Lake Erie Charter fishing
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Penlin is right around the corner from me. I've known the owner since we were kids.
Had a spur of the moment trip today. Worked out well. Had limit by 10 am.
42 fish in 3 hours out near the Canadian line today. Great bite.
Another limit of fish 14 miles out today.
Happy Juneteenth everyone
Happy Juneteenth everyone
JARHEAD
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Chancegriffis
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Not to knock your style or throw shade or anything Gern, but why do 90% of your fish have heat spots…? I would assume the bite is pretty consistent and most fish get caught in bunches then thrown on ice after the drift or anchor gets pulled?
Heat spots? They get thrown in a cooler on ice immediately after they are caught. Definitely not from heat. Ice changes the color of the fish.
Yep. Those rascally walleye always look like that after being iced. If they aren't iced, they tend to turn very pale
Chancegriffis
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I guess walleye are different than the saltwater fish I’m used to catching on commercial boats. Anywho, usually if fish aren’t iced properly they have white blotches on their bodies that we called heat spots. Used to happen all the time when fish would sit on the deck for a half an hour or maybe even longer if we were on a good bite of grouper, snapper, etc. I didn’t mean to ruffle feathers I was just really curious about how fast paced that fishery can be on a charter boat on Erie.
I'm a trolling charter. The fish goes directly from the net to the cooler on ice. They don't sit around more than about 30 seconds. Pretty sure its the way most everyone does it unless they have a live well.
Exactly. We have on occasion slit the throats and put on a stringer for a few minutes to bleed out if the water is still cool
I've lived on Lake Erie for all but 5yrs of my 39yrs and I have never heard of heat spots. As Gern said, it's off the hook and into the cooler. You never see fishing laying around on boat decks.
Chancegriffis
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Good deal! Thanks for the info! They just looked really pale to me that’s why I was asking brother!
6 man limit plus Mallory reeled in 3 this morning. Done by around 1130. Pretty good bite. Had to sort thru about 25 sheephead and 20 short walleye. Tail dancers and spoons were on the menu today. 19 to 21 feet of water. The walleye are moving back in closer to shore.
Rattle tots in 14 to 15 feet of water produced a fast bite of really nice walleye!
I was driving to work late friday morning and actually saw the sun coming up and thought of this thread. Cooler than most mornings lately it had to have been stunning going by the rocks catcing a glimpse of the open water with the lake starting to glow to the east. I got chills thinking about what it looked like. hope the eyes continue to snap for ya!! Fish look tastey.
Had a boat full of kids Saturday morning. We did good considering we didn't leave until 830 and quit at noon. Was a fun trip for the kids.
60 perch this morning. Had alot of 10 and 11 inch fish.
Time to get this thread back up and running. Have some Minnesota guys on the way right now for 2 days of jigging and trolling tomorrow and Saturday. Then another group coming Sunday. Looks to be a good weather weekend. Will update with some fish pictures hopefully.
Also put together a group of pictures from some of last years trips to hang in the man cave.
Anyone looking to catch walleye in the next 4 months let me know if you want to get a trip around. I still have some prime dates available.
Also put together a group of pictures from some of last years trips to hang in the man cave.
Anyone looking to catch walleye in the next 4 months let me know if you want to get a trip around. I still have some prime dates available.