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  2. Big Jon Boards

    in Tackle & Techniques

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    I ended up making my own planer boards. 30" long by 12" deep bolted together with 2' of 1/2" all thread. They pull really well. I modeled them off of a dock neighbor years ago. They are very heavy. The only thing I would have done differently is add some pool noodle on the all thread to give them a little more bouancy in a chop.

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  5. Hello

    in Welcome to Lake Erie United - Introduce Yourself

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    Welcome. The best and easiest way to start walleye fishing Erie is with dipsy's. Get yourself 4 line counter rods/reel combo and make sure their calibrated (there are YouTube videos for this). Spoons and small shallow diving cranks like Renosky's are a good thing to start with.

     

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  7. Drift bag question

    in This Old Boat

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    Anyone with twin i/o have any tips for setting trolling speeds? Do you run 1 or both motors and if it's 1 motor do you run the anchor on the same side in order to keep boat straight?
     
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    You'll want to run two trolling bags, one on each side. Tie them to a mid or forward cleat so you have enough rope out that the angle into the water isn't too steep. Otherwise, you'll have problems with the bag collapsing. Then make sure you also run a rope from the back of the bag to a stern cleat so they don't go under the boat and get caught up in anything.

    If you have power steering with pumps, you might have a difficult time steering with one motor. If that's the case, you might need to let the second motor just idle to help out with steering.

    Good Luck!

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  8. Downrigger Techniques

    in Tackle & Techniques

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    I only started fishing Lake Erie using a downrigger last summer. I use a Chamberlain Release set up so the smallest walleye would set it off. I have caught quite a few walleye by releasing my crawler harness from the cannonball and slowly retrieving it, stopping for 5 or 6 seconds and then continuing while my boat is travelling at 1.8 mph. Yesterday I took my neighbor fishing for several hours and were successful using this technique. I usually run my crawler harness 50 - 75 feet behind the cannonball. Has anyone else tried this?
    Used to fish that way for years. I would run the ball right to the bottom, troll for a while, pop the lure off. I figured it would bounce off the bottom a few times as the line was getting taught. Then I'd slowly reel it in. Caught many fish that way, usually with a worm harness on.

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  9. Hot walleye lures 2018

    in Lake Erie Fishing Reports

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    Fire Tigers took ten yesterday and nine today . We went one hour today doing nothing , then reeled In and found four walleyes on four out of five lines.


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    That happened to us today down in Ashtabula. We took a four man limit, but for a while one side of the boat "wasn't producing". That's because when we went to check lines, we're just dragging fish along...

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  11. Fuel question

    in Open Lake Discussion

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    I have a 1986 Tiara Open 3600. A few years ago the marina I get fuel from changed from ethanol free to "street gas". I verified all of my hoses we're ethanol compliant and have been running it ever since. I have twin Crusader 454's with a Onan 6.5kw generator. No issues thus far, I do ensure that that the fuel is treated over the winter. It gets burned fast enough over the summer.

    But one thing I have been told is not to mix fuels...

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