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Since we are finally having some weekend weather to fish in, I’d thought i would post this up. I’ll be fishing all 4 days this weekend, Fri – Monday. If anyone else is interested in getting in on a group text to share info. Where they are biting, clear enough water to fish. That kind of stuff. Post up or pm phone number and each day I’ll do a group text.
I’ll be fishing out of Catawba, trying to find cleaner water.

I was up doing some boat prep yesterday and on the way home decided to take a few photos of some of the Port Clinton to Sandusky Bay launch ramps as of April 04.

Portage River.

Catawba Island.

Mazurik (Matblehead).

Dempsey (Sandusky Bay West side)

Hope this helps.

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Planning to fish middle to end of this week finally! Unsure with the looks of the lake exactly where to start. Anyone know if the docks are in at Catawba and Mazurik’s? Thanks in advance for the help.

Made it out today on Erie which turned out to be decent, which was surprising given the brutal winds yesterday. We caught 13 nice fish and also had another 12-14 “drive-by’s”, and 3 smallies that got off partway in.

P-10’s 55-70 back early then my Gold-Fermi “Bandit” did well later, 40 back. Speed was 1.0-1.1 mph. Found some decent water. Stained, but very fishable.

I had been trying to fish this past week, both on Tuesday and Thursday, to make sure everything was working before I started running any trips, but equipment gremlins kept me from fishing, either day.

Long story short…. Dan, at Fisherman’s Central, got my Minn-Kota and Humminbird working again, so I was good to go this morning.


Jen and I launched out of Dempsey’s at 9am and headed out to the lake to see if we could find some clean water. With the offshore winds the past two days, I figured all the mud that had been closer to shore would have blown out to mix with the cleaner water to the NNE, so we headed north, in search of the right mixing water.


Last night’s gusty winds had subsided to a light wind out of the north, by 9am, so the ride out wasn’t that bad.


We ended up starting at the 39/32 line, and set up on a WNW to ESE trolling pass, to a north to south pass.


Water temp was 39.4 degrees up there on the line, and only 36.9 in the south passage.


I set the speed to 1.2mph on the gps, and got the lines in the water. Jen ran Bandits on her side, with an RC Crush at 110 on the outside Off Shore board, Daydream Bandit at 65 on the middle board, and a Red Headed Wonder Bread Bandit on the inside board with a 2oz snap weight, set at 50/40.


My side ran the “Christmas Tree” “Bill Lewis Precise Walleye Crank” at 65 back on the middle board, and the Black Headed Chrome Wonder Bread, 30 back, on the inside board. The outside board ran a custom color from DJ’s Custom Eye Lures called, “FJ Spot” at 80 back.


After the baits were in the water, I proceeded to set up the “Fish Hawk” unit. Once it was up and running, I noticed that I had to be going 1.6mph (SOG) to have the baits swimming at 1.1mph, down below. That’s a big difference!


We only caught two walleye, before heading back in at noon. One nice 6ish pounder came on the Red Headed Wonder Bread at 50/40 2oz, and a nice eater bit the RC Crush at 110 back, unassisted.


I got the peace of mind, to know that everything is working in the boat again, as it should be. So, now, I just need Mother Nature to back off and get her act together, so I can get back to work. Several days may get rescheduled this week.


Stay tuned….


Capt Juls

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Anyone been up to know if Cullen Park docks are in yet?

I NEED GUIDANCE!!

I bought a boat late last year, 1995 Starcraft 191V Islander, really a nice boat. I had a Sea Nymph 195 GLS, I really liked that boat, but my previous didn’t want me to have it, nother story, nother time.

It’s has been 10+ years since I have fished Lake Erie, but I made it there a few times last year and it was wonderful.

Now I am making this boat mine.

It had a big planer board mast on the bow, two “Bert” shorty mast mounted directly to both the gunwales, mid way and a complex pulley system. The boards are two board, plastic, collapsible 28″ long. I have never used big boards, not something I may use, but it could be handy to have it in my arsenal, but I want to streamline the system. I removed the bow mast, I know the higher, the better, but not for me. I am wanting to mount the Berts shorty mast on a track system, mid gunwales. Bolted through 3/4″ Osage ” wood” and 5/32″ Aluminum.

I have researched this and ask questions, but apparently I didn’t
ask the right ones, the right way.

1). Will the Berts shorty work in any of the track systems, Traxtech, Bert’s, Cannon etc?

2. Are the tracks tough enough to handle the boards?

May use one to two lines per side, more than likely just one, just me and grandson. Probably no more than 50 feet out, per side.

Thanks for reading the long commentary, but I wanted to be as detailed as possible.

Thanks
Johnny D

I have a Lowrance Live and was wondering which card gives the best details for Lake Erie

We will be over Monday mid-day. Couldn’t sleep last night and I bet this weekend will be more of the same. I’ll post as much as I can for the 10 days we are out there.

See ya’all next week!

It was 27 degrees when we stopped at the Tiger Den to pick up Fishing Tiger. It was still 27 when we got to Huron. Why Huron? Because I wanted payback after my last trip there, lol.

We went North East out of the channel and quickly started marking fish just as before. The boat picked up a coat of ice from the run out. Reminded me of the show deadliest catch. We went through the fish into the North wind so we could fish back with the waves. We picked up a couple 17 inchers on Blue Chrome Bandits but it was slow just like last time. But at least these fish came up on the bandits 80 back at 1.2 mph.

As the sun got higher we shifted more into the dirtier water which was 4 degrees warmer and started hitting on Taco Salad 80 to 100 back naked at 1.2 to 1.4 mph. You had to be turning. They hit on inside and outside turns but not when running strait. There was a 90 minute flurry then things slowed way down again. My guess is these fish are so cold/slow they only need to eat once a day, but what do I know. When I bled one out it lived for almost an hour, very slow metabolism, the heart couldn’t pump out the blood.

We called it quits early with 12 fish total. We released the 6 biggest all 26 inches or more and kept the 6 smallest. 9 fish and the biggest came on Taco Salad in the dirtier water. 1.2 to 1.4 doing turns 80 to 100 back.