OhioFisherman

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Vermilion? No wonder it looked familiar! It was my favorite starting point! Pig smallies and some steelhead in the fall. Again things may have changed, western basin? Bass Charters, usually involved fishing with crawfish, a pricey item and you could spend a lot of time feeding sheephead, done it myself. Smallie fishing in Vermillion? You have to be dedicated, you might fish an area over an over for 4-5 hours and get dinks, and then have the pigs move in for 15-30 minutes of non stop action, and then disappear. Probably not what most customers on a charter are looking for? That area became known for big smallies fast, I can imagine the fishing pressure on them now, even with catch and release. Overall it's probably easier to put people on walleyes? The two main areas known for the walleye run on this side of the lake are the Sandusky river and the Maumee river, both in the western basin and both with good sized estuaries to support and protect young fish. Sandusky river is at the end of Sandusky bay, a staging area for pre spawn fish, and recovery area post spawn. It's big, and would be one of the largest inland bodies of water in Ohio if it were landlocked. It's not, a good thing, it serves as a spring breeding ground for a number of fish species, walleye, smallies, largemouth, white bass, crappie, and even an occasional Northern Pike. Right off hand I can't recall any river east of the Sandusky river that has been mentioned for a walleye run here in Ohio.

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It's pretty unusual to see people jigging for walleye on this side of the lake, although it has been a long time since I have been able to fish and that may have changed. Jigging, lift and drift for smallies? another story. Cleveland area, central basin, the water tends to be deeper than the western basin and the walleye fishing usually is for suspended fish in deeper water 20-30-40 feet down, sometimes in 50-60-70 feet of water. One of my younger brothers was a lot more into walleye fishing on Lake Erie than I was, and he told me that at times they went 10-15 miles from shore to find them. I have no idea how far Mr Simon went out from shore. It always struck me as wandering in a liquid desert dragging a lure. Downriggers, dipseys, and no scenery except waves and water. In the late fall they can catch walleye off the piers at times casting rattletrap style lures, it is rare in the summer months? Some charter captains on this side were known to move their base of operations as the summer progressed. Western - Central - Eastern, following the walleyes tendency to suspend over deeper water as the water temps rose. Casting Erie Dearies, long lining crankbaits and spoons was most common in the western basin island region, shallower water. Like with the Bay of Quinte? Some areas here are known as pig walleye heavens for the late fall feed.

LOL, thanks pal! I had to do a double take of the video to realize I was getting old and senile! There should have been more sheephead in the pics then? LOL Hope you are well! Obviously I am not! LOL

None in my area, but it looks good! Have fun!

For some reason that opening to the Lake looked very familiar, American side?

LOL, memories, I always had trouble getting my son to fish, he was either chasing critters, or food! Cool pics!

LOL, not bad, if he comes to Ohio he stands a chance at a big one.

It's been a long time, but I actually had some of my best days walleye fishing there in mid July to mid August, the mayfly hatch was over and their diet had changed.

Far and away our worst trip to Pointe Au Baril happened during the hatch. There were little islands of them floating all over the top of the water, you could watch fish rolling on the islands of bugs, but couldn't seem to get them to hit anything else.

They can be a tough loss, sorry guy! My son had his dog for 17 years, he still has his ashes in his room.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/red-tide-toxin-hits-b-c-shellfish-1.903322 http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/contamination/index-eng.html Never dealt with it, does it affect more than shellfish?

We trolled ( long line) on Lake Erie for years using a diving crank bait like a storm wiggle wart or hot n tot, they were all you needed to limit out by noon. I have caught them on tube jigs, rattle trap style lures, jig and twister tail, burning a blade bait like a heddon sonar out of the shallows, and my personal best came on a spinner bait up north. Find hungry fish?

No idea, but we haven't had a dry day here on the south side of the lake in about a week. All that dirt washing down our streams and rivers has to be going somewhere?

Happy birthday Canada, it is a great place with great people.

Great! Nice fish!

My county is a bit smaller Old, with around 4 times the population. They do our property taxes on assessed value too. As I recall they have a van that drives around with a camera mounted on top and take pictures, that also allows them to determine if you have built anything without the required permits.

25 amp alternator? Don't most cars have a 100 amp or more? I doubt if it would be a lot of help.

I have no idea how your tax structure works up there, I live in a rural township here, it has zoning requirements, mobile homes are not allowed and there is a 3 acre minimum lot size to build a home. I live around 10 miles from a small city (population around 25k), if I moved there my property taxes would double to support multi-layers of government and city provided services. It never seemed worthwhile to me to pay around 400 bucks a month for a lot of services that I didn't really need or want. We have 3 township trustees that run the townships business, they are part time, our police protection is thru the county sheriff's department and they do a good job, there is of course a fee included in our taxes, but lower than a full time police force would cost. We have a fire station, new one built around 10 years ago, staffed by volunteer firemen and rescue squad, at a lower cost than a full time force, they also do a good job. The township plows and repairs the roads, we have city water, septic systems, a community ballpark, cemetary, and not a lot else to pay for besides schools included in our tax bills. Having the family on board is a big deal, especially over time, my daughters liked it here, until they grew breasts, then there wasn't enough excitement! LOL My son, now 26, still loves it here and still lives with me. I traded up, I got a dog and ditched the wife! LOL

It was a normal looking spring here until mid - late May and the farmers got their crops in. Since then we seem to be on a path to break or tie the 2011 record rainfall year here. http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/l/44253 I am beginning to think partly cloudy means it will only be dry when it's not cloudy. LOL

With all the rain we have been getting here? The lake probably looks like chocolate milk.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Abu-507-Closed-Face-Reel-With-Original-Paperwork-/171834130533?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item28021cc065 I used these pretty extensively, 17-20# test and you can flip or pitch an unweighted plastic worm or 1/8 ounce lure well. No line twist or tangles and great for fishing at night in the dark. The black ring on the front of the reel face is the line release, you just catch the line with your finger and go.

Nice pics, looks like a great area. I was looking for information on it too when I found this board, the trip never happened, but it is a great board.