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Yes I flutter spoons often. Usually good for a few fish every time out.

That technique has been effective for years- used to call it “fluttering””- works well with spoons too and various lead lengths.  Good way to grab some extra fish when bite slows.  Just take out slack and let lure ride up through the water column.

September 5 the walleyes were down 60 to 70 feet. Could not reach them with 10 color leadcore. I almost broke out my 209 and 300 coppers (45lb) I use for Salmon. But I thought I might not be able to detect a fish on. Any thoughts on using copper for Walleyes? Only way we could catch them was divers.

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I only know of leadcore and Copper for sinking lines and have both. I have not tried my copper on Walleye because I thought my 45 lb Copper may not detect a strike. But yesterday fished were down 60 to 70 and I could not reach them with leadcore. What is the brand of stainless wire you use? I use wire line on my diver rods but it is not a sinking line to my knowledge.

In the central basin of Erie, we run stainless wire. Dive curve is 1' for every 10' of wire out plus your crank dive chart.

We break this out come August (about now) when the thermocline sets up and the fish go deep. It's common to run 300' of wire with a Rapala DHJ-12 which dives 19' on its own to get 49' down.

You can usually add 300' of 12 lbs wire on a fully calibrated 47 size reel.

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September 5 additional information: A 7,8, and 10 color leadcore didn't do much . Usually I catch most of my fish on leadcore. I don't think they were getting down to the fish. A 10 color may get to 50. Even tried a deep diving plug on an 8 color, no luck. Riggers caught only 3, and only with fluttering. I never catch anything on riggers unless I flutter (spoon). Most were caught on divers. I find it virtually impossible to get divers to trip on Walleye. I had a Chinook diver and a dipsey out. Both adjusted as light as they will go. Many fish did not even trip diver and the only way we knew we had a fish was to be extremely attentive to the rod bend, etc. I do have a slide diver but I took it last time out because it has some issues, defective. Also, we ran two harnesses for hours and never even lost the worm. But at the cleaning station a couple guys got their limits on harnesses. I find that odd. But I always catch more on rapalas and long A bombers.

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September 5. Started at 7. Went straight out and trolled north. Started in 65 FOW. When we got in about 75 had some fish on screen. Turned West. Caught 6 by noon. Slow morning. Saw fewer fish towards Dunkirk, as water fit deeper to 90 feet Turned around and came back towards the Catt. At about 78 FOW Found lots of walleyes and caught 6 more in 2 hours. All stick baits. Varied our speed constantly with the i troll in hunt mode. From 1.5 to 2..6. the fish were 60 feet down. Towards the bottom.

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Thanks for the reports. I've been driving all the way down to the Catt. Maybe I don't need to! I'm closer to SBH.

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Looks like that color is no longer available

The one in the picture I posted has a copper back


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Michigan stinger standard size 3 3/4 inch these are my favorites the last few times out


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What spoons for you prefer? Thanks.

I fished the catt on the 24 th in 80 to 90 foot of water with sticks and spoons got a 4 man limit by 10:30 in the morning.Went to the same area today with the same program with just 2 off us had our limit by 8:15.We pulled in the walleye gear and dropped some cow bells to the bottom and pulled in 14 lakers and one 1 steelhead the lakers all swim to see another day had a few at the 15 lb range what a great day out there today and yesterday.


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Wow no report since August be 15th?

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Good morning out in 73-82 feet didn't run leadcore or sticks at all ..we picked up everything 50+ deep..28 inch a 26 in some 18+23s lots of different age class fish.

Saturday August 24 2019. caught 12 walleyes. Started at 0630 in 60 FOW Trolling north. Got 7 lb walleye on a dipsey as we were letting it out, with 100 feet of line out. Kept trolling north out to 78 fow. Picked up a few here and there. Best screen for us was 60 to 65 FOW. Saw most walleye suspended between 55 and 60. Caught some on divers, some on 7 color leadcore, some on 8 color, a couple on downrigger on the bottom. 10 color leadcore didn't produce to my surprise. Used bomber long As, jointed rapala, spoons, and one eye-fish harness. A little rough, but fishable. Leadcore didn't work as well as usual, accounting for about half. Straight out seemed best. We went towards Dunkirk and saw fewer fish. They were scattered around today. Some guys reported good luck on 80 FOW.

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My NOAA site says 2 feet or less Saturday so that means 4 footers. But we're going to try it.

Buffalo to Ripley nearshore forecast. Nws.noaa.com

Aug 23 2019 .TODAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Mostly sunny. Waves 2 feet or less. .TONIGHT...North winds 5 to 15 knots becoming northeast. Mainly clear. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .SATURDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 15 knots. Mostly sunny. Waves 2 feet or less. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southeast. Mainly clear. Waves 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots. Mainly clear, then becoming partly cloudy. Waves 1 foot or less. .MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south. A chance of showers and thunderstorms Monday night. Waves 2 feet or less. .TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southwest. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 2 feet or less.

One foot or less on the windy app and on the NOAA zone forecast.

 

 

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All that being said. I feel that the guys on the lake will always help a fellow boater. I know I will. We fished today. Saw no boaters in distress. Hot bite was in 70 to 72. Slightly west. All fish on bottom. Nothing on the 5 or 4 color. But 2 on the 7. Deep dispseys and riggers took all the fish. Harnesses produced better than stick baits.

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My 4 year old son is amped to get out on the lake and fish.  I want to make sure he really enjoys it because I'd like it to be our thing.  I am a complete novice fishing lake Erie.  any suggestions for someone with limited gear and know how?

I just ordered the opti tackle ones you linked to but it looks like they go flag down with strike

I have both the church's boards with flags. And opti-tackle boards with flags. I run them. Both as flags up fish on. For the money the opti's can't be beat. https://northwoodsoutlet.com/product/opti-tackle-ultimate-planer-board-with-spring-flag-system/

I've used the shower curtain rings and skinny rubber bands, and they don't even break. I'm finding it hard to detect strikes off the big boards, because the rubber bands don't break, and rod is bouncing and bucking with the waves. Any ideas?

I would suggest buying carabiner's or shower curtain rings in bulk and using rubber bands. Cheap and easy. If the lake is rough, use two rubber bands to make one longer one to handle the wave surge.

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Good tip. I have all the gear, leadcore, dipseys, coppers, autopilot, itroll, riggers, big boards. But your advice on just using some lead and low drag harness is refreshing. I think I will try it. Thanks.

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Just got done. August 4. Fished from 0630 to 1130. Only caught 8. I went East a bit from the jetty. In 55 FOW the water temp 63 degrees 45 feet down. 75 degree surface. Nice thermocline. But this only in small area. Once we moved out of there the temp break was only a couple degrees. Walleyes were marked there, but no bites. We went deeper and caught fish from 63 to 70. Used stick baits mostly. Leadcore 5, 7, 8, and 10 color. Dipseys, and riggers.

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Thanks for the report. We're going Sunday. Last time we were out 2 weeks ago we had better luck in about 85 feet. We'll try 55 to start this time.

Well yesterday was our shake down run on the New to us boat. We used all sticks because we forgot the worms. Today was another great day for us. Only fished 1.5 hours but managed 12 fish. All sticks again because we remembered the worms when we left but they cooked real nice in the truck while we fished. All colors seemed equal. Riggers worked today. 56 to 60 ft was the best. Seemed like a little faster was the ticket. 2 to 2.2 all eaters biggest was about 25 inches.

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Most of them on jointed rapala. Perch color. Two on a purple stick bait, unknown MFG. Two on worm harnesses.

All eaters? Did you get them on Renosky's or Bay Rats? We will be out again from Dunkirk this weekend and thinking of trying an all stick program.

Got 13 walleyes. Most luck was 80 to 85 feet. Had to work hard for them. 6 am to 2 pm. No schools on the screen. They were spread out it seems. Stick baits were best. 7 color leadcore most productive. The 2 feet or less forecast wAs again not even close. 4 to 5 footers in the morning. Calmed down some around 11.

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I don't fish for Walleye to get a good fight. Just for the good eating. If I want a fight, I go for Salmon on Ontario. Leadcore has done better for me than dipsey and divers. I use 27 lb leadcore on the same rods I use for Salmon.

Lead core for 15/21 inch walleyes

Boring

 

 

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Stay home if wind out of the west is forecast over 10 mph... regardless of what wave predictions are


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Tried to fish yesterday out of SBH. Both NOAA and the Windy App forecasts said 2 feet or less. Went out of the South gap and had to come back in. Waves were 5 feet. Ridiculous. This happened a couple weeks ago. Oh, and the ice boom camera is also useless. Resolution is so poor. It looked smooth. NOT.

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