OhioFisherman

This, although I have never been particularly bothered by telling a neighbor to stay away and off my property unless invited on to it.

87 degrees here and a monsoon, high of 58 tomorrow.

I am assuming the shad there are gizzard shad? I have never caught one on bait, all were accidentally snagged fish on lures.

http://www.lakelubbers.com/allegheny-reservoir-961/ Never fished it, but probably should have.

" He's in the shadows so is a bit hard to see. " LOL, he is not that hard to see! Had a deer in the yard myself this morning, that is a dangerous enough animal for me!

LOL, those dogs have big eyes, I hope their appetites are as big! One of those fish looks like more than a meal to me! Do C/Os write tickets for bears?

One of my ex's girlfriends used to breed Dachshunds, cool little dogs, she had like 15 of them. They would follow her all around the property, until they saw another animal enter it, then it was game on!

There are a number of piers along the lakefront on Lake Erie here. Understand that the lakefront has changed drastically since we started engineering it for our use, a lot of areas that were simply marshland have been repurposed. There are still a lot of areas here where you can walk out into the lake farther than casting distance before you hit deeper water, a pier provides access to it. You get a couple of hundred people fishing off a pier using emerald shiners or worms? You are creating a chum line? A lot of ours have lights on or near them at night, the lights attract baitfish. Depending on the material used in the construction? They provide shelter for smaller fish and crawfish, a feeding area for larger fish. Most of our inland lakes are man made here, flooded valleys. A road bridge or rail brige usually has the sides entering the water covered in broken limestone rip rap to prevent erosion. The rip rap provides smaller fish and crawfish with habitat, it can usually mean deeper than normal shoreline depth, and also provides a place for feeding fish to trap baitfish.

There are none in my area, and I am glad! I have a Boston Terrier, he is big for a Boston, around 30 pounds, and he thinks my land is his land too, very territorial. I don't mind him chasing the bunnies, but it can look a bit scary for him when he corners a groundhog.

Just from a bass tournament point of view, prefishing can give you an advantage, and even with bass anglers the skill level varies, it's an effort to keep a level playing field? Closing the water for people fishing in a tournament for a couple - few days before a tournament can mean big changes in patterns, locations? There are a lot of open bass tournaments here, some guys only seem to fish the ones on their home lakes, they should have an advantage over people that don't fish the lake frequently. Time on a particular body of water usually can help?

That seems like a good answer to me. Them having a tournament and the number of people fishing it are always a question? We don't have pike tournaments here so I have no idea on how large a crowd they draw. Just from what little information I could find? Those lakes are all over 2000 acres? That would make them fairly large inland lakes here. When does school let out? Will cottagers also be an issue?

LOL Bill, those darned things would eat anything a smallie would eat! I can't recall ever catching a walleye on a crawfish.

LOL, sheephead have saved the day for me a few times!

Sounds like a spun hub to me also, get it repaired and pick up a spare prop to carry in the boat?

Nice report and pics, I am basically clueless about both of those species of fish. With the surface temp at 46? why are they so deep?

Tackle bag, having the Plano boxes makes it easy to plug in a different box depending on species and the water you will be fishing. http://www.basspro.com/Tackle-Bags/_/S-12100007001

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burbot My dad used to ice fish for them on Lake Erie, he called them Lawyers. I was to young to remember seeing one or eating one. I have never caught one or seen one caught on Lake Erie. Nice catch, I can imagine catching one like the record might be fun? and probably terrible eating?

http://www.ontarioparks.com/park/sturgeonbay Lots of sheltered water for a smaller boat?

If all you are looking to do is test the rods and reels put a clip on the end of the line and cast some various weight bell sinkers, an old jig with the hook cut off?

Removing the trebles from a lure might throw off the balance and you won't get a clear idea of the lure's action.

I wonder if they could trade ginseng for meth?

http://store.yakimabait.com/product.php?productid=16362&page=1

I have no idea if you have Harbor Freight Tool stores up there, if you get stateside they might be worth a visit? http://www.harborfreight.com/catalogsearch/result?q=o+rings

Are you sure it is the rim leaking? I took my 2009 Chevy express van into walmart for an oil change in 2011. When they checked the tire pressure one of the valve stems fell apart when they touched it.