asdve23rveavwa Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Finally got out on Erie yesterday with a couple of Grey-Bruce steelheaders, Jim and Andrew. We headed out in Jim's boat, he had offered us a chance to get out, and we jumped at it. Booked the day off work, hung up the "GONE FISHIN" sign!!! We started trolling around 50' of water, set the riggers/dipsey/leadcore with a variety of spoons. Didn't take long, Andrew had the first acrobatic rainbow on. I was up next, heard the "baa-baa's", yup, sheepshead. Fortunately didn't count as my official turn! We were using the mini-planers with the flag trip, one of them started acting weird, I grabbed the rod...felt some good headshakes, no acrobatics, we were thinking walleye. Began the endurance task of reeling in all that leadcore, all the while, getting some strong tugs. Got it close to the boat, oh, yeah!! Walleye gold! Twenty five and a half inches, five pounds. We continued trolling for about four hours, had some doubles, almost a triple (one shook free quickly), what I would consider a really good day...for Jim just an average one. Got to love that Erie fishery!!! Our final take home count was five bows and the one walleye... Andrew's hen bow being the largest. We also released a few bows, lost at least five fish, and missed about the same number of hits...about twenty hits in 4 1/2 hours of fishing, no complaints here!!! Oh, yeah 4 sheepshead as well, LOL! We also caught two bows with lamprey hanging on them...killed both of the parasites, concerning seeing them possibly coming back in numbers. Fried up the walleye, fresh last night...fantastic! Here's a pic of some of it frying- Great fishery down there, all the way from Port Stanley to Leamington! Wish I had more pics, but, we were "busy" and I didn't have my designated photographer/fishing queen with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anders Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Nice fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvette1 Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 great day on erie congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoty Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Nice Frank!! Great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdve23rveavwa Posted July 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Nice Frank!! Great job! Thanks, Jamie...was the first time I've ever caught a walleye and a bow on the same day. Great fishery down there. Good luck with your provincial park search, Juli and I are taking her boys up to Restoule in late August. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishhunter Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 GOOD WORK BUD!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdve23rveavwa Posted July 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 GOOD WORK BUD!!! Cheers, Lloyd!! Great fishing down that way as well...I'm starting to develop two footitis with all these bigger water excursions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spincast Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 beauty Walter there Frank! The lineup looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Great report, Frank! You're really getting into this big water stuff eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdve23rveavwa Posted July 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 beauty Walter there Frank! The lineup looks great. Thanks, Rick...got to love it when you can catch acrobatic bows + have the shot at some really nice 'eyes!! Just getting some rainbow trout ready to go on the smoker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinnimon Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Nice catch frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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