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Gambler Rig worm harnesses. Double Spin n Glos that are more speed tolerant at higher and lower speeds. They will not hang bottom if you slack a side on a turn too!

I usually make it to Erie a couple times a year with my buddy Jim. It is a nice change of pace!

A bunch of customers store them in bass plastics file bags. I use zip locs also after they dry. As far as them out fishing cowbells, some days they do and some days they do not. I have found when currents are heavy, traps out produce cowbells.

Like Ontario, the two harsh winters a couple years ago more than likely put a dent in what was left in the alewife population in Erie. The fewer alewife the walleye eat, the less thiamine deficiency they will have and better reproduction. Two years ago, the walleye we cut up had small alewife, gobies, and perch in their stomachs.

I would think the walleye population boom is to the decline in alewife after two very harsh winters a couple years ago.

The niagara shortage seemed to get worse after the two severe winters we had not too long ago. I have heard that the alewife took a huge hit in Erie and that would definitly put a strain on all of the other food sources.

Thanks guys! Lots of good info here!

I have been a member of the Lake Ontario United forum since the beginning. I am the owner of Gambler Rigs Custom Lake Trout lures (and now walleye lures). I fish Lake Ontario mostly but fish Erie walleye and perch on occasion.