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The true height of weather buoy wave heights is about a foot higher than reported due to rise and fall delays from quickly passing waves. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United Mobile App

Too many fishing tournaments are operated persons operating the best equipped boats on the lake. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United Mobile App

60 mph causes a hull like this to rollovers. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United

Yesterday off the old Wanakah Works, there were hundreds of gulls and cormorants swarming near the shoreline. There must be schools of bait on shore now. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United

This boat should be able to respond to emergency situations at fifty miles per hour. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United

I fished and learned about the mouth of Eighteen Mile Creek sixty five years ago. The Ramsey estate owned most of Creek bottom area along with a major bank here in Erie County. There was a concrete building and a concrete winch base on the west side of the creek. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United

The money can come from your boat registrations and sales taxes you pay. Nothing has happened here for a long time but we need something now. The state taxing agencies and boat registrations will give you the numbers. Our local legislators will know more if you contact them with our concerns. We have lost Woodlawn Beach for boat launching. Hamburg town boat ramp silts up quickly every year. Sturgeon Point Harbor is falling apart and needs a lot of annual dredging. Driving to the Cattaraugus Creek is time consuming also. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United

Idlewood Yacht Club. Steam yachts from Buffalo serviced the estates along the shoreline since the lakeshore road had no bridge over the creek. Marine travel was the most convenient way rather than a horse drawn buggy over mud roads. At the turn of the century Buffalo was the second richest city in the USA. The Kellog Estate and Grandview Bay also had docks. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United

Spending money on this dock operations here is futile. It is a money pit. The dredging contributes to the breakwater failure. Consider a marina at Eighteen Mile Creek where a yacht club existed years ago. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United

Shallow divers like bass lures have greater lure action than deep divers. That is why they produce more. Good tip there from “times two “. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United

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South winds have made our lake water crystal clear. Your boat spooks the fish away be they Walleye or bass. Side planers and dipseys lon a three setting are producing better Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United

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. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United

Ten yesterday morning. Going back out shortly. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United

Bomber Long A, shallow diver bass lure, Fire Tiger and Rapala Scat Rap Fire Tiger are mine. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United Mobile App