The Urban Fisherman Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 Fished out of Buffalo for the day on weds. If we were on any other body of water it would've been a stellar day, but for Erie at this time of year it was actually pretty tough fishing. Three of us fished hard for 7 hours or so and managed around 70 fish in our boat for the day. Plenty of fish over 4lbs, a few 5lbers each and one of my buddies landed a long but skinny 22 incher which only weighed in at 6.25lbs....not heavy for that length.... There was no rhyme or reason to how we were catching them. Usually when you find them staked up on rock piles it's 1 after another but they were scattered all over the place. We got fish everywhere on everything, from 7 feet of water up to 30 feet. Water temp was between 49 and 52, and fish were caught on tubes, football heads, swim baits, twitch baits, drop shots and Jigging spoons..... Tubes seemed to be the ticket for the bigger fish and the drop shot was pretty well only producing little guys... My first fish of the day, first cast, was a solid 20 inches - so I figure, ah, I'll beat that by the end of the day.....figures, after that I couldn't boat anything over 19, so that's what I ended up measuing for the tourney! Running out.... First fish of the day.... Fat fish... A release... One fish was spitting up shiners, so I tried out a silver jigging spoon and it was the ticket for a few nice ones... A close-up Finally got around to measuring this chunky 19 incher for the tourney...caught on a tube in about 10 FOW.. Good Luck out there this long weekend.. Cheers, UF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFSC Kevin Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 nice smallies.. maybe i should try going over the border for some bass fishing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatherof3 Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 nice fish,congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_Daniels Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 I am o soooo envious -Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyk Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 some nice fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunkerbasshunter Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 wow huge smallies, im pretty jealous! still another 6 weeks before im fishing smallis! cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccmtcanada Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 Great report! Looks like you had little company out there with you too. Some huge smallies there....good call noticing what they were feeding on too. It's always great when a plan comes together. Oh yeah...I'm sure you're little one will keep on fishing with you...just keep getting her fishing related toys, like this one as she gets older. My little one got this one yesterday. Cost a whole dollar!! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clampet Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 Awesome Smallmouth Bass fishing! Those fish all look like trophies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokey Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 Great fish. Lake Erie sure is producing some monsters. Thanks for the pics and report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Urban Fisherman Posted May 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 Great report! Looks like you had little company out there with you too. Some huge smallies there....good call noticing what they were feeding on too. It's always great when a plan comes together. Oh yeah...I'm sure you're little one will keep on fishing with you...just keep getting her fishing related toys, like this one as she gets older. My little one got this one yesterday. Cost a whole dollar!! LOL Yeah Averie has her fair share of fishin' toys Cliff! Her fav's are some magnetic fish that she catches when she's in the bath tub! Great fish. Lake Erie sure is producing some monsters. Thanks for the pics and report. I think there was 3 fish over 8lbs caught in erie last year... it's crazy. A friend of mine was guiding on friday with two guys who've never fished erie and all three of them landed 6 pounders before lunch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarzan's Jane Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 Go Team 11 hehehehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbayboy Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 Seriously jealous. Great stuff UF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowPoke Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 Well done bud! -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snag Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 Can I have your autograph!!?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustfish Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 Beatiful fish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 dang i'm jealous! those are some big fat smallies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steverowbotham Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 you wouldnt happen to have an extra pair of underwear would you ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJL Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Those things are huge! Great report TUF Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnny Bass Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Great report! I think they were thinking of making lake erie smallies open all year long in Canada also. Good call on the silver jigging spoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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