13owhunter

Dropped lines just before 8 in 30fow and caught a nice brown right out of the gate then not a whole lot for a half hour until we got out a little deeper. Fished 70-90fow. Lots of marks on my graphs. We caught a lot of fish. About half kings and half lakers. Most kings were 6-8 pounds with a few bigger ones. Biggest was about 16#. Most fish came on #2 chinook divers on braid out 100 with a standard spoon. Biggest came on a rigger with a mag spoon. Usually fish a 6 rod spread but could really only keep 3 in the water. We had 4 or 5 doubles and a triple in a couple of hours. Pulled some deep diving stick baits around for awhile and they didnt get bit. How did everyone else do? Lots of boats showed up a bit later in the morning. Was a great first trip out for this guy.

Id vote for one of the better quality push button reels with a higher gear ratio. Most of them are horrendously slow and have terrible drags. You can get bobbers at walmart that the hook reels into which makes casting a lot safer. Love those. We transitioned from barbie rod to cheapo zebco and now to a more serious spincast setup. Would have been better off going straight to the better one right off the bat.

I was that guy cleaning fish with a regular knife this season exactly once. Bought an electric one as soon as I got home after watching guys fillet 3 fish to my one. While I can't say I'm the greatest filleter of fish, I like to think Im better than most with a knife. I can certainly make short work of a limit of walleye with my new electric one. =0)

Went out of the SBH this morning. Lots of boats on the Canada border. Surface temp was 75 and change. I was pulling 4 rods with harnesses about 1.2mph. Caught about 10 walleye and a bunch of sheepshead including a huge one. Couple of eyes were small so were let go. 6 or 7 made it in the cooler. Had to work a bit to get em, so not like a couple of weeks ago but there are still fish around.

We fished 35-55fow out of the small boat harbor and killed them. Lots of doubles and a triple. Mostly harnesses with a few on worm burners off slide divers. Had a hard time keeping 4 rods in the water. Lots of sheepshead when we fished shallower. Tomorrow should be a great day for a fish fry! Had a blast out there!

Thanks everyone. I love the windfinder app and use it religiously for Lake O conditions. Really takes awhile to build some intuition about conditions and I have zero experience with Erie so appreciate the feedback. Thursday looks interesting as it looks like some thunderstorms will be going through. That said I am planning on getting out there if I can. If I have to bass fish or fish unproductive waters for a few hours its still a win to get out there with my pops and get the lay of the land. That said a few walleye in the cooler would be nice. I will let everyone know how I do out there. Thanks again!

Thanks fellas! The weather is calling for a 10-15mph west wind. Im assuming that is concerning. Is that a red flag or worth chancing it? 19ft aluminum boat here. Any insight on conditions would be helpful. My buddies fish the west side of the lake and have told me stories of very rough going out there. Appreciate it!

I havent taken the boat to Erie yet but I'd like to give it a shot this Thursday. Would plan to launch from the small boat harbor. Is there anything I need to know? Can I fish the harbor if I get blown off the lake? Looks like a west wind. I know Erie is a different animal than Ontario. Thank you!