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Was out yesterday 78' off the Catt, limited in about 2 hours. All fish caught off riggers around 68-70'. Bottom 20' loaded with fish. Those eyes...chartreuse harnesses have not produced for me this year and try adjusting sensitivity like rvan suggests cause the fish are there. I agree with Thechad, purple was the go to color. Was using a purple reef runner ripstick called Eriedescent, eyes loved it. Was a beautiful day on the water for October.
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I was out Sunday, east of the creek, 65-75’, 2 man limit in 6 hrs. Slow start, we were dragging silver bass & perch a lot. Bottom 30’ just loaded with fish, dipseys 2 setting 135’ worked the best. Did better than the riggers, which for me that’s a first this year. All on harnesses 1.8 SOG. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United
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Went out at 8, 2 man limit by noon. Gold & purple worm harnesses on dipseys 2 setting 120', riggers with cranks between 45-60'. Harnesses did better. 65-75' of water off Evangola State Park, 2.5 SOG. Beautiful day on the water, except for the bugs. Lots of huge marks just outside the creek, must be Steelhead coming in. Also a lot of perch guys around 52'.
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Way to go R78, 1st limit report I’ve heard since the lake turned. What setting were the dipseys? Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United
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I was out, fished 65 - 80' water, weird current east to west, quite a few boats in the area, did not see 1 fish caught. Had 1 release in 5 hours, no fish in the box. Tough day at the office.
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Tuesday or Wednesday might be a return to fishing for me. I go out of out the Cattaraugus and if we get 2 or 3" of rain like they're predicting, that might not be possible. But, i hope to get out there soon and try some of these things I learned here. Great source of information for walleye guys.
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Puking dog - Do you run the Bomber Long A shallow off dipseys? What size and colors are the most productive?
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I think I'll try the "cold turkey" approach. If I go on the main motor instead of the electric, i can idle about 2.4 SOG minimum, but I'll try different speeds too. I usually can't drive straight so the turns may help the bite. i'll run all cranks for a few hours and see what happens. if that doesn't produce, I'll go back on the electric and worm harnesses.
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I don't have any "bottom bouncers", but I'm going to get some because I'd like to try it. I did Goggle it like you suggested and watched a lot of videos on it. Most of them were trolling, but I did see a couple where they were drifting. Your explanation of how you do it was well written, and makes me want to try it just to feel that bite. I spent alot of money on down riggers & equipment, and you probably catch just as many fish. Thanks for the information and an excellent article.
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I've been fishing that same area off the Catt, 2 riggers with worm harnesses & 2 dipseys with Renoskys. I don't have any rods with lead core. The worm harnesses catch the most fish, only one on the Renosky. SOG was 1.8 most of the time, but I did try 2.0 , 2.2 and 2.4 for about 15 minutes each. Maybe I didn't give it enough time. I just can't get the Renoskys to work for me as well as i'd like. Thanks for the info.
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When using the Renoskis, did you get more on the dipsy's or the lead core? What speed?
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Hi Stillwater- I'm new to the site and trying to understand how you're your fishing. Are you drifting and bottom bouncing with worm harnesses? It seems to work good for you.
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I've been following this site for awhile, and decided to join. Just started walleye fishing this year, and I'm hooked. I mainly fish out of the Catt. I've done well for being a newbie, but from what I've heard and read on the site, walleye fishing has been exceptional this year. Thanks to all the members for their insight and ideas.