Planning a trip to Erie soon and wondering what are rough guide lines for wind condition to fish safely with a 18 deep boat. I hear wind direction makes a big difference. Would a 12 mph wind be doable.
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4/19 report
It was a tough day for us.
The last blow did not mud things up as much as I feared. But the cold front seemed to hammer our bite.
The last blow did not mud things up as much as I feared. But the cold front seemed to hammer our bite.
We fought the wind and ground out a single limit.
All fish came 30 to 60 back. We did not touch a fish deep, the down riggers did not touch a fish all day.
No color seemed to matter. We caught on every color, chartreus, white, chrome, gold, and purple.
The waves made it hard to maintain speed but we worked 1.1 to 2.0 the best we could.
3 of our fish were lightly hooked on the back treble that fell out in the net. We had to really baby the retrieve. Kudos to Capt. Christy that never missed a netting.
Hummingbird Helix 10″ SI Marking walleye with speed questions
I cant seem to mark any fish any faster then 12mph. Currently running the Hummingbird Mega transducer on back of boat. Talk with Juls and she suggested a high speed transducer just was wondering opinions and settings people are running and what speeds you hummingbird guys are getting marks at. I had sensitivity at 13 and contrast around 18 and chart speed at 10.
Charter Boat Webcam
FYI – the charter boat web cam should be starting tomorrow or Friday. Cam will be on when the boat is out fishing. You can see the weather conditions and the fishing action.
Spring Night Trolling
I have made several trips out in fall and have enjoyed some night trolling to try and avoid the winds during the day. Does this same bite exist in the spring as well? Headed out later this week and see some calm nights but some very windy days. Any recommendations are appreciated.
Good fishing…
Anyone know the Raffle results
Just wondering if the winners were posted anywhere.
Water Temperature Drop
Lake water temperature dropped 4 degrees in 36 hours at the Marblehead CG Station.
Marblehead Station
04/16 6:54 pm Wind Direction WSW Wind Speed 15.0 Gusts 24.1 Water Temp. 51.6
04/17 6:24 pm WSW 11.1 21.0 48.9
04/18 6:42 am W 19.0 26.0 47.7
South Bass Island Station 7am 04/18
Air Temperature (ATMP): 36.7 °F
Wind speed 31kts
Wind Gusts 35kts
Wind Chill 23.0 °F
Saturday dead calm and near 80 degrees. Two days later, Monday, 30 knot winds and 36 degrees. I’ve see a lot of weather changes at the Lake, but this one will stick in my memory. Lake Erie truly can be quite the weather contrast.
Another big blow with the added water temperature drop. What will the walleye do now?
4/15 – 4/17
Sat and Sunday did well trolling bandits mainly 45-75 back north of the reef complex. Greens, purples and some chrome blue shined for us. Earlier in the day the deeper rods were more productive. Sat we didn’t get fishing until noonish, and it seemed like 30-55 back shined during the midday timeframe. Opted to run up to Trenton Monday due to the wind forecast, and had a great jig bite in 14-27 fow. Good luck, all!
Bob
Western Basin Radio Channel
With no network in the western basin if I wanted to try and pick up some charter radio chatter what channels do some of the charters use?
I appreciate and info you can help with, thank you.
Fishing Booker.com
For all the people out there looking for charters and reading the posts on the wounderful page.
Fishing Booker has the algorithm to be first on the Search page. The convenience of a one stop shop. The captains on the first page give 20 to 30 percent of the trip fee to fishing booker, so they fish for less money then advertised.
If you like a charter go to there web site and book and save money.
Fishing Booker has the algorithm to be first on the Search page. The convenience of a one stop shop. The captains on the first page give 20 to 30 percent of the trip fee to fishing booker, so they fish for less money then advertised.
If you like a charter go to there web site and book and save money.