Walleye reports eastern basin

[rvan]

Fished out at Barcelona today. 112 fow fish came from 40-70 down all harnesses rigger dipsey 5 and ten color took fish nice class of fish 2 man limit started at 1 end at 3


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[Bottom Bouncer]

19 hours ago, rvan said:

Fished out at Barcelona today. 112 fow fish came from 40-70 down all harnesses rigger dipsey 5 and ten color took fish nice class of fish 2 man limit started at 1 end at 3


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Fished the same area yesterday from 5-7pm.  Got a two man limit.  Most of ours came on 7 color lead core with a few coming off the downrigger and 2 off a bottom bouncer.  Thank you to the guys at the launch who gave me the Intel.  I hadn't planned on starting that deep but you put us right on them.  

[rvan]

Fished the same area yesterday from 5-7pm.  Got a two man limit.  Most of ours came on 7 color lead core with a few coming off the downrigger and 2 off a bottom bouncer.  Thank you to the guys at the launch who gave me the Intel.  I hadn't planned on starting that deep but you put us right on them.  

Intel came from me you are welcome pay it forward


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[joe lagreca]

Great trip out of the catt today. We worked our same area out in front of the second set of windmills 85 out to 90 feet back-and-forth. Downlriggers 73 and 65 worm harnesses and sticks. And our super slim spoons once again on our dipsies 250 on a 3 setting and 150 on 1 setting. And of course all important down speed was just under 2 on a subtroll which would be almost 3 on the surface. Always a great experience at Hanover boat launch those guys are terrific in there. Lots of positive fishermen and great staff.

Edited September 15 by joe lagreca

[gbill512]

 Great day today!

Launched at Hanover. Harbormaster said go to 70ft and head west.

78-84ft of water in sight of Center Rd.

Fished 3 1/2 hours and got 14 walleye hookups , but only 11 in the box. Netting issue and two headshakes and spit hooks.

Downriggers 60ft with wormburners, dipseys #2 165 back with a green bomber with RedEye (Joe posted a pic last week I think). 10 colors of lead with fire tiger renosky.

Great day!!!!!

 

[joe lagreca]

1 hour ago, gbill512 said:

 Great day today!

Launched at Hanover. Harbormaster said go to 70ft and head west.

78-84ft of water in sight of Center Rd.

Fished 3 1/2 hours and got 14 walleye hookups , but only 11 in the box. Netting issue and two headshakes and spit hooks.

Downriggers 60ft with wormburners, dipseys #2 165 back with a green bomber with RedEye (Joe posted a pic last week I think). 10 colors of lead with fire tiger renosky.

Great day!!!!!

 

 what was your down speed or surface speed

[tds840]

Hats off to Joe Lagreca.  After many frustrating trips with not a whole lot of success, I spoke with Joe and he gave some great tips that we were overlooking or not realizing that contributed to our failures.  I put his advice to use Sunday morning when we fished out of the Catt. and what a difference it made, we had a great day and by far, one of our most productive.  It's great to have guys like Joe on the forum who are willing to share their knowledge and help ALL of us enjoy the great fishing we have right here in our backyard.  Thanks, again Joe !  

Edited September 16 by tds840

[Stillwater]

Well said tds840. Joe and others make this forum very helpful and interesting.

[joe lagreca]

4 hours ago, tds840 said:

Hats off to Joe Lagreca.  After many frustrating trips with not a whole lot of success, I spoke with Joe and he gave some great tips that we were overlooking or not realizing that contributed to our failures.  I put his advice to use Sunday morning when we fished out of the Catt. and what a difference it made, we had a great day and by far, one of our most productive.  It's great to have guys like Joe on the forum who are willing to share their knowledge and help ALL of us enjoy the great fishing we have right here in our backyard.  Thanks, again Joe !  

 You're welcome it was awesome hooking up with you guys in the cleaning station. We went out again this morning Monday and same thing had our limit in 2 hours same program same spot.

[joe lagreca]

5 hours ago, joe lagreca said:

 You're welcome it was awesome hooking up with you guys in the cleaning station. We went out again this morning Monday and same thing had our limit in 2 hours same program same spot.

 these were are too hot stick Baits today.

[gbill512]

Joe,

September is great.

Surface speed was 2.3, down speed was 1.4-1.6. and it didn't matter what direction we were going.

I don't know if it was working properly or the downrigger blowback caused this, but dipseys were digging normally.

WB

 

[Dcra]

Fished off the Catt on Monday, headed west off Center Rd between 78 & 88 fow. Got a 2 man limit on harnesses & dipsies.  Riggers about 7'-10' off the bottom. Dipsies on 3 setting at 175' back. Riggers did a little better than the dipsies, & faster to get in the boat. Several of the walleye were over 25", the rest good eaters 17-21. Wasted more than an hour trying to find perch that we had marked earlier, went back to several spots & they had moved. Went out at 8am, back in by 2 pm. Great day on the water.

[djp]

On 9/15/2024 at 5:38 PM, joe lagreca said:

Great trip out of the catt today. We worked our same area out in front of the second set of windmills 85 out to 90 feet back-and-forth. Downlriggers 73 and 65 worm harnesses and sticks. And our super slim spoons once again on our dipsies 250 on a 3 setting and 150 on 1 setting. And of course all important down speed was just under 2 on a subtroll which would be almost 3 on the surface. Always a great experience at Hanover boat launch those guys are terrific in there. Lots of positive fishermen and great staff.

Interesting for us, we fished Thursday n Friday Sept 12 n 13 out of Dunkirk in 70fow towards Catt with 2 riggers at 60 n 66 and 2 dipsys each side 190ft wire #3 setting n mag dipsy #1 setting 110. All stickbaits were run, Rogues, Bombers, n Excalibers. Thursday they wanted it fast, 2.5 to 2.8 at the ball. Friday, it had to be under 2.4mph at the ball with 2.2 best. The week before, 2.0 to 2.2mph at the ball. 

Not a lot of experience for us there as these were r first 2 trips ever but interesting seeing the wide variety of speeds they wanted...

[joe lagreca]

3 hours ago, djp said:

Interesting for us, we fished Thursday n Friday Sept 12 n 13 out of Dunkirk in 70fow towards Catt with 2 riggers at 60 n 66 and 2 dipsys each side 190ft wire #3 setting n mag dipsy #1 setting 110. All stickbaits were run, Rogues, Bombers, n Excalibers. Thursday they wanted it fast, 2.5 to 2.8 at the ball. Friday, it had to be under 2.4mph at the ball with 2.2 best. The week before, 2.0 to 2.2mph at the ball. 

Not a lot of experience for us there as these were r first 2 trips ever but interesting seeing the wide variety of speeds they wanted...

 What type of unit are you using to measure the down speed I use a subtroll

[djp]

1 minute ago, joe lagreca said:

 What type of unit are you using to measure the down speed I use a subtroll

Fishhawk. Yes, they typically read higher. I was just commenting on how 1 day was 2.0 to 2.2 then 1 day was 2.5 to 2.7.

[Aquaman]

How's the parking. Won't get there till 9. Hoping there still around 85 ft

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[joe lagreca]

Just seeing your message now man holy smokes it was insane out there today there was plenty of parking from what we hammered them in 88 same spot doing the same thing but the average fish was way way bigger this time

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Edited September 19 by joe lagreca

[StarCraft 84]

Can you share any info as to what is working?  Any advice is greatly appreciated.  Art

[joe lagreca]

2 hours ago, StarCraft 84 said:

Can you share any info as to what is working?  Any advice is greatly appreciated.  Art

 If you look back at my previous posts it explains it pretty good we really had no other change other than we didn't bother using lead core because our dipsy divers and  Down rigors were so active. The biggest advice I tell people that have not been having good luck as it also happened to me back in the day... Is pick your speed up chances and you're going too slowmost guys like to troll 1.5to 1.75 speed over ground .that is way too slow this time of yearin most cases at least that's what we experience on my boat. I'm at 2 and a 1/2 to sometimes 2.75 depending on how deep my lines are. Downloaders were at 73 and Dipti divers on a 3 setting were 220. And dipsy divers on a one setting were 175.

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[StarCraft 84]

Thank you.  Every bit of info helps.

[SchultzFishingTeamOutdoors]

First time Erie fisherman just like to say hello 👋 and I'm blown away by what a fishery lake Erie has to offer. 2 trips to the Dunkirk and Catt area and I'm hooked for life! I'm a Rochester NY trout and Salmon kinda guy I will be making Many trips to the Erie waters in the near future amazing!🇺🇲

9-14-24  Trip #1

Arrived at Dunkirk Launch 6am (first time ever to Erie) headed out NW fished from 65 to 100 fow  riggers 55 to 65 down divers on 2.5 out 125 to 150, 2oz and 3oz snap weight rods and a 5 and 7 color leadcores. Everything worked! Sticks,Spoons,harnesses. 4 man limit back to launch by 1145am.

9-18-24  Trip #2

Arrived at Catt 9am left the Hanover launch 10:00am with my wife and started again NW troll in 60 to 90 fow. Riggers 62 to 73 divers 150 to 165 on 2.5 setting. 7 color core and 3oz snap weight rod. And again everything took fish sticks,Spoons and harnesses. Limted by 1:30pm slow ride back to Catt  enjoyed the beautiful weather had a great day.

 

[sherman brown]

it looks like a perfect fish catching trip. try to learn the little things on each trip out. I've been fishing Erie's south side in Ohio waters for 40+ years and I'm still learning something new often. it also looks like someone got a few nice bigger fish. congrats on your trip and thank you for sharing your trip with the rest of us with your detailed report.

[Aquaman]

Just seeing your message now man holy smokes it was insane out there today there was plenty of parking from what we hammered them in 88 same spot doing the same thing but the average fish was way way bigger this time
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Yea Joe. Fast box today but 80 to 77 Yep divers 175 balls 70. Speed 2.2 easy park today not tomorrow

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[Aquaman]

Welcome to our pond Schultz team....don't tell anyone

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[rvan]

Welcome to our pond Schultz team....don't tell anyone

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They eat a lot better than the salmon and trout


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