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Stillwater

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  1. Nice going RandyD. Glad you got into them like that. Great report!!
  2. Way to go JustFishin! Great picture. Thanks for reporting.
  3. I have never used a cleaning station. What do they provide? Hose and cleaning surface? or is there more to it?
  4. Fished out of SP yesterday from 1 pm to dusk. Caught 4 and dropped a few. Heading out the reports at the launch from guys who fished the morning were good. Things must have changed some in the afternoon as the breeze died down. Did some searching but never found what I would call a "good screen". Only marks sporadically. Got a nice 24 inch and a 23 as well. Lost the drifting breeze and probably should have gone to trolling sooner? Nice day to be out even though the cooler was light.
  5. I have had best fishing with crawler harnesses that have a pattern of orange, black and white paint on blades with back side of blade either copper or gold plated. I like to drift with bottom bouncers but if lake goes flat I troll with dipseys. Look through the posts for what settings if you use dipseys. I have found 3 setting and somewhere around 150 to 180 feet of line to work. I play around depending on how close to bottom the marks are. Good luck. They are biting well on all offerings from the reports being posted. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Lake Erie United Mobile App
  6. The wind mills are not in the Adirondacks they are in Tug Hill area. The numerous protection agencies probably would block windmills from the Adirondack Park? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Lake Erie United Mobile App
  7. Fished from 2:30 till 8 pm yesterday (Wednesday) almost straight out from SP with my daughter. Wind shifted and picked up later in afternoon. Drifted with harnesses and bouncers. Boated 7 eyes and a good perch. Ran into many sheepshead as well. Last bite before we called it quits was my best walleye to date. A slim 29.5 inch 7.2 pounder. Almost lost him as he flopped out of the net on my daughter. We quickly recovered and scooped him back up. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Lake Erie United Mobile App
  8. Launched yesterday (Tuesday) out of SP at 2:30 pm. Motored west to about even with Evans Bar but out in 62 feet. Picked up one on Bottom Bouncer with fire moss VMC harness. Wind died shortly after that and went in shallower to jig. Not enough marks so motored back out in front of SP in about 58 to 60 fow. Trolled around with dipsy divers. Picked up 4 more. 1 on a spoon and 3 on same color tiger moss harness. One fish looked like it had been bitten by a muskie around the belly. Great day except the lake went completely flat with no wind. Not good for our preferred method of drifting with rod in hand. Great sunset and half moon coming in.
  9. Great post mike m. Thanks for sharing. I know they were pretty thick where I was but the cloudy water had them off the feed I think. If this happens again when I am out I will stick to the clear side of the silt line.
  10. JustFishin, enjoy your father daughter fishing trips as I know you are. I had my daughter along with me yesterday to. She is 25 now and still loves to get out. It was a great day even though the bite did not happen. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Lake Erie United Mobile App
  11. Fished west of Sturgeon point today also. Bottom bounced deeper 67 to 59 until breeze died. Decided to troll shallower with dipsey divers and harnesses 50 to 55 feet. Lots of solid marks but no bites except 2 sheepshead and 1 perch. Fished from 2:30 till 8. The mud line from the rain and Catt had water cloudy. Good job mike m. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Lake Erie United Mobile App
  12. Just an fyi... I had a number of long white tape worms coming out of one of the eyes that I filleted. I looked it up on line and they are not supposed to be a health issue as long as you cook the meat thoroughly. It was the first time I observed them on any walleye or other fish. There were some coming out of the mouth and a bunch in the cooler that had already left the fish. They abandon the fish when it dies from the article I read. Anyone else seeing them?
  13. Fished West of Sturgeon Point Wednesday (yesterday). Beautiful day to be out. Fished with rod in hand using mainly harnesses, and jigs. Caught 6 eyes and 5 perch. The eyes ranged from 19 inches to 27.5 inches. Caught 3 of the eyes out in 62 feet of water and 3 in 45 to 50 fow. Also caught a 10 pound catfish and a few sheeps. Not bad for first outing of the season.
  14. Thanks, much appreciated. If I go I will give a report.
  15. Hi JustFishin... thinking of making first trip on Wednesday... we're you west of SP? Thanks. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Lake Erie United Mobile App
  16. Very nice Hans Mann! Great picture. Thanks for sharing.
  17. Glad you started this 2019 SP thread. Good luck to everyone. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Lake Erie United Mobile App
  18. No Rgreen78, I put my boat in storage and switched to hunting. Are the walleyes still there or have they moved west? Anyone been out? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Lake Erie United Mobile App
  19. Bottom bouncers will keep your leader line away from your main line to the rod because the drift speed or trolling speed keeps the harness or stick out straight behind the weight. Just be sure to let out the line from your reel in a controlled drop. Dropping too fast could cause your harness to spiral around your main line. Most bouncers have a wire leg that keeps the leader several inches away from the main line as well. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Lake Erie United Mobile App
  20. No Chad, it has been to rough for my boat. Hope to get out once more if possible. Thursday looks good but I can't due to other commitments. Hoping the eyes are still located off SP, Catt and Dunkirk areas.
  21. Pequod1, I think I may have seen you at the Sturgeon launch on Tuesday when you were taking out. We were just launching at that point. Today would be much better fishing day. Oh well. Good luck the rest of the season!
  22. What are you fishing from Pequod1? I have a 20.5 foot bayliner Capri open bow. It was about all it could handle semi comfortably. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Lake Erie United Mobile App
  23. Well I was back out yesterday 9/18 out of Sturgeon Point. Checked all of the usual forecast sites before making the trek from Rochester. Consensus from my homework was that it was going to be 2 feet waves or less and 5 to 15 mph or less. Wind was out of SW when we got going at 11:30 am. Turned out to be quite a bumpy trip to say the least. Waves were at least 4 feet by 3:30 pm and no sign of slowing down. Made last drift and headed back in to Terra Firma (firm ground!!). Ended up with 8 walleye from 16 to 20 inches. Fished in 55 to 65 fow to the west. Decent numbers still there. Hope the front coming this Friday and Saturday does not scatter them or send them west to Ohio?
  24. Nice job. Rgreen78. Glad to see they are still around in numbers. I think he meant Dipseys P dog.
  25. Yes, I am drifting in the direction the wind is blowing me. Not sure if you have any "bottom bouncers" but they are simple weights designed to get your offering down near the bottom. The lead is usually molded on a wire that enables you to attach you line above the weight and then attach your offering to the short wire arm that comes off of it. Google "bottom bouncing for walleye" or youtube it and you will see some good examples. You can run stick baits or worm harnesses off of a bottom bouncer. I find the best fishing is when the wind is around 10 mph for my boat. This keeps the blade on my harness turning. I like to lift the rod high and lower it to give the walleye a change is speed and moving target to chase. I attach the harness leader directly to the bottom bouncer snap swivel. They sell them in a variety of weights. For 65 to 70 ft of water I like 1.5 or 2 oz. in light wind and 3 oz. when it is blowing like yesterday afternoon. Let it drop all the way to the bottom until your line goes slack so you know it is on bottom. I then bring it up to the level the fish seem to like. Usually 3 to 5 feet above bottom seems to work well. Experiment with it. It is a fun way to catch walleye (my boat is not set up for serious fishing with down riggers, multiple rod holders, etc. this is why I use this approach most of the time. I do have 2 rod holders and will occasionally run 2 dipsy divers when the lake is to calm to drift.). I prefer to interact with the biting fish and the fight is good on light spinning gear.
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