to give a review for u guys that run blades/harnesses. They def keep bycatch down. IMO this is the biggest drawback of using real crawlers. Sheep’s, White bass and yellow perch did not eat them….walleyes did. In addition way more durable, caught several fish on the same one. When ur done throw them back in the gulp nasty snot water and fish them again the next day. Colors are awesome…highly recommend the “smelt”. Much easier to rig on the boat in waves than a regular crawler and much more consistent presentation. That flat/thin tail has a great action in the water. In a head to head comparison the fish prolly still seemed to prefer real by a slight edge but I caught plenty of fish on them. I think they’ll really shine for guys that burn willow harnesses behind divers in the summer. Will give the 4”ers a spin on Onieda the week of the 4th on a mix of small harnesses and slow death….will let u know how those fish like them.
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    Lake Erie bite

    There was a big whack of fish west of the harbor down by the PA border, and we ran into several pods of very active fish east of the harbor to van buren. It’s a 12 mile stretch. Drive around in 45-60’ and you’ll see them…unless they move….if the water temp stays consistent I doubt they will…the big west wind last week didn’t move them. More active fish will be suspended. Like I said the eaters didn’t want cranks so much last week, of course that can change as well.
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    Lake Erie bite

    Was out at Barcelona all last week for the derby. Lots of fish around. 20”ers wanted suspended crawler harnesses. Big fish wanted cranks. Lotta bycatch to contend with, but if it’s limits ur after they def can be had.
  10. When I weighed a top 5 fish in at the Southtowns derby they had a metal detector they ran alongside the fish, then stuck a big metal rod down it’s throat to feel for anything solid, then I had to wrap and freeze the fish so they could autopsy if they wanted, then had to take the polygraph. Every weigh station had this stuff. Was shocked to see they didn’t do the same at the fall brawl last year with far more money on the line. Polygraph clearly not a good enough test/deterrent.
  11. I tried using panoptix with a 7” screen and pretty quickly upgraded to a 9”. Like others I would not recommend livescope for trolling.
  12. I can tell you the commercial perch fisherman in Barcelona also sells smoked whitefish out of his processing shop. I don’t know if he catches them there as bycatch or purchases from the Canadians, might be worth and inquiry.
  13. https://www.amazon.com/Battery-Regulator-Milwaukee-Converter-Robotics/dp/B094QTY788/ref=asc_df_B094QTY788/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=533371127898&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15852031927141180588&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9005754&hvtargid=pla-1396746722791&psc=1 is this what ur looking for?
  14. Not a captain but a rec boater who has fished there with guides but never had the stones to go myself. Interested in your experience with the 90hp. I assumed that would be underpowered. Most of the guys up there have larger outboards. Is there a specific line you like to take? Seems like there’s a lot of bad water up there to be driving around with your bow up/transom down (not on plane). How important is hole shot?/time to plane in that swirly water?
  15. Great job grinding it out in def tougher conditions than I had. I’d bet it was rolling pretty good out there 4 miles offshore with that south wind 15-25. How was the night fishing?…..I wished we had spent some time doing that. Friday looks like a heavy northwest wind….might blow some of that water back in. Saturday and Sunday look prime….just make sure u get to the weigh in in time!
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