Aaron Shirley Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 I spent a few days fishing Lake Erie NY the past week for smallies and had a riot. The first day was very slow, but I found some fish shallow (6-12 feet) with X-Raps. My buddy Darrell hit a nice walleye on a tube, but it was pretty slow with a half dozen smallies. The last two trips were awesome though. tons of numbers up to 4lbs, and one about 5. We found some bigger fish this past Saturday and good numbers from 16- to 22-feet of water. They were on Trigger X tubes drifting the deeper water. The water is nice right now with a slight stain, 66 F. If you get the right wind, it's a great day to be on Erie. It is tough for bigger fish now, it's like June conditions, but a ton of fun casting X-raps shallow for 2- to 3-pounders with some bigger fish mixed in. Jerking for smallies is one of my favourite ways to get them, and teasing them into hitting near boatside is cool. I got a bonus jumbo perch and some white bass on X-raps, and a giant drum on a Trigger X tube! A few pics (sorry about the blacked out reel, it's a new high-end Rapala prototype I can't show yet). My friend Darrell with his walleye My buddy Mitch with a couple jerkin smallies My buddy dean with a couple good fish Good fishing! Aaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Some GREAT fish Aaron !!! ..nothing like hyping a new product! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRT8 smoker craft Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 bet that drum fought like crazy for a few seconds LOL they fight hard at first and just die off we have caught a couple 10+lb sheepies in LPB on big tubes also 1 was in a tourny thought we had bigfish for sure and then we see a sheephead .nice smallies 2 less than a month to go I can't wait till opener. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinnerbaitking Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Really nice looking Fish, one of these days I'll get down there maybe even with my boat Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeeter Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Nice work, Aaron. I was out on the NY side today and did well too. Lots of 2 - 3 pounders in shallow, but had a tough time finding the big ones - must be in deeper water now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC1 Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Some very nice fish there! May I ask though, are those spinning or baitcasting reels that are being blacked out? And do they match the rods you guys are using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Shirley Posted May 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Thx guys, was a lot of fun. I tried deep water as well, but couldn't find big smallies. This transition time can be tough to find big fish consistently. EC1, wish I could tell you more about them right now, but I was told to keep a lid on it, sorry. I can tell you that the prototype I was using was a low profile baitcaster. As soon as I get the green light, I'll let everyone have a look at them. Cheers, Aaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioFisherman Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Great pics,Erie smallies are always fun, when you find them. They can turn on suddenly in a spot. No idea why? bait fish entering an area? Beat up a spot for 8 hours or so one day and nothing, I was ready to call it quits for the day. Next cast got me one around 19 inches, thru a marker over and as long as I stayed with in 15-20 feet from that spot I had action from fish that size for the next half hour 45 minutes, then they shut down again. Some big drum in Erie, I got one once pushing 20 pounds, and was fishing with a friend that lost one that was probably bigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limeyangler Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 some really nice bass. i got my first ever lmb on Erie....good memories Thanks for posting. (ps....loved your other post about your son's 1st fishing trip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnny Bass Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Lake Erie has some very impressive smallies. And that's a monster drum! I think you meant bonus walleye and not whitey? I've heard mixed results about trigger ex. They work great but you can only use them once like gulp and they can get expensive.There also seems to be a packaging issue. Apparently they say it looks too much like medicine or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 That's a BIG sheephead!!!!! I need to make it out on the eastern shore of Lake E for some smallies... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mepps Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Those are some great looking smallies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Shirley Posted May 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Johnny Bass, I actually meant white bass, not whitefish LOL As for the Trigger X, you are referring to the original individually wrapped biodegradable plastics that came in fluid. Those are not made anymore, they have been drastically revamped and sold in traditional packaging. The new Trigger X is the plastics I use, not the original stuff, that wasn't out long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bare foot wader Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 way to hype a new reel...can't wait to see it now I've become a big fan of Rapala rods in the past 5 yrs, I think the shift series is best value for a rod right now and it would take a run at best rod going, IMO at least...haha, now time to stir some crap just cause the net is great for that...I know a few shimano guys and plenty of other pro staffers were loose lipped at the TO show last year.....apparently industry opinion/gossip is that Rapala is "copying" (use that term very loosely...) other big brand technology/designs and then undercutting the price point to jump up their attack at the market share.... gotta love competition, works out for the consumer not sold on the rapala reels yet, but they do look mighty good from what I've seen.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish-miester Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 great fish ! way to make us jealous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunkerbasshunter Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 wow great fish aaron! erie sure does produce Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDunn Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 Great shots of all the fish! TDunn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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