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Hello everyone im in the western basin just got myself a 16fr fishing boat plan on fishing for walleye and yellow perch out of meinkes area! Any new boating/fishing tips are appreciated i plan on jigging in the spring and maybe bottom bouncers with warm harnesses

Probably been asked a 10000 times but here we go again…. What’s your favorite line type and size for trolling bandits on offshore boards?
Thanks
Ho

I hope everyone who wanted to get in on some great Lake Erie ice fishing, got out this weekend. Because with the warm temperatures and rain this week, safe ice won’t be around very long. I’m betting that we’ll be able to launch by March 1st. I’m looking forward to some spring trolling for some hogs. The boat is ready to go, looking forward to the break-up.

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So I mentioned a few days ago I just bought the trolling app, and my question is that the app only shows 10lb Berkely XT and Fireline.
I think I am spooled for 12lb Sunline. So the Sunline may be a bit larger diameter, so if for example I am pulling a Reef Runner 800 at 2.0 mph and I want my lure to bait to run at 20 feet, I will let out 60 feet of line. So using the larger diameter of a 12 lb line, how much more line will I need to set?
Thank you,
Bruce

I have decided this is the year to rig my boat so I an find and catch fish on a more regular basis. Last weekend I ordered Cisco rod holders to replace the plastic holders I had been using. Today I bought the the Precision Trolling App ( I had been using paper copies of Reef Runners ), and now I want to get a Fish Hawk. It looks like they sold at dealers, but the nearest dealership to me in Maumee looks to be in Cleveland. I saw the website had two models on it, one for $1,100 and one for $1,300. I thought there were multiple models. I would like a model that I can transfer from my smaller boat and use it on my larger boat too. Suggestions where to go to buy and what model I should get.
Thanks,
Bruce

Happy New Year to all!

12 degrees in Port Clinton this morning, and Lake web cams show ice on the Lake at Catawba, Put-in-Bay, and other places. Weather forecast for continued ice formation is good for the rest of the week, but then gets warm, day time highs in the mid upper 30’s and into the 40’s. Even if the Lake gets some areas with good enough ice to fish (East Harbor, Put-in-Bay Harbor, possibly near Put-in-Bay and right off Catawba), doesn’t look like it will last long. Long winter ahead, so hopefully by the third week of January we get a good long cold spell to create at least a few weeks of good ice fishing.

Buddy caught a Brook Trout in East Harbor ice fishing two weeks ago. Just goes to show, you never know what you might catch in Lake Erie and it’s bays, harbors, and rivers.