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3 1/2 hours today, a stiff breeze today then it died down
3 small walleye (returned unharmed)
2 farm animals
6 small yellow gold returned
2 white perch
spreaders shiner golden mix no bling
I did better with the stiff breeze and the bite slowed after that lighter breeze
looks like the weather will not let this dog out for the next several days
back soon,
~Water Dog

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Has anyone been walleye fishing recently east of Kelly’s island? Considering going Monday and Tuesday (from Michigan) and wondering if worth the trip yet. Seems like most reports have been for perch. Thanks for any input!!

Hey all!

Heading up tomorrow to close up our rack boat for the year and am gonna sneak in some fishing Friday and Saturday. Question/advice…..should I walleye fish or perch fish? Try for both? Good area to try for each?

Just gonna be me and I will be drifting if I go for walleyes (boat not setup for trolling). Anyone catching them on harnesses/Erie dearies lately?

If yer gonna be out and you see a Rinker named “the island dog” on the water, come say hi!

Always appreciate any/all help/advice! Really enjoy how helpful this forum is!!!

-Tom

The sign at the entrance said it was 4$ to launch and the sign where you put the money in said 5$, I erred on the side of caution.
The actual launch was not very wide and the dock was in much need of repair. The bathrooms had a push button lock on the door and the code was posted (why even have it locked) but the deadbolt above the push button lock was locked. 😲😡
Anyway enough about the launch, I did hit a 23 right outside the breakwall in 30′ on a reaper at 135 back with 3/4 ounce inline running 2.5.
I fished for 10 hours from 28′ to 50′ fow running dipsy w/ spoons, 2 ounce inlines, 5 color leadcore running bandits, flicker minnows and whatever else I could put on. and only caught 3 shorts and a 28 1/2″ cat in 46′ fow. Not the best way to end a season but it’ll have to do.
Hunting season really gets rolling in a couple of weeks. 😉

Good Luck, Stay Safe.

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We got back home yesterday evening and decided to start getting back in touch with the Walleye. We had been primarily Perching for the last month.

We went North of Vermillion to check a few spots that they will sometimes stage in when they are ready to move back in from the deep. No luck. Surface temps were 78 and it was 71.8 40 ft down. I think we will need more cold nights before they will leave the deeper cooler water.

We had to go further North and East to the 50 ft water to start marking big numbers and catching a few.

The fish were hugging the bottom in 50 ish water. We only had 8 keepers but they were BIG! We had two fish Ohio’s. The biggest was a 29 3/4 fatty that weighed 11 pounds 8 ounces by my boat scale. A few weeks from now, that fish would have brought some nice money in the Brawl/Slam. We turned both big fish back so hopefully the karma will come back to us in October. The other keepers were solid mid 20S and healthy/thick. The fish are in great shape for winter.

We also had about a dozen 13-14 inchers and several white perch and white bass. No farm animals.

Everything we caught was within 2 feet of the bottom. We trolled 2.5 mph fish hawk zigzagging. Best producers were copper Michigan Stingers in hammered copper. The one with orange dots was best, but all copper spoons caught.

I started perching south of middle bass shoal early morning. Caught the first one in about 3 minutes. Nice fish, but no more for 3 hours. Lots of fingering walleye, and a few white bass. Said the heck with it, and put the trolling gear together. Oh my I’m glad I did. Crushed them. Trolled east to west, back and forth along the middle bass shoal to the north in 30ish fow give or take. Running spoons behind dipseys. First fish in about 5 minutes. Nice quality fish that I have never caught here before. First was 22” then a few shorts-to eater size. Then thought I had a big sheep. Na na….30” beast. He got returned. I didn’t even get a picture as running 3 troll rods by yourself is a handful. Caught a hog 20”, and a couple more eaters. Plus more shorts. Only 1 white bass, and the 1 big sheep that hit screamed drag for a couple seconds, then got off. The spoon that did most of the damage was wonder bread. Unfortunately I only have 1 as earlier in the season the sheep were pounding it, and I didn’t get more when I replenished due to that. I am going to forego the perch tomorrow, and troll straight away.

Only 3 yellow gold today, no farm animals and no white perch, many boats SE off G can, very light winds a nice day for a boat ride. The 3 yellow gold,only one was a 10 inch keeper the others were returned for next year.
Taking a break,
Cooler nights should bring those hogs back, eyes and yellow gold,
Be safe and fish on,
~Water Dog

Started north of lakeside today in 26 ft of water with several other boats. 8 jumbo perch in 1.5 hrs. Moved east to 35 ft of water off the southeast corner of Kellys. Large pack south of us. One other boat at our location. Had a slow bite for the next 4.5 hrs but managed a 2 person limit of 60 really nice perch. 26 lbs at cleaners. We had 2 fish the broke the 12 inch mark and numerous in the 11 inch range. Emerald shiners cut in 3 on crappie rigs. We had to keep the rig moving up and down to trigger a bite. Ran an engine at times also. Definitely the best grade of perch we have caught this season. Reading some other reports; we were lucky to find these fish.

Baha299

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3 yellow gold keepers today all returned from the holding tub, 4 farm animals and 6 white perch , and 4 yellow gold shorts returned to get some time to get to the hog stage, and 1 young walleye to see next year.
I did see more grass in the water , not sure what caused that, an east wind when west is best. Two head boats moved around , so you know they were still looking for the gold. Back at it tomorrow, may try closer to H can. No complaints here this 5 week haul has been great.
I gave my bait shop guy 2 pounds of the yellow gold and the look of gratitude form his face made my day. Be kind and be safe and always pull those lips.
~ Water Dog

Awful quiet around here. Started late today. Perch bite was slow. South of rattlesnake 33 fow. Started about 1:00. Fished till 4:30. Managed 12 over 9 inches. Quite a few shorts. No farm. 1 white. Decided to troll for some eyes on the way home. Ran spoons on divers. Only walleye for about an hour or so. 6 shorts, and 2 eaters. It was nice to see some walleye around, and biting. Back at it in the morning!