OhioFisherman

It may have been a widespread internet issue, I had problems earlier today with sites loading.

Not quite a valid comparison but at one time I had a 24 foot Searay Sundancer, it was a well made boat and suited for bigger waters, I kept it docked in the Erie island area. Still care needed to be taken, some days you just weren't meant to be out there? Compare a glass boat and aluminum of similar length and style and a heavier glass boat should have a better ride in rougher waters. My options with my 17 foot aluminum usually involved inland lakes and calmer waters in questionable weather. It is sort of a person choice? I never had a desire to go out and get beat up on any day's weather. That is a nice boat, just depends on the amount of punishment you are willing to stand to catch a fish?

Just something to consider, it's probably going to be a lot easier to find a place to stay for a few days before school lets out for the summer.

They used to stock Stripers at West Branch reservoir here about 60 miles east of me, the Ohio record at 37 pounds came from that lake in 1993. I think they stopped stocking them here quite a few years ago.

A space alien!

That is a lot of roaming.

http://www.rockthelake.com/buzz/2018/01/muskie-caught-ice-fishing/ A rare central basin muskie, that one didn't get a chance to spawn.

Saw some videos of guys fishing the Buffalo harbor area and catching them too, LOL, one charter captain didn't want that stinky fish in his boat. At times I wonder about DNR's decisions, they could have stocked muskies on this side instead of Coho or Steelhead? Not a species that wasn't native, although at one point in time there may have been trout here, LOL before humans improved things?

Hi Phil! It would make sense that some of those Lake St. Clair fish would wander down this way? Have you seen any new areas of weed growth around the island area? I can picture them finding a mix of habitat in Sandusky Bay or possibly East Harbor but the main lake was pretty devoid of weeds. Still fishing with Captain Joe?

Nice fish Pigeon! Years ago I caught pike in the very early spring here, never personally caught a ski or even hooked one fishing Erie. About 40 years ago a friend caught one around 10 pounds around the Avon Lake power plant and he was a straight up guy so I believed it. They would make the Lake a bit more interesting to fish?

Nice place John. That storm hit here too, I saw a news story that said there was a 10 foot difference in the water level between Toledo and Buffalo.

https://www.cleveland.com/sports/2019/11/lake-erie-walleye-shoreline-and-night-bites-heating-up-fishing-report-for-nov-1.html?fbclid=IwAR2JYMTnN1_XnmLKbIb1sGdeBS5XhJ_tXAJtdVplc7GSWLEQvxtUpHU4eM4 12.690 28.50 SHAUN GOOD 11.6.19 Talk about a weight difference in two fish of similar length? 6.625 29.50 MARTIN BOSSONE IV 10.18.19

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It looks good to me?

I have tracked some of the stuff I have ordered, it can reach the states and then seems to take weeks clearing customs, but on some they do seem to take a while getting out of their country.

https://www.wholesalemarine.com/steersman-aluminum-steering-guard-7-8.html# Many years a go I put a product like this on my steering cable, it was really easy and never had any steering issues, but my motor was only 35hp. There seems to be a number of similar products out there, as I can recall I got mine one fall on closeout from Walmart for a couple of bucks.

When you buy off any of those sites ebay included you have to look at the feedback of the seller and or comments, but that is probably true with any online purchase. Ali charges you to use paypal, their alipay is free.

LOL, after the repeated claims I see here about the Walleye fishing being the best ever I do wonder about the need for a third rod? I don't know how the charter captains work, are you done for the day once your charter has limit of legal size fish? It might allow them to book 2 charters a day?

https://www.afs-oc.org/wiper-caught-in-lake-ontario/ I don't know if any of our states stock Wipers or Striped Bass where they could migrate to the Great Lakes.

They have stocked them on the San Fran Cisco California delta system which has access to the Pacific, Tactical Bass has some videos of them catching them there. Did they ever occur naturally in Lake Ontario? Migrate to spawn that far? A big fish with a big appetite some water systems aren't going to support too many different species like that with out causing the collapse of native species? Just my view, a less risky species? Blue cat get huge, and they don't generally roam all over a water system and various depths? Spotted bass?

I have seen comments here on some of our local state boards with people wanting a return to the 10 fish limit for Walleye on Lake Erie, it's just my opinion it is a bad plan, better to try and keep the population stable and make some wiggle room for years that may have a poor spawn? Never fished the Ohio River and the club I was in used to schedule a bass tournament there once in a while, noted for smaller bass from what I saw in club results, just a long way for me to drive to catch bass I would cull on other waters here.

https://www.stripersonline.com/surftalk/topic/476245-15000-striped-btass-released-into-lake-champlain/ This was the only mention I could find of Striped Bass being in Lake Champlain, and it appears to have been an April Fools joke? I have never heard of Stripers being there, but I certainly don' t know for sure.

Glad to hear you are still going strong Connie! Keep at it!

I have only fished soft water, and can't do that anymore, never had any desire to go walking on frozen water.