Searching For Walleye On Lake Eries Shallow Structure

April 28th A Dirty Dozen [SEE VIDEO ABOVE]

2007-04-29T12:14:00.000-05:00

Our First trip over to the reefs, with incredible numbers being reported last weekend we decided to try it out. We couldn't get a view of the Sat. image so we thought we'd try anyway. Well we where disappointed to find very ugly water from earlier winds and like everyone else struggled to catch 12 males. It was a strange day it started windy misty and cold and about 11:00 am it totally cleared up and the wind died altogether. Our techniques included drifting with purple haired jigs and later in the day using the Terrova to troll slowly pulling bouncers which felt great to do again! I think catching walleyes with 2 oz bottom bouncers in 10-12ft while hand holding the rod is by far my favorite method there is just not much distance between you and the fish and the fight is on! I don't drift with the Ranger often but I was amazed how slowly the wind pushes her we were regularly passed by alum. boats with two drift socks out.
Water Temp .............. 48degrees
Air temp .............. 45-63 degrees
water clarity .............. Very stained muddy
Sky .............. Completely cloudy to very sunny
Wave Height .............. 2-4 ft

A Friday night in April [SEE VIDEO ABOVE]

2007-04-22T21:08:00.000-05:00

April 20th Friday afternoon and night. A more awesome clear wind still day you will seldom come across on the lake. Working out of Crannberry Creek in the afternoon we first looked for good marks just north of the reef and they were there in great numbers suspending half way up the water column in 30ft perfect you would amagine except for water clarity was very poor had a good pull back felt the heavy weight only to have the baord return to its starting point. We moved into the shallows as evening fell not the most confident as we had been shut out to this point. Started about 3 miles East of the Castle and worked our way West in 6ft to 9ft of water We totaled 6 eyes moderate in size yet still fun all after dark on Ripsticks [Bare naked lady took 4] Huskyjerks and X-raps.

Sky ................. Clear

Water cl. ................. Stained outside clear inside

Air temp ................. 60's to 40's

Water temp .................52 day 44 night

wave height ................. Ripple to flat

March 31 2007 Walleye Opener On Lake Erie [SEE VIDEO ABOVE]

2007-03-31T21:06:00.000-05:00

Saturday March 31..... Opening day 2007 cold damp torrid wind and it was coming out of the dreaded Northeast. We had debated to go or not with the Western Basin looking like chocolate milk, but decided our fishing break had been to long. With temps around 38 or so we ventured out to Green Island where the sat. view had showed slightly clearer water.http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/modis/modis.cgi/modis?region=e&page=1&template=sub&image=t1.07089.1545.LakeErie.143.250m.jpg We started north of Green and let wind troll us at about 1.2 to 2 mph south and west. We fished Deep Huskyjerks and Deep Reefrunners near 20ft since thats where most of our marks were. We gambled on trolling, with most guys dragging jigs on the reef for smaller males, hoping for just one or two bites of the gigantic females in prespawn mode. We were rewarded when about 4 miles west of Green a 12lb monster buried Jrs planner board. She came on a Firetiger Deep Reefrunner 75' back in 31 ft of water. This fish was so fat looked like she could explode. The fish was released to fight another day. We were glad we didn't play the numbers game up on the reefs. The reports were not good all day and we felt fortunate. Interesting fact, the temp lakeside when we left 43 degrees not ten miles inland 63 thats a lake breeze.

Air temp................38- 43 degrees

Water temp........... 40 degrees

Wind...................... 15+ mph Northeast

Sky ....................... Mostly Cloudy

Waves................... 3-4 sometimes 5

Season opener Saturday?

2007-03-27T18:20:00.000-05:00

Welcome to the start of 2007 fishing season. I am looking forward to this year with great anticipation. The 2003 class of walleye are promising to be bigger and badder then ever. I was cleaning my boat the other when my son Garrett paid me a visit we adopted him from Kazakhstan this winter and he shows alot of interest in fishing already. I don't believe Jenny will let him go to Erie yet [ha] but someday. I'm really excited about dipsy divers this year with walleye pro Rick Lacourse's stern advice Jr and I learned alot last year we are ready to dig in and apply this awesome method. Also on the boat front a new Autopilot Terrova will be a welcome addition with 101lbs thrust trolling should be quiet and and less effort with the remote. Saturday is our first attempt on Erie with some jigging on the reefs and some cranks and boards in open water there still is some ice but it is disappearing quickly. I also hope to incorporate more videos and high tech gadricky things

2006 In Review

2006-12-27T21:04:00.000-05:00

2oo6 was a great year to be a angler in the great state of Ohio. Lake Eries 2003 class came on stronger then expected. Great weather right up to the end of December. Many opportunities on inland lakes made this a terrific year. I personally ended up with 6 Fish Ohio entries although I didn't have a picture of the 5lb Largemouth caught on a farm pond [forgot camera]. I feel truly blessed by god to have the ability to spend time in the great outdoors on Ohios beautiful waters.

Novembers Gold Strike.

2006-11-29T17:53:00.000-05:00

Tuesday Nov 28th Wow what a day and night The big eyes are definitely present and chowing down for winter. Couldn't ask for a more perfect day temps in the lower 60's lite southerly wind and a nice walleye chop too. Started at 2;30 pm out in 35 ft of water in front of the Castle trolling from the southwest to the north east pulling a variety of cranks from Reef Runners to Ripsticks to even 14# Husky Jerks all targeting high in the water column walleyes. Pink lemonade, Wonderbread, and Pink clown being good choices. We ended the day light fishing with 9. The bite slowed some soon after dark and we were fearful of another slow night we would pick one here and there with no pattern really developing until as a last ditch effort we pulled in front of the Rt 61 flashing light in 18ft of water. We were met on the sonar with very large marks feeding from 3-12 ft down I knew right away we had a potential winning area. Over the next couple of hours the action was fast and crazy with large fish only. You would see a group on the screen and sure enough there goes the boards. We didn't get many pics as we were busy catching and releasing some very nice fish. We ended with 21 Eyes, 10 were between 7-9 lbs and 26-29 inches. We had many lost large fish near the boat including a 10 plus walleye missed right at the outboard. That was probably due to our slow speed 1 mph.
Water temp............. 45 degees
Water clarity .......... Cloudy to slightly stained
Air temp ................. 62 to 55 degrees
Waves ..................... 2ft and less

Beautiful November Day

2006-11-25T17:26:00.000-05:00

Friday Nov 24
Jr and hit the road for Erie at 12:00 pm anticipating a great day on this unusually warm November day with temps in the upper 50s. The area that we started in around the 26/26 lines. The water was alittle cloudy but unfortunately most of the area outside of 20ft was that way and everything outside 34ft was like pea soup. Ruggles Reef was very clear so we hoped the after dark bite would be hot. We ended up with 11 eyes, not what we hoping for but not not that bad either. After dark we lost a couple of fish at the boat and only managed 3 with eight coming during the daylight hours the bite is a little weird right now with more fish being caught during the day.

Water Temp..........43 degrees
Air Temp................55-38 degrees
Wind Speed............5-15 NW to S
Wave Height..........1-2 ft

2006-11-18T17:49:00.000-05:00

Saturday Nov 18th Well today I decided to fish a farm pond near my house. Using my little one man Bass hunter boat transported by my Gator I can fish very difficult areas. The pond was very clear I could see down about 7 ft. Using my favorite little bait the little #6 Husky Jerk it is 2.5 inches long. I like to twitch and stall this crankbait because it suspends perfectly. With the water temp around 40 degrees I was working a little break that dropped from 6ft to about 9ft when this 18 inch monster nailed the little Hj on the stall I was fortunate to get her on board with how thin their flesh is around their mouth. The crappie weighed in at just over 3.2 lbs A bit on the thin side. The Ohio record Black Crappie is 18 in and 4.5 lbs. Although not a state record to me she is a real trophy. Working that same break I managed another 50 or so Crappies with many in the 12-14 in category. Glad to see this pond has a great future. Took 6 1-3 lb Bass and 5 Bluegill as well.

Air temp.................42-45 degrees

Water temp............40 degrees

Sky...........................mostly cloudy

Wind........................ light north

Must be a day bite

2006-11-17T06:45:00.000-05:00

Tuesday Nov14th

Two slow trips in a row must be these eyes are eating during the day. We had only 4 fish one nearly 8lbs. Again plenty of marks just not moving up to eat. Took Mike Wengard. Galen Miller had 4 fish. Robert had 7 and Jr had 5 fish. The four boats covered alot of territory but in the end Just not an aggressive bite. Although I did see a fish Chris from Crannberry took a giant eye west of us that went 13lb and only 31in this fish had tied on a serious feed bag.

Water temp.............46 degrees

Air temp...............46-36 degree

Wave height.......... 1ft-calm

Water clarity ........ clear

PIC OF THE DAY : Dad 1968 ?

2006-11-12T15:09:00.000-05:00

Not to sure when this shot was taken, but he looks happy. We continue to fish this area of Canada anually. It is north of Senatairre Quebec about three hours.

Three walleyes are never a crowd

2006-11-10T21:39:00.000-05:00

Nov 8th
Strange day Jr and I left home with very nice weather temp in the 50's arrived at Crannbery Creek to find a very solid wall of fog just over Lake Erie. After some hesitation we decided to give it a try since Galen was also there as well as Robert and Marion. We hadn't left the marina very long when we were waved down by two guys who had just bought a new boat and had no idea on how to use the gps kind of important so Jr jumped into their boat and gave them so pointers. The visibility was probably down to 40 ft max.Then as the darkness and fog set in it was really an erie feeling trying to get your bearings. Eventually the fog slowly lifted and visibility became very good. Let me tell you if you've got three different boats with accomplished anglers locating fish becomes much easier. In the last few days the bite had slacked some in the deeper water with fish not wanting to budge off the bottom and the marks were poor inside in shallow water that doesn't make for a great night. We finnally picked 3 up near Rt 61 And the area known as the bowl. Jr managed to wrestle a 9lb eye on a Glass Hj 90 back and I caught a couple of avg eyes on pink glass clown about 75 back.
Water temp...............46 degrees
Air temp.....................48-57 degrees
Water clarity..............fairly clear
Wave height................flat to slow rollers

November Lake Erie Madness

2006-11-09T17:35:00.000-05:00

Nov 4th
Let me see a less then cold November evening with light southery breezes where better to be then on Lake Erie. With a nice forecast Jr and I left at 2:30 pm with a strong anticcipation of a great evening of walleye action. We were not disappointed it was all you could ask for. Launching out of Crannberry just before dark we started on the west side of the reef where the action in prior weeks had been fast. I Immediately picked up a nearly 6 lb smallmouth [ quickly released]. We continued to search out the reef with little results and not marking any fish we decided to pull out to deeper water just westof the reef since we were so close we decided to troll the short distance with out even marking a fish for at least 20 min I was surprised to have my inside board smacked and driven back viciously. Turned out to be my first 11 lb plus walleye. With that done a report from my friend Galen and the help of Jr's X-111 we moved out into 33ft of water and found some incredible marks all over the water column. The bite was on deep diving and shallow Huskyjerks [# 12 & 14's ]. We did make one attempt on the shallow bite later but that failed terribly no marks. As the night Continued we stayed outside in 31-39 ft of water pulling shallow huskys 70ft back to pick the most aggressive eyes. At the end of the night we just allowed the wind to keep us trolling northeast and never ran out of these awesome marks even to 40 ft of water. Total for the trip 27 walleyes and 2 smallies. There were many 6 -8 lb fish caught and released. Days like these keep you sane through long winters.

To much Oct eye fun !

2006-10-28T21:52:00.000-05:00

Thursday Oct 26Th

Fished with Chris Miller out of Cranberry Creek Arrived at the lake around 5:30 pm expecting 2 ft or less and got up to 4 ft. started north of the reef in 26 ft of water and skirted the reef on the west side being pushed by a stout east wind. Motoring into the wind was not the most pleasant trolling. Only picked up 3 before dark including a nice 6 lb. As dark arrived the lake gradually calmed herself and made for some excellent planner boarding. Finding ourselves between the Castle and Cranberry we soon found the ticket to be #12 Husky jerks 45-55 ft back, in a variety of colors. Fish came fast and furious just the way they are known to on Lake Erie in late Oct even in the slightly turbid water. We managed probably 2 or 3 doubles and even a triple although we lost that one. A couple of strange occurrences one fish a 4lb snagged toward the rear of tail proved interesting and once while shortening lure distance to the board I reeled about four times and wham 5lb fish! What fun our sport is I thank God daily for satisfaction it brings me. All together we caught 22 walleyes and missed a couple more at the boat and numerous fall backs you know its good when you consider running one board just to make it easier.

Air temp ............... 45-50 degrees

Weather................. Rain and clearing

Water temp........... 49 degrees

Waves..................... Flat to 4ft

Wind ...................... 5- 15 mph East to Southeast

Good info

2006-10-24T19:44:00.000-05:00

Got this article from Travis at WBSA http://westernbasinsportfishingassociation.com/denied/report.html. Good stuff.
If you haven’t noticed by now I really like fishing crankbaits. I try to be versatile and catch fish with the most practical technique, but if I had my choice I would fish crankbaits 365 days a year. Absolutely nothing beats a big fish grabbing a crankbait and stopping an inline board dead in its tracks. Personally I feel like March and most of April is the single best time to catch potentially huge fish on crankbaits. Next to early spring the late fall season is a close second for catching big fish by trolling crankbaits.
I primarily fish from Cedar Point to Vermilion in October through December, but the islands and plenty of other areas can also be fall hotspots. Depending on the weather both day and night fishing can be great. The name of the daytime fishing game is not just finding fish, because the Huron area will usually be littered with great marks in the fall. The real key is to find the right combination of good marks and the right amount of baitfish, and then figuring out where the most active fish are in the water column. I would argue that the best time for cranks is with water temps in the mid 50’s all the way down to just above freezing, with the mid to lower 40’s being exceptional.
We all know about a “walleye chop” and how wind can fuel fantastic bites. However, in the fall I’ll take a near glass calm day over anything else. It might mean moving the boards farther from the boat than you’re used to (I’ve run the outside boards as far as 200’ away from the boat), but the payoff can be substantial. Some of my best fall days have been extremely calm and the best bite came later in the afternoon after the water had warmed up because of above average air temperatures and sunlight. It seems like the fish really get active in the top ten feet when shad are concentrated in the slightly warmer surface water. As I mentioned earlier the trick is to find active fish within the water column after you’ve found the right amount of bait with hooks under them.
I’ll usually start by looking for a decent amount of bait. I try to avoid thick layers of bait. If you’re getting false bottom readings because the shad are so thick you should probably keep looking. One of the keys is looking for bait schooled into tight balls. This will usually happen towards the edges of bigger bait schools, or even well away from the biggest schools. You will most likely see lots of big hooks (the walleye) in the bottom half of the water column and the baitfish will be in almost perfectly round balls in the top 10 feet. You can run your crankbaits deep just above the big marks, but you might go the entire day with a few hits or none at all. The best feeding activity will normally be in the top ten feet, at the bottom edge of the bait clouds. I let the shad depth determine my crankbait depth, not the depth of the big hooks. If the baitfish is scattered or the marks are inconsistent either look for a different area or spread your crankbaits out across the water column to figure out what depth is best.
If you find a great area you will usually see hooks literally diving into the bait balls, or you might see tight bait balls that are too high to mark the walleye diving into them. Either way, if you find the tightly schooled shad don’t even mess with running your cranks deep, put them all up in the top ten feet making sure to cover the depth at the bottom of the bait marks. It will usually mean running ripsticks 20 to 100’ back or deep reef runners from 10 to 20’ back. Rogues and husky jerks can be great, but they are usually best with the water temp in the 30’s. If you’re used to fishing deep it can really be hard to switch your mentality to running so shallow, especially when you are still over 30 to 45’ of water. At the very least you should always one bait up high with others running deeper. If the high bait gets hit start running the other lines shallower. You will by far catch the most and biggest fish up high when conditions are right.
As far as color I don’t worry about it too much. The fish are mostly eating shad so I will usually start with colors like blue Hawaiian, purple prism, or gold clown to mimic the shad. I also have good luck in the fall with white-based baits such as the wonderbreads, mooneye minnow, white-purple hot tiger, or emerald shiner. I put most of my effort and thought into location, speed and depth, though, compared to color. If you get the baits in front of the right fish color is secondary. For speed I’ll usually start out from 1.5 to 1.9 and I’ll try s-curves or turns to vary speed. If outside boards get hit (the ones speeding up) I’ll start running faster, or if inside boards consistently get hit (the ones slowing down) I’ll reduce my speed. Sometimes a simple change in speed alone is more important than your actual speed. 1.7-1.8 mph (gps speed over ground) seems to be a fall sweet spot for speed.
If the water color is stained you might want to try darker baits like purple demon or bright baits like firetiger. Generally I’ll look for clearer water, but fall blows can limit clarity. When you can’t find water clear enough to see your lower unit try dark or bright colors. If you can see your lower unit and even your prop on the big motor, make sure to start with natural color crankbaits. My favorite conditions are when the water is clear enough to see my prop, but with a green tint that isn’t gin clear. When my crankbait disappears in mud as soon as it goes under the surface my confidence drops.
As a general rule run your shallowest baits on the outside lines and your deeper baits on inside lines. Since I usually only run 4, or at the most 6 rods, I prefer to clear the inside line(s) when an outside line gets hit and have a clear path to fight the fish. If you do get a fall trophy on it’s best to not let it foul with an inside line. At times, though, if you get a good solid pull back on an outside rod it can be easy enough to get it past the inside line and then release the inside line farther out to become the outside line. This lets you keep fishing while you fight the fish that you have on.
In an area with active walleye up high it’s not unusual to have 2 or 3 fish on at once even when you only have 4 rods out. If you find an area like that immediately double back on it and stay on them. I put waypoints in immediately on each hit so that it’s easier to identify the best spot within an area. This time of year it’s almost 100% walleye and the waypoints are easy enough to erase if it does end up being a drum or something else. In open water waypoints are your only landmark compared to nearshore trolling where you might not need them. I will usually slow down to fight a fish, and if you feel the need you can come to a complete stop if you’re running all crankbaits (since they won’t sink and snag). You’ll be amazed at how many additional hits you’ll get when you take back off from being stopped to fight a fish.

Perfect Lake Erie night

2006-10-20T16:32:00.000-05:00

Wednesday Oct 18th A perfect Night on Erie Light southerly breeze 55 degrees what more to ask for. Took Jrs new Ranger on its maiden trip and rightly so Jr caught the first walleye [ I shook 3 off so he could say that, ha]. The night started slow as we started around 5:00 fished out in 40ft and didn't mark many fish trolled back to Vermilion breakwall and headed west. I had hoped to find school along the way west but by 10:30 we only had 4. We had planned to leave around 11:00 but that all ended when we doubled between the Castle and Crannberry. By 12:30 we had punched both tickets including a nice 26" for me to end the evening with. The main herd still remains off shore but with cold temps in the near future it won't be long. With the flat water conditions it was excellent to watch the planner boards jump with the strike even before the boards fell back ever person who enjoys fishing should experience that.

Water temp.......... 55 degrees

water clarity......... slightly stained

Wave height......... 2' to flat

Air temp.............. 60-50 degrees

Sky....................... cloudy to clear

No fishing this weekend

2006-10-14T15:26:00.000-05:00

Friday Oct 13th [friday]

Check graphs above if you wonder about todays title. Theres a small craft advisery as far as the eye can see. The sat view is not really clear but water color looks really ugly. Most of the wind has been from southwest that helps but how much? This month is alot like last oct hope that changes. The first reports of 2006 hatch are in and the news is not the best[ http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060922/COLUMNIST22/609220376] but I'm looking forward to the 2003 hatch doing their thing. Hoping to get out later this week I'll report as soon as possible. the pic at the top is the Buffalo NY area those cold howling southwest winds picked up that 60 degree Lake Erie moisture and dropped it on Buffalo 24-30 inches, wow the leaves had not even all changed yet.

A long bumpy run for not much

2006-10-08T21:47:00.000-05:00

Saturday Oct 7th
Well after a couple week vacation from fishing time to get back to work. With the fall comes my most favorite time to fish. The night bite on Erie can be insane. Large fish the norm if the weather holds. The strong winds from the North and Northeast can turn the water into choc milk as it did Saturday can shut things down. With the Sandbar being somewhat clearer Jr and I made the 16 mile run north, dry thanks to the Ranger 620's excellent design. We left Vermilon at 2 pm with the hope of fishing the shore bite after dark. On the bar we started with a Dipsy program in 40ft- 44ft of water hugging the bottom. Not marking many fish we probably should have made a move but we were determined. We finally picked up 4 fish when we long lined Deep Taildancers which I know will hit 30ft on my #30 power pro. We lost two nice fish one at the boat and one large momma when I brought in my outside board in to go home noticed considerable weight and lost her on top on way in. Can not understand how they can grab the lure with out tripping tattle tail on the board I guess they just like the direction they are going and swim along. Made the way back through some nice rollers to vermilon breakwall mostly in the dark. Marked a ton of fish in 23ft of dirty water gave a good effort with Ripsticks and Smithwicks Superrogues for a couple of miles and gave up. There will hopefully be some clearing this week. Major cold front late this week forecast 42 degree high on Thursday.
Water temp 61 degrees
Air temp 60-49 degrees
Wave height 2-4ft
Water claity stained to muddy
Wind Notheast

Another stellar day on Erie

2006-09-21T18:53:00.000-05:00

Saturday Sept 16
Launching out of Crannberry Creek Marina Rick, Jr and I headed Northwest about 10 miles. With Cedar Point to our south and Kelleys Island to our west in about 42 ft of slightly turbid water we started our dipsy program. We started with settings of 1 and 3 right and left and jets out the back. We picked up walleyes near the bottom on smaller and larger spoons Boygirl being a hot color. With not much junk fish present we ran 40 jets back off boards and picked up numerous eyes as well. The key seemed to trolling West to East and back between the swells that were running North and South I am beginning to realize what effect current plays in the picture. The fish ran good sized including a 7lb and a few 5lbs. Altogeather we ended up with 30 fish in water that was far from ideal Rick putting us on good fish in less then ideal conditions has become common.
Water temp 70 degress
Air temp 60-75 degrees
Wave height 1-3 ft
Sky mostly sunny
Water clarity mostly turbid

Great learning experience

2006-09-10T21:51:00.000-05:00

Saturday Sept 9
Today Jr and I had the privilege to fish with former PWT champion Rick Lacourse. Launching out of the public ramp on Cataba we fished the Niagra Reef area for perch I hadn't much experience fishing for these tasty treats but Rick quickly showed us the proper technique. In a short 3 hrs we had 110 perch 10 short of our three man ticket [we ran out of bait]. He then informed us that we were next going complete the trip with our limit of walleyes. With stained water and bad reports indictated that the previous weeks blow might effect the bite, I was not sure about todays chances. We moved northwest and Rick in his matter of fact way quickly set up 4 #1 dipseys and 2 #40 jets with spoons being the lure of choice. Rick then informed us that he was going to sit back and watch us catch fish. With his stern and well communicated instructions I learned more about dipsys in the 3hrs it took us to limit out, then if I'd spent weeks by myself learning. I don't think I'll be grabbing rods by the reels to remove them from the rod holders any more and I think Jr will be practicing how he preps a large fish to be landed ha. We had a great time laughed way too much and learned an lot in the process. Thanks rick I'm sure the knowledge I picked up will last a lifetime.
water temp 71
wave height 1- 3ft
sky mostly to partly cloudy
water clarity slightly to strongly stained
air temp 62-73 degrees

Great reciept for Walleye

2006-09-06T22:29:00.000-05:00

I Tried this reciept tonight that my buddy Jim made up and found it outstanding.
Walleye salsa
2 large filets
Place walleye in casserole pan add just enough water to keep filets from drying out. Add salt and fresh parsley and cover with foil. Bake at 450 for 20 min or until filets flake remove water add generous amounts of salsa [hot or mild] and add grated cheese then bake for another 3 -5 min to allow salsa and cheese to heat and enjoy.

Lite Biters

2006-09-04T20:53:00.000-05:00

Saturday August 26 Fished with my brother from Florida an avid walleye guy from way back . Made the mistake of fishing the ruggles reef area should have run to the Sand Bar many nice catches there. Managed only 3 keepers They were hitting soooo very lite on spinners sometimes following for minutes I can feel when their near the spinner it really changes the way it feels on my St Croix I tried repeatedly to drop it back to them with not much luck. Strangly the trash fish were also absent. We also moved out into 35' and ran deep running Tail Dancers Had one massive hit half way to the boat the big eye released. That scene was played at least 5 times on cranks very disapointing but with the way this summer has gone I won't complain. The other pic is my Dad in I quess the late 50's early 60's Check out the boat these guys were in. Die hards 10 hp motors 15-20 miles back in the Candian bush where they would camp tents back then were not misquito proof like they are now. I'd complain if I didn't have my suspension seats that wooden seat doesn't look to comfy. Where do you surpose the live well is? But I really thank my Dad for instilling in me the love and adicition for fishing.

Jr nails 11lb Eye

2006-08-23T19:34:00.000-05:00

My friend Jr fishing with pro walleye angler Rick Lacourse out of Crannberry Creek Marina hauled in this fat she eye. I'm positive would have gone 11lbs wet weight. Jr is interested in Mr Lacourse's Ranger 620. All I can say is go for it.

2ft or less ?

2006-08-17T20:00:00.000-05:00

Wednesday August 16th
Fished another week day. With two fairly strong cold fronts pushing thru in the last week I wondered how great it would be. Turned out as I feared we only managed 10 walleyes. I was also surprised to find 4-6 ft seas when they were forecasting 2ft or less. I sure hope these people are not forecasting the stocks in my 401 k. Picked up 6 before dark on Northland's float-n-spin and their rattle spinners due to the water being just a little off color. After dark we picked up 4 more and left at 10:oo pm. At least I was in bed by 1:00am The picture of the large house is called "The Castle" quality fishing can found here most times of the year but great fishing in the fall as the the largest fish in the system return to winter in the western basin they seem to follow the shoreline west
Water temp 74 degrees
Wind 10-2o east- noetheast
Sky very clear
Air temp 80- 72 derees
Wave height 2-6 ft

PIC OF THE DAY: Me at age 4

2006-08-10T21:52:00.000-05:00

This shot goes back some 34 years I'm not sure what kind of crankbait that is but it worked. You can tell by the look on my face it was all over, my fate was sealed.

I'm told this is a Canadian Wiggler.

Midnight eyes

2006-08-10T19:52:00.000-05:00

Wednesday August 9th
Heading north to Lake Erie at 3:00 pm right after a full days work, crazy? you bet . Hey there is alot of time this winter to rest girls, for now lets fish! Started northeast of Ruggles Reef around 5:15 pm in 3ft seas with a stout notheast blow. Using my foot control I stayed straight using the wind to push us at 1.5 mph using a combination of bottom bouncers,Erie Dearie weapons and yes even weight forward spinners we managed 8 fish before dark. Changing over to lited planner boards we contined into the very bright moon lite night. trolling cranks at 2.0-2.5 mph we managed a total of 18 walleyes. they were all the 2003 class, got to see these 3-5 years from now. Winning cranks on the night Reef Runner shallow diver 60 back and my very favorite Rapala X-Rap this bait at 120 ft out will barely run 5ft but the action at 2.2 mph is irrestable to summer walleyes. Fall bite may be to aggressive action stick to Husky Jerks. Our key depths were 7ft to 12ft most coming in 8ft to 9ft. Locations were right in front of the castle to the flag pole west of Crannberry Creek. We were off the water by midnight and safely in bed by 3:00am. Muckleheads [knats] were insane for a while. Good friend Galen managed 13 fish but couldn't stay due to earlybeditis.
Water temp 77 degrees
air temp 80- 64 degrees
water clarity clear
sky bright clear
moon full
wave height 4ft-flat

Wow 40 Lake Erie eyes

2006-08-05T21:11:00.000-05:00

Saturday August 5th
Left the house at 4:oo am. Picked up Mike Wengard and headed north for the 1hour 45 min drive. Saw a shooting star, metorite, or space junk explode across the sky. It lit up trees houses just like lighnting never saw any thing like it. Arrived at Crannberry Creek Marina and launched at 7:30 am. 4ft Lake Erie rollers greeted us, residual waves from yesterdays winds. As we headed north and east to fish just off Ruggles Reef we heard a snap and looked back to see my net stowed in a tube rod holder had broke taking my net to its final resting place on the bottom of the lake. We decided to go without a net, heck the pros do it on tv right? We set up in 24ft of water and started with Erie Deary Weapons. http://www.lake-erie-fishing.com/weapon.html A very simple but productive method for catching suspended fish. Today we found that just casting and retrieving was not working so with the trolling motor I kept the speed at about .8 mph and cast the weapon with 1/2 ounce weight just ahead ofthe boat so the lure would swing back. We finally decided that a 10-12 count wait worked perfect then we would start a slow retrieve. Alot of hits came on the fall. By 9:00 am we had punched our tickets [12] and could enjoy the rest of the day of leisure catch and release. By 10:00 am we had 25. Then we went through a bit of a dry spell. The wind had changed from southeast to the dreaded northeast. We finally again located the school. Changing over to bottom bouncer and crawler harness helped with the bright post front sky they seemed to have settled to the bottom. From 12:00 to 1:30, when we left the lake, we picked up another 15 for a total of 40 walleyes. What a great day to be on the lake almost all were between 18" and 20" from the 2003 class. All fish were landed without the help of a net. We each also ended up with 20 each kind of cool.
wave height 2-5 ft
water clarity very clear
air temp 65-82 degrees
water temp 75 degrees
sky bright sun
wind direction east, southeast, northeast

Waswannippi July 2006

2006-08-02T17:42:00.000-05:00

My Dad and two brothers just returned from northern Quebec. They fished Wasswanippi Lake near the town of Miquilon. This is the first year I didnt go due to obligations. We normally go 2nd week in June so this was quite differnt. The lake depends alot upon melting snow so the level during the summer drops dramically. See flag on ramp that is close to normal pool.Their fishing was good avg 50 fish aday including pike over 40". The lake is a drive to destionation and is very reasonable priced although a bit rough and not overly private. from my place it's about 19 hrs. Key depths on this shallow Canadian shield lake seemed to be 17-28ft the water is really stained and gives up incredible golden eyes.

2006-08-02T16:54:00.000-05:00

Hot and sunny saturday on Erie

2006-07-29T20:33:00.000-05:00

Saturday July 29th
Met my wifes cousin Jason At 5:30 am in Fredricsburg for a day of fishing on Erie. We launched out of Crannberry Marina Ruggles Reef had been so hot for the last three weeks or so. For whatever reason, walleyes use the reef moving up into 17ft of water on bright sonny days walleyes will go any where for a meal. Well the launch was busy for even Sat morning. So I wasn't surprised to find the reef crawling with boats. this trip was Jason's first trip to Erie and he didn't much expience with fishing in general. I gave him quick instructions on bottom bouncing and was asonished how fast he picked it up. We picked up our limit by 10:40 and culled some out of the livewell until we had a nice 18" avg with a few larger. We ended up with 20 walleye and a few massive sheepshead. The key depth today was 24' basically in front of the castleand to the east. Went through 6 doz crawlers in the process. I think increase of boat traffic and bright hot sun really hindered the bite. I must be nuts complaining about 20 eyes, but the place had been just crazy lately. species caught walleye, sheepshead, white bass, white pearch, yellow perch, catfish and golbys.
Wave height 1-2 ft
water temp 73- 78 degrees
Air temp 75-88 degrees
water clarity mostly clear
sky sunny some wisky clouds
winds light 5-10mph out of the sw

Still more Canada pics

2006-07-26T22:08:00.000-05:00

awesome place

More Canada pics

2006-07-26T21:18:00.000-05:00

What could be more fun!

Almost a great trip

2006-07-22T22:36:00.000-05:00

July 22
Left for Lake Erie in blinding rain at 4:30 am. The rain mostly ended by the time we hit the ramp at Crannberry. Jr and I proceded to punch both tickets by the 2 hour mark. Crawlers and spinners [dont be cheap buy Northland] did the trick. the bite was aggressive and fast, although not really large fish, mostly class of 2003 it was a lot of fun. That class of 2003 is going to be incredible in two to five years. Hold onto your fancy designer rods ladies, there is going to be some pulling and tugging. Annnnyyway back to the story. After our 14 or 15 fish we fullly expected to spending the rest of the day collecting and releasing walleye on lovly Lake Erie. Jr went to fire up the Johnson, silence [insert crickets cherping] Dang thats weird two times in a week I'd been in a dead vessel. I had never before ever broken down. You might not want to invite me to fish with you for a while. Worried about increasing wind we used the kicker to return the mile or better. Good thing we hadn't made the run to west sister. Did I mention the wind had kicked up to 3-5 ft by now that made for a very interesting navigation into Crannberrys narrow marina opening but Jr did great. The boat in the above pic did not do great two older gents rammed into Crannberrys concrete walls and Im told were rescuced by a women insult on top of injury. Ha. On the brighter side maybe they heat their homes with wood burners.

Kipawa Trip

2006-07-22T21:16:00.000-05:00

July 12th- July 16th
Spent a few days at Kipawa Lake in south western Quebec. The drive is about 11:oo hours from central Ohio. The lake is an incredably awe inspiring place rugged deep and clear very typical of a shield lake. Stretching about 50 miles long, a real lake to discover. When we arrived the area was in the middle of a heat wave with temps in the upper 80's [normal is around 73]. Fishing was delagated to mornings and evenings. We avg about 6-7 smaller walleyes each morning fishing bottom bouncer and crawler harnesses. In the evening we caught 5-6 walleyes trolling crankbaits over deep water 100ft or more. Most came on #5 Shad Raps and deep little Reef Runners with 100ft of line out. I think they were feeding on ciscos common in the area. One note released one lake trout caught on a glass shad rap 22" or so. We were going stay two more days but unfortunatly the 225 Mercury Optimax devopled problems. I thought a piston had siezed, but found out today it was the compresser that mixes the gas and air then I guess it directly injects into the piston, well that failed. It is still under warranty and should back in two weeks. I guess I'll have count on the kindness or fellow fishing buddies.

Gull Shoal a new experience

2006-07-01T23:07:00.000-05:00

Saturday June 30
My friend JR and I launched out of Mazuric today under fairly calm conditions was able to run 50 mph most of the way to our destination of Gull Shoal. This reef complex is north of Kelleys Island. I was impressed by its size and great stucture. By nine the winds started to really pick up so we fished most of the day in 3-4 ft waves with 5 ft waves not uncommon. We fished jet divers and spoons a new method which was very agreeable with me. Jets are plastic disc that pull your lure, in this case spoons, down to a desired depth as an example 100ft of braid line will dig 16ft using a number 30 jet. When we stopped at the bait store reports were not that favorable for the area we had planned but we plodded on any way thinking with our superior skills we would find a way, yah right. We did manage to put 7 in the cooler including a 6lb fish and another nice eye the rest were in the 18- 20 inch range thank you class of 2003. Fish came in 20-30ft of water and a couple in 50ft. I really enjoyed the area it has islands which break up the scenery. the trip back was was a little slow due to the rough seas. I estimate the return trip to be about 10-12 miles we did manage about 20mph.
Air temp 68-82 degress
water temp 73 degress
waves 3-5ft
sky hazy blue
water clarity clear

Southern Ohio Walleye Club Tappan Open

2006-06-17T19:01:00.000-05:00

Saturday june 17

My father-in -law and I fished the Southern Ohio Walleye Club Tappan Open. First I'd like to say it was a scorcher 93 degrees little wind. The morning started nice with temps in mid 50's but the heat built quickly. We picked up a small keeper at Pear tree point early and then slowly filled our allowed 6 fish limit getting all but one fish but one down lake. We really defined the run and gun approach today because we did'nt prefish at all and caught fish at 5 different locations. Credit goes to Jim Cory at Cripple Creek Bait [that small shop has a lot of stuff] he told us that the fish were being caught really shallow and fast. All of our fish came in less then 7 ft of water and two biggest in 3.5 ft. we really speed up the electric motor avg 1.5 about the most I like to go with spinners. The water was turbid and alot of shad were shallow so I'm sure thats why they were there even with the bright sun. we pulled Northland Float-n-spinn crawers harness all day I used one color, orange and chartrous colorado. My father-n law used a few different colors but a green and gold was his favorite. We nervously watched the weigh in and luckly ended up the winners. Our weight was 13.5 lbs not bad on a day were on a 3000 acre lake there were at least 2000 skiers, speed boats and house boats and three foot waves on almost a windless day.

saugeye 1 3.5lbs

saugeye 2 3.2lbs

saugeye 3 2.5lbs

saugeye 4 1.8lbs

saugeye 5 1.5lbs

saugeye 6 1lbs

conditions

air temp 55- 93 degrees

water temp 71-75 degrees

sky super high pressure clear

waves 2-3 boat chop

wind slight sw

2006-06-03T19:57:00.000-05:00

Saturday June 3
Started the trip to Erie at 4:00 am [yawn]. Launched out of Crannberry Creek Marina to a stiff 15-20 northwest wind. Figured main section of ref would be hot. Turned out the cold front conditions really shut down the bite. Getting our ticketed punched today was difficult. The bite today in 4ft waves consisted of being very careful to feel for the slightist bite, letting your bouncer back and hope mr glass-eye takes a second bite which he did 11 times or, getting smashed by a runaway freight train we call sheepheads, which we did about 66 times thats a ratio of 6 to 1 not the best. went through 6 dozen crawerlers. and 6 spinner rigs [ we got tired of netting 5lb sheeps and tried to release them with plyers over the side, not the best.] We left at 2:00 pm with 11 mostly smaller fish although we had a couple of nicer ones . Mike had a really nice 7-9lb fish up almost to the net I thought for sure he was tired out ,but he had one more run and stainless steel props and line don't mix.

2006-05-31T18:49:00.000-05:00

Whensday May 31
Took off at 3:00 pm for Lake Erie in a driving hail storm [size of dime to quarters] most normal people would have turned around and went home. But JR and I are special, the short little school bus that picked me up when I went to school proves that. At 5:30 we launched out of Crannberry to very flat hot and muggy conditions. JR has a unique gps that also shows radar so we could keep an eye on storms in the area. We had a bunch that moved around us, but we stayed dry. fishing started slow on the reef but picked-up quickly as evening approached. bouncers in 17 -24 feet pulled at 1.5 mph really smoked them. We had our ticket by late evening and changed over to cranks and released 5 more or so including at least one over 6lbs. My weapon of choice was Rapala's X-rap at 95' back was barely reaching 6' deep. JR's choice Husky Jerk #12 about 60' back most fish came in less then 8' of water. For the reason of malfunction we didnt use lit planner boards and chose to just long line which was great fun. After dark the Cleveland area offered us a tremendous lighnting storm about 20 miles away it seemed like fireworks. The sunset was truly one of prettiest ones I'v ever witnessed.

2006-05-30T00:13:00.000-05:00

Memorial Day Jenny and I fished Lake Erie launching out of Crannberry Creek only caught four today the best one about 5 lbs. The water was really muddy due to heavy rains friday in the area. Creek areas that flow into Erie muddied including my favorite spot on the reef I only fished 4 hours due to the early season heat [90 degrees]. We took a long ride up to Cedar point and watched the roller coasters and other attractions from the water it was cool.

air temp 90 degrees
water temp 67 degrees
water clarity muddy
wind 5mph northeast
wave height 1 ft rollers [mostly boat traffic]

2006-05-27T21:51:00.000-05:00

Saturday may 27 Jr and I fished ruggles reef launching out of Cranberry Creek [a first class marina]. This was the first time this year that that Lake Erie was flat. We started fishing at 7:oo am I was fishing Macks smile blade and Jr was fishing northland spinners I finally changed over after it Jr 4 Darryl 0 spent the rest of the day trying to even the score. we ended up with 12 [our limit] at 2:00 pm and left because I had evening obligations. Had 5 quality fish between 4.5lbs and 7lbs. the rest good eaters. Galen fished in the area with us all day and in spite of Galen, Zach his son managed a limit as well, ha. If you see galen ask him how he responded to my very large sheepshead.
weather
waves flat to ripple
wind calm to 7mph
sky bright and cloudless
water temp 63 degrees
air temp 59- 75 degrees

2006-05-11T17:52:00.000-05:00

SUNDAY MAY 7

TOOK THE SHORT TRIP TO VERMILON PUT IN AT CRANNBERRY CREEK. MY WIFE SAYS I WENT WITH MY TWO BEST FRIENDS ME MYSELF AND I. I TRULY ENJOY THE SOLITUDE AND BEING ON ERIE BY MYSELF. LAKE ERIE'S INCREDIBLE SIZE AND STRENGTH REALLY SHOWS GODS ABILITY TO BE CREATIVE. ONLY LANDED ONE ON SUNDAY MANAGED TO KNOCK 2 NICE 4-5LB FISH OFF WITH THE NET [TOOK GOOD LESSONS FROM MY FRIEND JOSH]. DOESNT MATTER HAD A GREAT TIME PULLED BOUNCERS WITH MACK SMILE BLADE [MY FAVORITE] WAS GREAT TO FEEL THAT SUBTLE BITE ON THE ST CROIX SINCE IV BEEN TROLLING MOSTLY THIS YEAR.

WEATHER SUNNY

WAVES 1-3 FT

WATER TEMP 56 DEGREES

AIR TEMP 59 DEGREES

DEPTH FISHED 17-23 FT

2006-05-01T21:02:00.000-05:00

SUNDAY APRIL 30

JENNY AND I WENT DOWN TO SALTFORK RESERVIOR FOR A PINIC. THE WEATHER WAS NICE ABOUT 70 DEGREES. I FISHED A FEW HOURS ONE SMALL SAUGEYE A BUNCH OF CRAPPIES AND BLUEGILS. THE LAKE WAS FLAT AND EMPTY SO I HAD OPEN THE BOAT UP TO ABOUT 60 MPH ON GPS.

2006-04-30T20:31:00.000-05:00

SATURDAY APRIL 30
NOT THE BEST DAY FOR ALLAN AND I. THE NIGHT BEFORE A SMALLCRAFT WARNING HAD BEEN POSTED BUT ENDED BEFORE DAWN. THERE WERE SO ROLLERS FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE COMBINING WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS FROM A NEW DIRECTION. WE MADE THE 9 MILE RUN ANY WAY AT 22 MPH TO NORTHWEST SIDE OF KELLEYS ISLAND. PUTTING BOARDS OUT COULD ALMOST MAKE YOU CUSS. SO WE STUCK WITH BOUNCERS OUT ABOUT 40 FEET[1 OZ] I FIGURED AT 1.5 MPH THEY WERE DOWN ABOUT 15 FEET WERE MOST OF MY MARKS WERE.EVEN WITH 4 BOUNCERS OUT ONLY MANAGED ONE KEEPER. IN THE PIC JOHN HOLDS UP A NICE WALLEYE DURING ONE OF THE LESS WINDY PERIODS. THAT IS GALENS CRAFT HES PROBABLY THE ONLY GUY I WOULD TRUST TO BE OUT IN THESE WATERS IN A 16 FOOTER. I AM SURE JOHNS BUTT HURT BY THE TIME THEY GOT BACK AND HIS KIDNEY MAY NOT WORK FOR A MONTH, HA!.
WATER TEMP 50 DEGREES
AIR TEMP 48-53 DEGREES
WAVE HEIGHT 3' - 6'
WIND 15-20 MPH
WATER CLARITY SLIGHTLY TURBID
WEATHER MOSTLY SUNNY

WESTERN BASIN NIAGRA REEF

2006-04-16T13:50:00.000-05:00

SATURDAY APRIL 15 MET MY FRIEND JR AT HIS PLACE AT 4:45 AM TOOK HIS DEEP 18' LUND AND HEADED TO THE WESTERN BASIN. WE LAUNCHED OUT OF FENWICK MARINA IN OAK HARBOR OH. OUR FIRST STOP WAS JIGGING THE REEFS NEAR SHORE THERE WERE A TON OF BOATS AND NOT MUCH ACTION. AFTER NOT BEING PRODUCTIVE THERE WE HEADED OUT TO NIAGRA REEF . THERE WE JIGGED FOR A WHILE WITH OUT MUCH LUCK. WE DECIDED TO PULL BOARDS.WE MOVED NOTHWEST OF NIAGRA INTO 31' OF WATER AND TROLLED TOWARDS " B" CAN. ON MY SIDE I RAN A DEEP DIVING HUSKYJERK 80' BACK ON ONE LINE PULLING MAYBE 14' DEEP. ON THE OTHER LINE A SALMO 80' BACK MAYBE DIGGING 7' DEEP. WE GOT THESE THREE GALS [POST SPAWN] IN AN AREA THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL FIELD. ALL WERE WITH IN 3OZ OF EACH OTHER

WALLEYE 1 5LB 14OZ

WALLEYE 2 6LB

WALLEYE 3 6LB 2OZ

WEATHER

AIR TEMP 75 Degrees

WATER TEMP 52 Degrees

WAVE HEIGHT 2' or less

WATER CLARITY slightly turbid

OPENING DAY 2006

2006-04-02T22:00:00.000-05:00

DATE APRIL 2 2006
2006 SEASON BEGINS.
A VERY START VERY TYPICAL LAKE ERIE IN APRIL. PICKED JOSH IN WOOSTER AT 5:30 AM [DAYLIGHT SAVINGS BEGINS] PUT IN AT PUBLIC BOAT RAMP IN PORT CLINTON. NOT A GREAT RAMP PORTAGE RIVER VERY SHALLOW FIRST STOP "E" CAN PUT SALMO STINGS 80' BACK FIGURED WITH DIVE CURVE CHART GETTING MAYBE 7' TO 10' .THEN PUT DEEP DIVING HUSKY JERKS #14 AT 80' PROBABLY DIGGING 16' WITH PRO POWER BRAID. AS I WAS LETTING OUT SECOND HJ WHAM A FINE 6LB GAL NAILED THE HJ AT 2.5 MPH [SPEED I SET BOARDS]. NICE START TO 06'. ONLY CAUGHT THESE THREE. WE THEN DID SOME JIGGING IN 14' OF WATER IN FRONT OF PORT CLINTON HOPING TO CATCH SOME JACKS. I HAD A NICE ONE ON, BUT JOSH MANAGED TO KNOCK IT OFF. I THOUGHT IT STRANGE THAT JOSH WAS USING THE WRONG END OF THE NET , BUT HE EXPLAINEDTHAT HE THOUGHT IT WAS A GAFF! HA. OVER ALL A GOOD START.
WALLEYE 1 4LB 14 OZ
WALLEYE 2 5LB 10 OZ
WALLEYE 3 7LB 10 OZ

WEATHER
AIR TEMP 42 TO 45 DEGREES
WATER TEMP 39 DEGREES
WAVE HEIGHT 2' TO 4'
SKY CLOUDY
WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH

2005 REVISTED

2006-03-30T20:53:00.000-05:00

PAUL WITH A NICE BONUS SMALLMOUTH EARLY MAY 05' OFF RUGGLES. THIS AREA HOLDS ALOT QUALITY SMALLIES HAVE PICKED THEM UP TO 7LBS

2005 REVISITED

2006-03-29T21:01:00.000-05:00

TROY PICKED UP THIS GIRL IN 24 FT OF WATER ON A BOUNCER MACK SMILE BLADE COMBO. NOTICE STACKS IN BACK SHOW WIND FROM THE NORTHWEST, THIS WAS EARLY MAY AND THE SEA BREEZE HAD JUST KICKED IN,THE WIND HAD BEEN FROM SOUTH 20 MIN EARLIER

2005 REVISTED

2006-03-29T00:37:00.000-05:00

CRANNBERRY CREEK MARINA ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES TO LAUNCH . GREAT GUYS THERE, GOOD INFO FISHING THERE GREAT MID MAY TIL WATER WARMS TO MUCH. RUGGLES ROCKS SOMETIMES UP TO 50 ADAY [WALLEYES]

2005 REVISITED

2006-03-28T23:36:00.000-05:00

LOWRANCE X104 SHOWING TONS OF SHAD LATE IN NOVEMBER AROUND 2 AM JUST AFTER THIS PIC FOUND TWO HUSKY JERKS SNAGGED WITH SHAD "PEOPLE OFTEN TELL ME THAT DEER ARE A MUCH MORE INTELLIGENT ANIMAL TO HUNT THEN WALLEYES, BUT WHEN WAS LAST TIME YOU SAW A WALLEYE GET HIT BY A CAR?"

2005 REVISITED

2006-03-28T23:23:00.000-05:00

TWO NICE FALL ERIE EYES CAUGHT IN EARLY AM LATE OCT "SLEEP IS FOR THOSE WHO DONT FISH" CAME OFF SALMOS 60 BACK

2005 REVISTED

2006-03-28T23:17:00.000-05:00

THIS GUY CAME IN NOVEMBER AT NIGHT OFF A HUSKY JERK 90 FT BACK. NOTICE CATS LOVE FISH GUTS.

2005 REVISITED

2006-03-28T23:09:00.000-05:00

PICKED UP THIS ERIE GAL JUST WEST OF KELLEYS ISLAND SPRING 2005 . SHE CAME ON A REEF RUNNER 65 FT BACK OF A OFF SHORE PLANNER BOARD IN 28 FT OF WATER.

2005 REVISITED

2006-03-28T23:04:00.000-05:00

I ALSO ENJOY FISHING INLAND LAKES THIS IS TAPPAN LAKE IN JULY OF LAST SUMMER. THIS IS ABOUT A 4 LB SAUGEYE

2005 REVISITED

2006-03-28T21:44:00.000-05:00

MY FAVORITE PLACE TO FISH IS LAKE ERIE THIS IS ON THE VERMILON RIVER THAT FLOWS INTO LAKE ERIE ABOUT ONE MILE DOWN RIVER. I CAUGHT THESE TWO IN AUGUST

WALLEYE WARRIOR BLOG BEGINS

2006-03-28T21:21:00.000-05:00

HI MY NAME IS DARRYL I LOVE TO FISH. THIS SITE IS DEDICATED TO MY PASSION. MY FISH OF CHOICE IS THE WALLEYE. I SPEND MANY HOURS EVEN SLEEPLESS NIGHTS CHASING SAID BEAST. THIS SITE I WILL TRY TO DOCUMENT MY SUCCESS AND FAILURES.