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  3. If you only had one trip on Eastern Erie....

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    In early May, I would head west of Cleveland, like Lorraine, OH. We have a resident population of walleye in Ashtabula, but if your dad wants a big girl, he'll need one that spawned out on the western reefs and then took off east as the water warmed. Those fish ususlly dont make it to my part of the lake until late June, early July.

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  4. If you only had one trip on Eastern Erie....

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    I fish out of Ashtabula OH on Erie for walleye. If your after a 10 lbs + walleye, run larger lures. We've been running the Michigan stinger magnum spoons off of true trips and the old Bombers #17's (their about 8" long) off wire or leadcore. The bigger lures trolled at summer speeds (2.5 knots and above) do extremely well.

     

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  5. New USCG requirement

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    In my USCG career I did thousands of safety boarding inspections. A line attached to a life ring was normal and good sense especially in high nwinds.
    I agree that its a good idea, but im not aware of it being a requirement, which is why I'm asking.

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  6. New USCG requirement

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    Do you have a source for the throwable requiring a line attached to it? I've had my boat courtesy inspected for over 20 by the USCG every year and that has never been mentioned. Only that the throwable is easily accessible.

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  7. New USCG requirement

    in Open Lake Discussion

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    Missed this part!

    If the boat was built after January 1 2020, older boats aren't required to have it is what I read, scroll down the link to where "requirements" is printed in red and click on it! They spell it out rather nice!

    Q6. What boats need to have an Engine Cut-Off Switch installed?
    A6. Boats less than 26 feet in length that generate more than 115lbs of static thrust (~ 2-3hp) and were built beginning in January 2020. If the boats’ primary helm is inside an enclosed cabin it is not required to have an Engine Cut-Off Switch.

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  8. Big Boards or In Line?

    in Tackle & Techniques

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    First time i saw inlines in use was on Lake Michigan back in the mid 90's. They were the old foam yellowbirds where they were clipped onto the line with a swivel on the back side. So they stayed slid down the line until you netted the fish. It was something seeing a king break water with a yellowbird attached!

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  10. Big Boards or In Line?

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    If your running three lines or more, big boards are easier to manage. Likewise, if you have a novice crew, big boards are easier to reset. Inlines are easier to get out past an outside dipsy. Other than that, its a personal preference.

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  18. Ashtabula 6/20

    in Lake Erie Fishing Reports

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    Pulled 25 walleye and 2 steel on Saturday. Lost a few walleye and another steel. Just got too hot to finish off that fifth ticket!

     

    Fished 60' out to 75' in a big U from in front of RedBrook to back around in front of Bula.

     

    #1 dipsy 130, #3 dipsy 160. True Trip 50's 100 back. 300' of wire with Pink or Blue Chrome Husky Jerks and 50' on the downrigger all pulled fish! Orange spoons ruled the day.

     

    Started getting hot and we pulled the plug at 11:30. Just couldnt convince my son to hang in there to finish off the 5th limit.

     

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  19. Fishing out of North East PA

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    1 white bass! A little rough for my 16 footer. Only fished a few hours in the morning. Yes from what others said, the lake flipped. temp dropped 10 or 12 plus degrees. Hoping for a better day today, Gonna fish the morning,then after supper
    When the fish go deep and are hanging out in that 50'+ range, we fish with single strand stainless wire and a deep diving crank just over the Ohio line from PA. Most spool up 300' of wire on top of backing on a reel and put a mono or fluro leader.

    Dive curve is 1' of depth for every 10' of wire + crank depth. So 300' of wire with a Rapala DHJ-12 will run 49' down at 2mph. It's very effective once the fish go deep.

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  21. Ashtabula 6/13

    in Lake Erie Fishing Reports

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    She was rolling out there this morning. Solid 4's, maybe an occasional 5? We ran to about 65' and setup and trolled SW awith the waves. #1 dipsy 134, #3 160. Orange spoons. Fish were deep. We got our limits and threw back 3 clearing lines. Done by 9.

     

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  23. Walleye

    in Lake Erie Fishing Reports

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    Looks like winds out of the North at around 10 knots. Will make for some tough sledding plowing into them heading out so you can troll back south with the wind at your back. Expect 2-3's with the current forecast.

    I also use Windfinder in addition to those you listed.

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