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On ‎1‎/‎25‎/‎2017 at 2:32 PM, backoneerie2016 said:

Took a seminar over the weekend taught by Mark Romanak. Found out if you put your crawlers in ice water they will swell up and get bigger. Helps keep you boat clean. You throw them out at the end of the fah

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  We put our worm in an old insulated lunch box.  We take them out of the dirt & put them in the box with water & ice. No dirty mess & they stay nice & firm.  At the end we put them back in the dirt & in the refridg.  works great!

  My dad worked on the South Buffalo RR for 47 years, he retired as an engineer.  Yeah, it's hard to beat this retirement thing!  7 yrs. for me after 40 yrs. working, & I don't miss it!

  Yellow pike, where could they put a launch on smokes ck. ??  Just wondering.

  Welcome aboard Pipe Wrench!

  I thought I was entered, I have been on here all week,  with some replys  & even started a new topic (SP)..  And now I see I only have 1 entry.  I guess I got it after I watched the video on how to enter.

Yea our $$$ never seem to end up in the right place!

54 minutes ago, Locoman said:

Money for dredging should come from the state. We can't afford to lose a launch site. There aren't enough on Erie as it is.

  I think we have 8 launches on Erie & I believe Ontario has 30+  but they do have a longer shore line. I think there should be a launch at Evangola St. & Lake Erie  parks. Every thing is there except a launch!  Road ,parking, lights, restrooms.

Shinintimes, I don't think that is a bad question. I wonder that myself!  I am sure it is in some one's pocket.  One has to wonder what happened to all their launch money & the money they got from the state & fed. gov't. already??  As far as digging it by hand I don't even know if that is feasible at all. I was sort of kidding when I wrote it , but maybe if there were enough people it could be done? I would think for every shovel full taken out 2 would come back in.  Maybe the state would take it over with some of Cuomo's Buffalo Billion!

  From what I hear the sand bar across the opening of SP(only about a3 ft. opening) is pretty much closed off due to the sand. With the town of Evans being bankrupt, SP will most likely not be open very early if at all in the spring of 2017 having no $$$ to dredge it out. I am thinking we early perch guys may have to get on the bar & dig it out ourselves!  We will have to all get together with our shovels on a day & dig us a 4-6 ft. wide trench across the bar!  Any thoughts?

  I do a check list every time before moving the boat/trailer. Always do a final walk around to check things.

  Use wire dipseys mostly when fishing deeper water.  Also run in lines with dipseys.

  We prefer dipsey's & jets over anything else, easy to set/rig up. We like the metallic colors, blue, purple, green, & black.  

1 hour ago, problem child said:

ready for some bigger ones... seems like a lot of smaller 19-22 inch fish this spring night fishing.

I'll take all the 19-22 inchers you can get, they're the best eaters. jmo.

  JMO, but when you think about it, we are living near the best 2 lakes in the country. Lake Ontario for trout & salmon , lake Erie for walleye, perch and bass.  Erie also has some great lake trout but most don't fish for them.

Thanks.

Anyone been out during the day,  doing any good??

  We fished from SP to Wanaka in 30-40 fow on Friday & didn't get an eye.  We did get 3 nice bass.  I am ready for the day bite to start, may have to make a trip to Dunkirk!  thanks for the info.

  We normally run our sticks & spoons 75-100'  behind the riggers.  We also do the 3 way thing with the spoon above a diver stick bait.  We do this same thing with jets  off the big boards & off dipseys. with 6-8 ft. leaders.

  Also on u tube check out "worlds biggest perch"   6-8 #'s.  Maybe we need fin restrictions!  lol

On ‎5‎/‎10‎/‎2016 at 2:45 PM, Pequod1 said:

Tried again out of the Cat today. I scanned and fished 4 miles from the Cat east. Looked anywhere from 50-60' Just some scattered small bait schools on the bottom, a few bass marks and zero perch.  I have another theory about the perch schools.  It involves 7 kilometers of gill nets at Port Abino. 

  Gill nets, go to u-tube & check out "Lake Erie yellow perch gill nets out of Port Stanley"  video.  And that's only 1 net off 1 boat! 

Got to ask, what is a pellet head??

16 hours ago, Windburn said:

What size do you guys use

I get mine at valu store that they have on the $1 tables all the same size,(330 in a bag)  or at dollar tree the ones that are all the same size.

Off the riggers  we some times use a rubber band on the line then into the release, you can see the lightest fish hit it. like white bass or small perch the rod tip will twitch.

4 hours ago, weave said:

I was very surprised at how well everyone co-existed in those small, tight groups of boats.  Well...... most everyone.

   I think most times everyone in the tight groups tend to know each other. It's when the stranger tries to sneak in when people get upset.  But it is fun to watch & hear at times. lol

   FYI, as of 3 pm today there was one dock in at the Catt. ck. state launch site.