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1 hour ago, Tightline356 said:

Launched on GI at 5am and fished between the catt and Dunkirk. 3 man limit by 1015am but kept fishing till noon. Fished 4 dispeys and 2 riggers. Mix of sticks and spoons on both. Sticks were hot early but spoons were the ticket as the sun got higher. Dispeys out fished riggers 3 to 1. Green / perch were best on sticks, purple / gold on spoons but everything was catching. Fish are everywhere in 70-90ft. Found some nice pockets and keep on them. Speed was 2.5-3.1 SOG, strong current from west to east. West to east seemed to do better. Fished 45ft-65ftdown, deeper as the morning progressed.

Great day on the water, 78 total miles.


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You launched on Grand Island and drove by boat past the Catt ?

Holey moley

Fished Tuesday July 2, 2024 out of Sturgeon Point. 

Went out to Canadian Line, 62 FOW

Ran 2 down riggers, 2 dipseys and a 7 color lead. 

Ran Renoskys on all lines, got 0 fish in 4 hrs of trolling.

Didn't even mark much at all.

Trolled N to S on the way in to 52 FOW, still empty screen

Will try shallower water next trip out and see what's up.

8 hours ago, lineman49 said:

Should have been done at least 2 months ago!

The marina doesn't open until May 15th. 

If they dredged it 2 months ago, chances are it will start to fill back in 2 months earlier, causing the marina to close earlier than Oct 15th.  Be careful what you ask for. You may get it.

On 3/27/2024 at 6:09 AM, Jimdski said:

The docks for mooring boats are in place but the access is still blocked by sand??????????

The docks for mooring are NOT in place. The docks for most of the bigger boats are floating sort of kind of near where they belong but they are not attached to the steel pilings. There are no walkways from shore to the docks on any of the docks. The launch and return docks are still in the parking lot. Most of the smaller boat docks over by the hot dog stand are also not in the water. I was there 4/6/2024 around 3:30. Nobody working on Saturday.

4 hours ago, mostlymuskies said:

I worked real hard trying to.get Erie Basin Marina Launch Open Year-round. The two answers I got back was "NO" because Union would require the Marina Guard be on duty and Icing of steep ramp has had truck & trailered boats slide right into the water.
We did have success getting Safe Boat Harbor Open year-round, but no snow removal and ice in closure.

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It's just like everything else. Lawyers will F up everything, helped along by law suit happy dick wads who can't take responsibility for their own bad decisions.

I just dropped off my payment for a 2024 wet slip (3/21/2024)

They said the marina will be open on schedule and the dredging will be completed.

Relax and see how it goes. 

Lots of people are not returning to their 22 ft slips. 

I had 10 people ahead of me on the waiting list and I got in yesterday. 

Had my pick of many available slips.

I will make regular fishing reports when I get out.

This picture is from end of break wall looking at gas dock on March 5 2024.

Sand bar is definitely better than years past, considering the lake was open all winter.

Don't know how deep it is from end of sand bar to end of gas dock wall because there is no way to get down there without my canoe or kayak. Looks like a much easer dredge jog, so the wall repair job was not a total waste of money.  Fingers crossed!

On 2/13/2024 at 10:25 AM, tspulecki said:

Hamburg has talked about building a state of the art marina between Hamburg Beach and Lago.  

Haven't heard any updates lately.  A private partner with cash (Paladino) could really move things along.

What is Lago?

Here is a thought.

Take the 53 million dollars that NYS is giving in prepaid credit cards to border jumpers, and build a new marina on Lake Erie. Then let the border trespassers work there at $5 per hour until their court date comes up. After court sends them back where they came from, bring in a new batch. They can be housed at Gowanda prison that Democrats closed after releasing all the other criminals that used to live there, while they wait on court date.

Win Win Win

Well then that was a poop ton of money wasted. 

Thanks NYS for nothing.

I got on the waiting list for 2024.

I have a 22 ft boat.

There are 10 people ahead of me on the 22-foot dock.

We will see in the spring if marina wall repair has done anything.

Fingers crossed!

Sturgeon Point is indeed open for 2023.

I stopped in yesterday (Aug 9) to see what breakwall repair looks like.

Hope it works, because it doesn't look much different to me than it was.

Launch fee $15 as stated above.

Wet Slips are about 1/3 full

Only about 10 boats in dry slips.

Harbour opening looks wide and deep from launch area.

Sign at launch says they have ice and worms at $5/doz

Watched some poor dude slide his boat off the trailer into the concrete way too early because he unhooked his winch and safety chain before backing down the ramp. Heard the lower unit or hull crash into concrete in shallow water. Parked his trailer and boat was still floating when I left. Hope he didn't go out into lake because it was pretty rough and windy. Maybe he was just going to his slip for the season. 

Thanks Mr Sparrow

Salesman at Cabelas told me my existing Navionics map chip will interface directly into the Garmin so I can see all my existing way points which is where I save all my walleye catches. The Navionics chip I have is very accurate for depth contours.

I'm not worried about it getting stolen, cause I never leave my electronics on board, because it gets to hot with the mooring cover installed. The circuit boards can't take that kind of heat. I'm staying away from Lowrance because they won't repair anymore. They tell you to throw stuff away and buy a new one.

I hate Amazon. The owner is a A-hole and I'd rather pay more than make him even richer

I'm thinking of upgrading my fish finder to a Garmin 93 Sv (without the panoptics transducer).

Anyone out there who has used one in real life?

I'm currently using a Lowrance 5 inch sonar and a stand alone Lowrance global map GPS with a Navionics chip.

I Like the Global map and will probably keep it on the boat, but I would like to upgrade to a more modern sonar.

I like the way the 93Sv snaps into bracket without having to plug in a bunch of cables. 

Opinions welcome.

Thanks

jv

Went out Saturday afternoon. Fished from 1 till 5. Only got 1, (5lb 12 oz)

Caught it on big dipsy, setting 2.5   178 back

Was in 82 FOW.

Tried a 100 and a 200 copper set up for the first time to no avail.

Marked occasional groups of fish suspended at 60 to 65 but no takers.

Guess I'll break out the down riggers next trip.

I agree with fish master, Chamberlain release is the way to go

Is this thread about Sturgeon or Olcott

Laws of supply and demand!

Sturgeon Point is no longer a viable option, supply goes down and demand goes up along with cost.

I'm wondering if demand will hold though, with gas prices going thru the roof.

Used boat prices are still high also but I'm betting they will go down soon. I want to upgrade but prices are still in covid crazy mode.

$22 a pound, I should take up fishing!

$60,000 for a boat divided by 22 and I only gotta catch 2728 perch till i'm in the money.

Oh yea, a few more for gas and beer.

Turn on you reel clicker.

Back off you drag until dipsey starts moving out slowly.

Go do something else while checking on your line counter every once and a while.

I usually start setting up my other dipsey rod.

When you get depth you want, start tightening drag until reel just stops clicking.

Listen for additional fast clicking (doesn't always happen by the way), you probably caught something.

Repeat

Last time out, they bit the hell out of my ankles. Wished I had long pants on, not shorts.

I doubt foundry sand is the same as the crap dredged up. I doubt it is even useful for making concrete with further processing (sifting).

Not very sporting in my opinion.

How much fun is it to reel in a fish on a 200 lb test steel line with no pole.

There is a 3 pole limit per man on Great Lakes, so it would count as 1 of your 3 if it's even legal.

I don't think I would want to try to explain that to a game warden.

I also know an old timer who does it and I think he is a greedy douch bag.

Who needs a fish that bad ?

Yea, the probe was on the other rigger. Thank God for that.

I lost one of those 10 or so years ago

Fished out of Sturgeon Wed night Aug 4, 2021

Got 4 walleye, 3 nice ones on watermelon dipsey, set on 2, 175 back, watermelon harness single willow leaf.

Got 1 small eye on stick bait on 200 ft copper, long lined in chute behind boat (released it).

Went NW out of Sturgeon until we got about 1/2 mile from Canada and trolled West almost to Catt.

Fished 72 to 75 FOW

Also fished 2 down riggers near bottom, didn't get a touch on them.

Trolled from 4:30PM till sundown. First fish at 5:45 on copper.

Big fish only started biting after 6pm

Got pretty windy out of NE towards sunset, so we quit.

Broke off a down rigger ball and lost ball and Chamberlain release. Think I snagged a sunken tree. Ouch