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Lake Erie walleye fishing reports - Brest Bay, Fermi, Bolles Harbor, Turtle Island, West Sister Island, Kelleys Island, and Huron Ohio. The latest information from the Walleye 101 Team, local guides, and bait shops. The fishing on the Lake Erie goes through a variety of phases throughout the year - check here before you head out. Remember that the best fishing is not necessarily where you see the biggest pack of boats! Tight Lines ~ The Walleye 101 Team
November 19, 2011 - It must be Saturday!
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
THIS AFTERNOON
SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS. PARTLY SUNNY. WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET.
TONIGHT
SOUTH WINDS TO 30 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHWEST. MOSTLY CLOUDY. WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FEET.
SUNDAY
WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST. PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF A RAIN SHOWER EAST HALF EARLY. WAVES 4 TO 6 FEET.
November 17, 2011 - DNR Fishing Report
Fishing Report: High winds tend to slow the perch and walleye bite. Those fishing off Sterling State Park and in the Metro Park Marina caught bluegill and crappie. Perch were caught near the mouth of Swan Creek which is south of Pt. Mouillee. There were reports of a couple steelhead caught up near the mouth of the Detroit River.
Here is a link to the latest DNR Fishing Report. View Now... or Call 517-373-0908
November 13, 2011 - Gales of November again...
Another tough weekend if you're trying to pick up some of the big fish moving close to shore on Lake Erie. Today's a bust and Monday doesn't look much better with all the left over waves. Be extra careful this time of year and always wear your life jacket.
GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING
TODAY - Near Shore Forecast
SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AND INCREASING TO 35 KNOT GALES LATE THIS MORNING. MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FEET.
TODAY - Off Shore Forecast
SOUTH WINDS TO 30 KNOTS EARLY INCREASING TO GALES TO 35 KNOTS LATE THIS MORNING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE. WAVES 5 TO 8 FEET BUILDING TO 8 TO 10 FEET.
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October 31, 2011 - Couple Big Girls @ Vermilion
Al 10/31/2011
Fishing Report: Fished this weekend out of Huron, Ohio with my first mate, Mike Pullman. Had an exciting double on Saturday with a 9 pounder on the port side and an 8 pounder on the starboard side. Location was due north of Vermilion in 45 FOW. Had to go that far to just get to fishable cleaner water! The fish are all over the screen most anywhere out of Huron. When the water cleans up it will be "lights out". We targeted fish below the 25 foot down mark. Ran Reef Runners without snap weights.
October 28, 2011 - Capt Duncan Found Them...
Captain Duncan Wooster 10/28/2011
Fishing Report: Hi guys. The fishing is warming up in Huron Ohio. Find clean water north of 28 line pull 800 Reef Runners at 1.7 MPH today we caught them from 30 to 130 back. The best program was 100 to 130 feet back. All colors worked green flash, and colors with white were best. Go to members only for full report.
October 19, 2011 - Gales of November Come Early
Hopefully this stuff get out of here by the weekend...
Wednesday Night
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
NORTHEAST WINDS TO 30 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTH AND DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS. RAIN.
A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
WAVES 8 TO 11 FEET SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FEET.
See the full Report
October 16, 2011 - Wind continues...
Stay home and watch the Detroit Lions put another "W" on the board...
Sunday
Small Craft Advisory Through Monday Night
October 14, 2011 - Wind on the way...
Good weekend to stay home an fertilize the lawn - it's going to be rolling big time...
SATURDAY
GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING
LOW WATER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SATURDAY
WEST GALES TO 35 KNOTS. PARTLY SUNNY. WAVES 7 TO 10 FEET.
October 13, 2011 - DNR Fishing Report
Fishing Report: Here is a link to the latest DNR Fishing Report. View Now... or Call 517-373-0908
October 9, 2011 - Great Perch Day
Walleye Kid 10/9/2011
Fishing Report: Had a great day today fishing for Perch in Ohio waters east of Fermi. We started out looking for walleye but marked almost nothing from Sterling State Park to Fermi and out to the Ohio line. Tons of bait but no walleye. We decided to head towards the shipping channel where we had picked up some perch a few weeks back - a pretty well known area for perch this time of year. Lots of fish and bait on the bottom so we stopped.
We dropped anchor in 30 FOW and the bite was on. Lots of doubles and most of the fish were in the 8-12" range. Three hours of fishing produced about 150 fish and we kept the 60 biggest ones (two man limit). Water temp was 60 degrees, slightly off color and some algea (nothing like it was a few weeks ago). There were a few boats in the area but we were closer to the shipping channel than others in the area. Best color spreader had small, bright green blades. If you are going to fish in water this deep be sure to wind up the fish slowly to keep their air bladders from expanding...
Waypoint where we caught the fish (about 10.5 miles from Sterling State Park channel):
41 52.814 and 83 07.796
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October 6, 2011 - A Few Around Huron, OH
Captain Duncan 10/5-6/2011
Fishing Report: Fishing has been very slow out of Huron.
We pick up 3 at 35/25 line on Walleye 101 Flutter Spoons (3 3/8 LV Perch gold back) at 2.2 MPH.The next day with a charter went back could not get anything going so we made a move and found great fish, tried the spoons, didn't work made fast change to large RR on one side and #12 deep Husky Jerk on the other. Spread the lures 40 back 100 back and 50/50 with a 2oz snap weight, in just a few min the 50/50 RR went only a 16'' walleye, 10 min later the 50/50 HJ went big fish we landed a 8 1/2 lb. We were running out of time so we change everything to 50/50 offshore snap weights pick up 2 more 6lb and a 4lb in 30 min. 5 walleyes in a hour. My guest had to leave we were 7 miles north of Huron.
Bad news the green algae is bad in the area inside the water is dirty the water is ok but when the sun comes out the algae blooms, Its green out past 13 miles. Lots of fish in the area the challenge is getting them to go.
Good luck Duncan.
September 5, 2011 - Vermilion Ohio
Here is the latest report from Bad Boys Tackle shop in Vermilion Ohio.
Fishing Report: Perch fishing was good on the southwest end of the sandbar and off Lorain this past week. Walleye fishing has been slow.... Looks like there is not going to be much fishing going on this week with the forecast showing 4 to 6 and 5 to 7 foot waves for most of the week. Visit Bad Boys Website
September 4, 2011 - Perch...
Fishing Report: Perch fishing has been pretty good straight out from Sterling State Park near the Ohio line in around 25 feet of water. The fishing should continue to improve as the water temps drop. Just look for the large schools of bait along the bottom and the perch will be near by. Other areas to check include the Raisin River buoys and E buoy near Bolles Harbor.
August 27, 2011 - Beautiful Day... Fishing OK...
Walleye Kid 8/27/2011
Fishing Report: Fished around the Ohio broder in front of Fermi today. Weeds are really bad in Michigan waters - massive mats as big as a house in some areas. Lots of floating grass to clog up your planer boards and lures. Basically unfishable.
Moved about two miles into Ohio waters (south of the Bell Buoy) and the weeds were gone. We marked tons of fish over a wide area that was a couple miles long - most fish are holding close to the bottom and relatively inactive. We did pick up two walleye including a nice 5 lb fish. Both came out of 28 FOW on purple /pink harnesses. Water temp was down to 75 degrees.
We trolled out to the shipping channel and saw a few boats pulling in perch. Decided to give it a try but didn't have any minnows. We hooked up some perch spreaders and used our crawlers instead of minnows. Worked great and we ended up with over 30 keepers in the 8-11" range in a little less than 2 hours plus a bunch of throw backs. Perch action should keep getting better over the next few weeks.
August 19, 2011 - S L O W around Fermi...
Walleye Kid 8/19/2011
Fishing Report: Fished around the Bell Buoy are for about two hours this evening. Set lines about 6:15 PM and we were marking lots of bait and a few fish. Ohio line south of the Belle Buoy was the most promising. Ended up with one walleye some white perch and a couple big cats. Water temp is down to about 77 degrees but the weeds are really bad. Floating grass and massive islands of the stuff. It clears up a lot as you head south of the Bell and towards the Ohio line. Weeds are really bad in front of the Banana Dike and Fermi in shallower.
Big balls of bait 10-15 feet below the surface in 23-25 FOW. Most of the walleye on the sonar were close to the bottom - same as it's been for a couple weeks. Our one fish came 45 back with a 1oz inline at 1.2 mph on a purple harness.
We were the only boat fishing between the Bell Buoy and Stoney Point. Beautiful evening out there.
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August 13, 2011 - Fish in Michigan Waters...
Hard to believe we still have lots of fish in relatively shallow Michigan waters despite the near 80 degree water temp. Once again it shows that walleye can live in very warm water provided there is plenty of food. The big schools of bait have kept them near Fermi and other Michigan locations all summer. Keep in mind the warmer the water the more the walleye need to feed - good news for us and bad news for them...
Thomas E 8/12/2011
Fishing Report: Fished in front of fermi 21 f.o.w. we were all alone. put 7 in the box and within minutes we had a floatilla of boats around us. couldn't keep on our 3 way points and had to move. ended up with our limits and lost even more than we boxed. 1.3 mph was the speed 30 to 35 back. white/purple blades and blue/silver seemed to be the best. took over an hour or more to figure out the speed/location and colors. lots of marks most every where but this area was full of bait balls and quite a few with feeding walleye in the bait. We made a a small circle area around the 57/10 GPS coordinates.
August 11, 2011 - Captain Paul's Report...
The guys that know where the fish are have been saving a lot of gas this season. Record high temperatures have not pushed the fish out of Michigan waters. Plenty of bait has them sticking close to Fermi and Stoney Point. Not many big ones but great eaters for the hot grease. Imagine how many fish are going to be around when the big ones come back from Ohio in October!
Captain Paul 8/11/2011
Fishing Report: I fished thursday evening in the same area asMonday. I found fish along a drop-off going from 20ft to 23ft. Same program as Monday night but the best number back was 20ft off the Offshore Inline Planer boards. We were 13 fot 15 walleye in 3hrs of fishing. We lost a couple just outside the reach of the net. All in all, it was a great evening trip....lots of action! Thank you Joe, Frank, and Scott.
Captain Paul 8/8/2011
Fishing Report: Fished Monday evening. We boated 11 walleye on monday in 2.5hrs in 20ft of water directly in front of Fermi stacks working from the south stack to Swan Creek to the north 20 to 25ft off the Offshore Inline planer boards was most productive. We were pulling crawler harnesses from .9mph to 1.2mph. Thank you Emliy and Travis!
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August 8, 2011 - A little slow...
We are getting very few reports even though the weather has been awesome lately. If you get out please take a minute to share your report with your fellow Walleye 101 angers. Lets help everyone catch more fish!
Frank 8/8/2011
Fishing Report: went out from boles harbor 615am to east of sputnick, very windy and bumpy.setup and trolled for two hours only sheephead,wind blew a little harder. decide to come back closer to shore over weather concerns.trolled in 22fow,nothing but junk fish eating up most of our crawlers. wind layed down a bunch went deeper out just east of sputnick in 26fow.finaly found some walleye,got three on 3oz.bottom bouncers purple pattern and green pattern,also one on 800 series reef runner,90 back blue and pink.should have brought more bait. 6 doz.crawlers not enough.left at noon out of bait.definetly should have brought 9 doz.crawlers
August 5, 2011 - Vermilion Ohio heating up
The area just outside the Vermilion River can produce some great fishing from early August until fall. Walleye and perch cn be found in the same areas on many weekends. The great thing about Vermilion is the fish are often within a mile or two of shore - no need for a 10 mile run. Check ou the dumping grounds and the deep contour lines as starting points. Nice ride out to the lake and a good resaurant to pull uo to with your boat after your done fishing.
Captain Duncan Wooster 8/5/2011
Fishing Report: There are still lots of walleyes in the area along with lots of bait. Most days the inside bite was done by 10am. Move out to 40+ fow and look for pods of walleyes on top of the thermocline. I used 800 Reef Runners back 200 and 50 / 50 with 2 oz snap weight, cranberry crush was best color. Also fish east side of Vermilon in 27 to 30 fow had 2 great days and one very slow day. On the great days my best bait was Deep Little Rippers, best color was Orange or pearch, 40 /40 back with 2 oz snap weight. Lots of pearch on the bottom and lots of pearch boats in the area. My slow day was last Saturday I think several 100 boats slowed the fishing, I would stay away from that area on the weekends.
A few notes. All the fish were near or on the bottom last week. The walleye bite was slow when you could not keep the white bass and white pearch off your line, maybe time to move.
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August 1, 2011 - Algae Soup....
Check out the green soup off Brest Bay. Hot weather and light winds caused this mess. When we were out on Sunday we saw lots of boats fishing right in the stuff. We didn't mark any fish inside the algae slick but the screen lit up when we moved north of the green line. We fished the area of clean water north of Stoney Point. We would not have known about this clean water if we didn't check the satellite photo before heading out. See our report below. |
July 31, 2011 - Michigan fish...
Looks like there are still some good schools of fish in Michigan waters despite the fact that the water temp is almost 80 degrees. Save some gas and stay close to home!
Walleye Kid 7/31/2011
Fishing Report: We had a fun day on Lake Eire with our friends Rachel and Jack from Kansas. Neither one had ever caught a walleye so putting them on some fish made their day. We even had a fish fry Sunday night with their catch!
Our trip started pretty early and we had lines in the water by about 7:30 and done around Noon. Our first area was in 20-23 FOW half way between the Fermi white buoys and the Bell Buoy. We picked up a couple fish here and were marking tons of bait but the action was a little slow. Next stop was the along the Ohio line just north of Stony Point. We trolled north right on the line and picked up 8 more before we made it back to the Bell Buoy area. Most of the fish were 19-21". Our program was 3 oz bottom bounces (tight to the bottom) and 1 oz inline weights run 65-75' behind the boards. Speed was 1.3-1.6 mph. Walleye Kid custom crawler harnesses in Clown, Billie Jean, and Boy Girl caught the most fish. We marked tons of fish and bait suspended 12-15' down in 26 FOW but they would not take anything we put in front of them. We finally gave up on them and lowered our baits down to the fish hanging tight to the bottom and the action started. |
July 24, 2011 - Persistent fishing....
Rick K 7/24/2011
Fishing Report: fished 1 bottom bouncer and one leadcore with speedy spoon type harnesses , two stnd harnesses behind 1 oz , and two spoons behind 30 jets today. tried mi ohio border in 24 fow and caught two on 3 colors lead core and one on spoon 1.4 to 1.7 mph fish 20 ft to bottom. moved to pack of boats by sputnick and did nothing. came back towards mich and caught two more on spoons and noticed they hit on turns. substituted another spoon behind jets for bb and speedy spoon for stnd harnesses and kicked speed to 2.2 to 2.5 and ended up with 11 walleye 18" to 24" and too many huge sheep head to count. best color purple jets 55 back speedy harnesses behind 1os 50 back. 41.49.8 83.12.8 and 41.51.2 83.13.8
July 21, 2011 - No fancy equipment required
William 7/21/2011
Fishing Report: Fished in 26ft of water just off Stoney Point drifting towards Fermi. Took a two man limit in 3 hrs. Used Erie dearies and crawlers. Red and green were the hot colors
July 17, 2011 - Michigan and Ohio waters on FIRE...
Wow! Check out some of these reports from the weekend in Michigan waters...Bouncers, Erie Dearie, Spoons, didn't seem to matter FISH ON. Keep in mind that Michigan water can produce well into summer particularly around Stoney Point, Belle Buoy and Fermi. There is a second pattern that also developes in the heat of summer. The weeds start to grow up south of the Banana Dike and the walleye follow the bait back into shallow water. Give it a try. If nothing is going in Michigan head to the Sputnik like Larry did - always fish out there... Picture is from a Captain Paul Charter
Frank 7/17/2011
Fishing Report: sunday 9/17/11.fished with fellow walleye101 member ray in ohio waters of lake erie.left boles harbor 6:30 am fished east of sputnick and north west of west sister island.{N41.48.062-W83.09.977)managed two limits of walleyes.used 3oz bottom bouncers with firetiger and purple pattern spinners,speed 1.5 to1.8 mph in 27 to 28fow.also caught a few fish on a board line 2oz.inline 25ft.back.most fish came on the bottom bouncers.also a few catfish,white bass a numerous sheeps.
Jim P 7/17/2011
Fishing Report: went out Sunday afternoon due east out of Stoney Point maybe 1-2 mi. Algae bloom was everywhere. In the face of a strong east wind set my Son and I set up drifting (with drift sock) in and around the bloom in semi-clear water. Got 2 man limit in 4 hrs using 3oz BB's about 50-75 off the back of the boat. Gold Colorado #4 hammered blades with purple 1mm beads ruled the day with 7 in the box. Same blade with blue beads got 3. Guys said they were getting them in front of Raisin River around buoy's 3-4.
Capt Brain and Capt Andy 7/17/2011
Fishing Report: received several good reports for walleye from the end of the Raisin River area in 25 to 27ft of water from Capt. Brian and Capt Andy. On July 17th the walleye were on a mission to be caught. Several limits in less than 2 hours of fishing. Lots of doubles and even a couple triples reported. Crawlers, spoons.....it did not matter. Walleye were deep again in the 20 to 24ft range in water deeper than 20 ft. This stable weather has the fish jumping in the boat!
Captain Paul 7/16/2011
Fishing Report: On July 16th we fished straight out from south side of Stoney Point in 25ft water pulling crawlers at 1.0mph. Like the spoon program pinks, purples and perch patterns ruled. Boated 11 and keep 9 nice walleye plus a couple bonus jumbo perch(12 inchers). I marked a several real nice size schools of perch along 23ft contour just south of Stoney Point which happened to be where we caught our jumbo perch while walleye fishing. Dealing with the weeds can be a pain this time of year. Look for areas with clean water and suspended fish. The walleyes we caught were suspended just off the bottom. 35 to 45ft back with 1oz. Not bad for a couple hours of fishing! Winds from the SE at 5 to 10mph with waves less than 2ft. Lots of floating weeds with algae blooms covering all of Brest Bay.
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Larry B 7/16/2011
Fishing Report: Fished today with Rick Adams and Steve Browning out of Sterling. Michigan waters looked like pea soup in some spots with a large algae bloom and lots of weeds close in. We moved out to Ohio waters and ended up fishing Between the Sputnik and West Sister. Went 28 for 30 on eyes. We ran crawler harnesses behind #2 Tadpoles 30-40 back at 1.4. in 26-28 FOW. We also picked up some nice fish off 6 ounce bottom bouncers early on. Warrior willow blades were our best, copper and gold back with chartreuse, purples and greens, 8 fish came off a Fire dot willow blade. Best fish was about 5-6 lbs and most were about 2-3lbs.
Was a great day on the water!
Greg W 7/15/2011
Fishing Report: Fished with 3 others. East wind with 2 - 3 footers to start. Started at Bell Bouy and ended up Fermi restricted area. 1:30 TO 5:30 pm. Harnesses as usual with 1 oz inline weights. 40 - 28 back. 1.4 to 1.7 mph. Ended up with 15 walleyes.
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July 11, 2011 - Erieau was slow...
This area will start to pick up in the near future. If you have never been to Erieau, Canada and taken advantage of the mix of walleye and steelhead you should give it a try. The action can be fast and furious and you're going to drop more steelhead then you get in the boat. Might get a few boards tangled up as well.
Dean C 7/11/2011
Fishing Report: Fished 60-70 fow 235° out of erieau. Lumpy water limited our search time. Ended up with 2 nice walleye and 0 for 2 on the steelhead. Fish came higher in the water column. 3 hits on a dd reef runner 120 back including a nice steelhead. Other steelie hit on a slider and spoon about 25 down. Guys that ran to the other side of the wind mills did much better on the steelhead.
July 9, 2011 - Michigan water and weeds...
Pretty common to get a ton of weeds in Michigan waters this time of year. A lot of them blow in and out depending on the wind direction. It can be unfishable at times. Just keep moving around until you find clean water - it might be smaller patches of water you need to work. Make sure you have your Ohio license because the weeds are usually gone by the time you get out to the shipping channel and the Sputnik
Rick K 7/9/2011
Fishing Report: set up in 21 fow early today near the shallow buoys near raisin river but after 1 1/2 hour of fighting the floating weed patches pushed out to 26 fow near the last buoy lots of boats fishing perch. set a drift towards sputnick picked up 6 between 9 am and 11 30 am things shut down for awhile so we ran to sputnck and picked up 3 more. almost all on gold blades and chartruese beads or orange. 1.4 to 1.6 30 to 40 back
July 7, 2011 - Michigan waters produce a few fish...
Weeds and more weeds. Keep moving to find clean water or try bouncers to avoid running boards and harnesses filled with salad.
Thomas E 7/7/2011
Fishing Report: launched from sterling this morning and made the long run to the line NE of the bell bouy. long run due to the 3 and 4 fters stacked out there this morning. started with spoons and cranks. with all the floating weeds some the size of a king size mattress we couldn't keep anything in the water long enough to know if it would work or not. ran back up and started with 4 rods with bouncers. got 1 walleye and lots of junk fish. started again and made 1 long pass from there towards stoney pt. picked up 2 more after 1 hour. the weeds were not quite as bad as by the bell. put out 2 boards and got 2 more at 45 back/1oz right away. picked away at 7 keepers till it shut down completely around 1pm. not even junk fish. no real pattern. the NE wind should be pushing those weeds towards stoney if it doesn't change direction.
July 6, 2011 - Sterling Again
The fish are hanging out in Michigan water but just barely...Thanks for the report Bob...
Bob D 7/6/2011
Fishing Report: Fished in 26 to 29 f.o.w. next to Ohio line straight out from state park. got 12 keeper. most on 2 0z inline weight and spinners color yellow did best. Speed .9 to 1.5. fish 20 to 25 feet behind boards. alot of the eyes where caught off the back of the boat on 3 oz bb.
July 5, 2011 - Kelley's Island
Looks like a nice school of fish hanging out around the SE corner of Kelley's Island. This is pretty common this time of year.
Walleye Kid 7/5/2011
Fishing Report: We fished a couple hours this afternoon and ended up with four really nice fish including the 26 1/2" fish in the picture. Program was Walleye Kid Custom Harnesses on 2oz inline weights. We ran them 30-50 feet back at 1.4-1.6 mph. Our path took us from 37 FOW up to the contour lines at 30 FOW. Water was slightly off color and the temp was 78 degrees. Tons of bait in the area and the fish are close by.
Captain Paul 7/5/2011
Fishing Report:
Great evening trip on Lake Erie with the Centa Family. We fished SE of Stoney Point in 25 to 27ft pulling crawlers at 1.3mph using 1oz inline weights. 20, 30, and 40ft back off the boards. We ended up with 12 walleye between 16 and 22inches. Perfect walleye chop with winds from the SE 5 to 10mph. The walleye are still isolated in really small groups. We really limited our trolling passes during our trip. If we caught a walleye, we would go another 5 minutes and turn around to make the same pass. By limiting our passes on these smaller pods of walleye helped us stay on active fish and increase our catch. Gold and Copper backed #4 and #5 Colorado and Willow leaf blades in perch and clown patterns worked best. Mayfiy hatch seems to be on the decline but there are shiner pipes all over the place in the upper water column. Tightlines.....Captain Paul
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July 4, 2011 - Michigan Waters
Still some fish in the area right now. Is Bob the only guy out there fishing? Come on send us a report....
Bob D 7/4/2011
Fishing Report: fished in 28 fow next to ohio line straight out from state park. got 13 keeper and one 14 inch.salmon we throw back all on 2 0z inline weight and spinners color did not mater. Speed 1.0 to 1.8 drifting all nice fish 20 to 25 feet behind boards. water was rough 2 to 4 footer but had good friend to be with. Tight lines
Bob D 7/3/2011
Fishing Report: Fished in 27 to 28 fow next to ohio line straight out from state park. got 6 keeper. all on 2 0z inline weight and boy girl spinners speed 1.3 to 1.8 all nice fish 20 to 25 feet behind boards. took 2 hours to find them but when i did it took 1.5 hours to get limit.
July 2, 2011 - Islands Area
Captain Duncan Wooster has been fishing from the Islands to Huron the past few days. Here are a couple places to start if your down that way over the holiday weekend.
Captain Duncan Wooster 7/1/2011 and 7/2/2011
Fishing Report: The fish are scattered throughout their traditional summer areas right now. The SE corner of Kelly's Island has some fish around it - this pattern should hold up most of the summer and is away from the heavy boat traffic. Deep water is close by and the water temps stay pretty cool. You can also move farther east and fish right in front of the entrance to Sandusky Bay (just west of Cedar Point). Start at the channel buoys farthest out from the entrance and head north. This area gets heavy boat traffic so early in the day or during the week is best.
The Huron dumping grounds has a nice school of fish right now and that area should be relatively free of heavy traffic. The Huron River harbor wall is a good spot to try early in the morning (this is the wall on the north side of the river). Once the boat traffic pick up the fish shut down. Lots of bait hangs around the river mouth and the walleye are not far behind. The fish around Huron are on the move following bait so use your sonar to find them before you drop lines in the water.
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July 1, 2011 - Ohio Again
Lots of guys moving out across the Ohio line and towards West Sister island.
Frank 7/1/2011
Fishing Report: Fished with fellow Walleye 101 member ray. fished east of sputnic 26 to28 fow, 2oz in lines with spinners,various colors.1.5 to1.8 mph also bottom bouncers.managed to score 10 nice walleye.plus some real jumbo sheeps.
Rick 6/30/2011
Fishing Report; went out today with a buddy and couldn't find fish in our usual spots in michigan waters so ended up fishing a line from sputnick to west sister. picked up 8 on crawler harness and warrior spoon harness. 30 to 40 back and two caught on 3 colors of lead core. 1.4 to 1.6 in 28 for chartruess beads with gold blades caught most
June 27, 2011 - Sputnik Ohio Waters
The area between the Sputnik and West Sister Island is a great summer hot spot. If your heading out there make sure the weather and wind are going to be stable and you have a boat that is bog enough for Lake Erie. Depending on where you fish it's a 10-14 mile run from Sterling State Park. Don't want to get caught that far out with bad weather coming in from the west...
Larry B 6/27/2011
Fishing Report: Fished with Ken M and Ray C out of Sterling State Park today, and needless to say it was a grind to get the 15 we caught. Fish seemed to be scattered and in small pods all day. We ended up in Ohio waters just East of the Sputnik. We tried spoons and some cranks but all our fish came on crawler harnesses most behind #2 tadpoles 30-40 back, or a 6 ounce bottom bouncer at 1.5 in 27-29 fow, our best bite occurred in an area about ¼ mile long and with the boat traffic and drifters it was tough at times to get back on top of them. Best colors were something with chartreuse or anti-freeze color in them. Big Papas Warrior Willow Fire dot with an orange back took a majority of our fish. All in all ended up being a great day out on the water! Tight Lines, Larry
Tom 6/27/2011
Larry: Thanks for the directing me to the Sputnik. We ended up with 14 and a Steelie. My son and his 2 friends had a good time. One of the guys just bought a boat and wanted Sonar/GPS School, so I did alot of on the water demos. Think I convinced him to buy in line planners rather than the big boards he was planning on.
June 26, 2011 - Michigan Border Waters Again
Sunday saw the same pattern as Saturday only without the 20 mph wind and morning rollers. Lots of boats scattered along the Ohio border in 25-27 FOW. Big packs by the Bell Buoy, off Stoney Point, and directly out from Sterling State Park. We saw the best action directly in front of Sterling. The fish seemed to be in smaller pods and guys that picked up their gear and ran back over them had a pretty good day. Early was better in terms of the bite which is a little unusual for Erie this time of year. Talked to a number of boats that had from 4-12 fish. Pretty sure others put even more in the box based on the number of boats that were out - one of the busiest days we have seen in a couple years. Cheaper gas???
Walleye Kid 6/26/2011
Fishing Report: We ended up with just 4 fish today which seemed to be at the lower end of the range. Our spot where we caught fish on Saturday (see report below) was over run with white perch around the pods of bait and we couldn't keep a harness in the water for more than 2 minutes. Still lots of walleye on the sonar but they didn't stand a chance. We picked up our fish straight out from Stoney Point along the border. Same program as yesterday. We spent a lot of time searching for fish between the Michigan border and West Sister Island. We marked very few fish until we got to the shipping channel. Tons of bait out there and some pretty good marks but the bite was over by then. Earlier in the day the radio had lots of guys catching fish but there were also a million boats out there.
Bob D 6/26/2011
Fishing Report: fished in 28 fow next to ohio line straight out from state park. got 6 keeper and one throw back. all on 2 0z inline weight and boy girl spinners speed 1.3 to 1.8 all nice fish 15 to 20 feet behind boards.
June 25, 2011 - Moving to Ohio
The action in Michigan waters is moving closer to the Ohio border. Lots of boats near the line, or across into Ohio waters, today from Fermi to Brest Bay. It was kind of a rough morning with some guys getting discouraged and coming off the water early. It did start to calm down a little after noon.
Walleye Kid 6/25/2011
Fishing Report: Fished from 9am to 1pm and ended up with 8 walleye (1 throwback) and a boat full of barnyard animals. If you're looking to tangle with some massive sheephead nows the time to get out on the water - man are they good at ripping up brand new crawler harnesses...
Our walleye were all in the 16-21" range. We fished Walleye Kid Custom Crawler Harnesses all day (Blackberry, Boy Girl, Chicken Wing, Orange Belly Perch) . Thought about switching over to spoons but couldn't get motivated in the rollers this morning. We did see a good number of boats running them. Our best action was with 1oz inlines at 1.2-1.4 mph. Most productive depth was 20-35' behind the boards. The area was about 2 miles south and one mile west of the Bell Buoy (almost straight out from Fermi in 25 FOW. Water temp was 70ish depending on where you were. Water clarity varied from clear to stained but the west wind should push the muddier water out into the lake.
June 17, 2011 - Fermi Action
Pretty good action going on around the Fermi towers on Friday. Guys that went out in the morning did well until about 10:00 AM when the bite slowed down. Evening bite was pretty consistent. Crawler harnesses and spoons seemed to be the ticket for most with harnesses getting a bigger share of the fish.
Bob 6/17/2011
Fishing Report: Fished from 7a.m. to 11a.m. got all 6 on 2 0z bb and boy girl spinners in 26' water out from Sterling just around stony point then east. speed 1.7 to 2.1 all nice fish 22 to 24 in. and no sheep head. The picture is from Bob - looks like some good eatin'...(wait a minute...does that one walleye have whiskers?)
Walleye Kid 6/17/2011
Fishing Report: We fished the perimeter of the "No Entry" white buoys outside the towers this evening from 6:30pm-8:30pm and ended up with 6 fish (all 18-20"). Our best action came from 19-21 FOW along the buoys on the north side of the towers. One ounce inline weights 20-30 feet back were most productive. Hot colors were Walleye Kid Custom Crawler Harness in Blackberry and Chicken Wing. Speed was 1.1-1.3 mph. Water temp was 71 degrees and the water clarity was just a little off color.
Our friend Dean fished a little further out towards the Bell Buoy and ended up with 7 fish on a similar program.
Stoney Point: There is a very long mud line straight out from the point that runs east-west. It's collecting a lot of debris and there are a ton of fish along the line. We picked up a couple big sheep head but could not get the walleyes to go. Might be worth a try on your way out or back in the Sterling. Can't miss the mud line it it's enormous.
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June 14, 2011 - Ohio Sputnik
Fish are moving out to Ohio waters near the Sputnik and the Toledo shipping channel
Thomas E 6/14/2011
fished with a good friend I haven't seen in many years and his 2 sons today on his boat. we covered alot of water. tried meat and found spoons to be the only thing they wanted. on dipsy's 38 ( setting 1) and 50 back ( setting 3) at 2.1 mph. silver backed spoons only! ended up with 14? and 6 nice perch. lost at least that many. had to run with snubbers to stop the hard hits/lips from being ripped off. circle the turn around bouy and sputnik. lots of floating weeds and LOTS of 6 and 7 inch walleye. check the rods constantly! jets only got farm animals. even with the few boats out there we still had quite a few boats cutting us off and setting up infront of us. after figuring them out had alot on but lost alot. boats were paying attention to us.
June 9, 2011 - Brest Bay Action Continues
Setting up to be a great early summer bite. Air temps are going to stabilize in the 70's and 80's and the water temp is cool enough to keep the fish in Michigan waters. Get out and give it a try!
Capt Duncan 6/9/2011
Fishing Report: Had several good trips this week out of Sterling State Park this week. Fished in 22 to 27 fow. trolling spinners 20 to 50 back at 1.3, best blade #5 Colorado copper with White and pink. John caught the big fish of the week a 29'', 8lb 8oz.
Talk to many fishermen at the ramp and cleaning station most did ok using everything from spinners at 1.7 to spoons at 2+. find some fish and work them.
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June 5th and 6th, 2011 - Mixed Results
Depends on where you fished the past few days, Hearing about a lot of small fish 14 1/2". Probably 2007 year class - great for the future.
Rich P 6/6/2011
Fishing Report: Launched out of Erie Metro Park around 1:30, ran out to the dumping grounds, then south to the Cooling towers in 20 ft, then out to the end of the shipping channel, then out in front of Raisin River in 30 ft. Only good water was 18-20 in front of the Towers.
Picked up 4, all small, 1 oz inlines back 35 ft with gold blades and red beads, speed 1.4. Only saw 2 other boats fishing, no other fish caught.
Pat S 6/6/2011
Fishing Report: My dad caught 4 last night, released 1 small walleye and lost 2 at the boat He was a few miles west of West Sister Island trolling stinger spoons with NASCAR colors and another one that had pink in it.
Dave 6/5/2011
Fishing Report: Fished out of ssp this today.,caught 22 keepers, 23-25 fow, 1oz. B.b and tadpoles. 20-27 feet back, purple/chrome, orange/ black. Slow troll .9 to 1.2 mph,
Tom 6/5/2011
Fishing Report: Fished from 8a.m. to 2p.m. got all 10 on meat 26' water out from Sterling. colors didn't matter.
Rick 6/5/2011
Fishing Report:Went straight out from Sterlin Park Sunday 3:30-9:30 PM. Picked up a double right away 4 miles out in 23 feet of water. Trolled crawler harnesses on bottom bouncers behind planer boards. Caught 7 more before 8:00, 2 were too small. No hits after 8:00. Purple and pink were best.
June 3rd and 4th, 2011 - Same Thing Again...
Mitch 6/4/2011
Fishing Report: Launched at Sterling State Park and headed to State Line past River Raisin. 1.1 - 1.3 SOG, 24 - 25 FOW, 25' back with 1oz inlines off inline boards. Harness with pink back and purple and pink front caught 8 out the 14 walleye that nephew and I caught. 1 came on a #8 Flat Rap on a 2 oz. bottom bouncer, 2 came on Fire Tiger blade, 1 oz. inline, 35' back. Can't remember what the rest came on.
Dean 6/3/2011
Fishing Report: Fished out of sterling last evening and managed a 3 man limit. 27-24fow. LOTS of fish. Pulled harnesses from b/b and inlines and covered the water column from 5 feet to the bottom. Bigger fish came high in the water column, 24 back on 1 oz inlines and 1 color lead core.
June 2, 2011 - Better get your State Park pass
Fish Tracker 6/2/2011
Fishing Report: fished 6-2-2011 out of sterling state park 22/25fow bb/meat 14 fish three men
Rajko 6/2/2011
Fishing Report: Fished Canadian side up and down the Holiday Beach area, anywhere from 12 to 23 fow, 5 guys 5 fish, very slow. 1 0z in-line with BB mufin 30 feet back in 21 fow was the only thing that produced all day.
Jim W 6/2/2011
Fishing Report: June 2 1 mile past last river raisin marker. Made 2 north to south passes caught 2 man limits,from 930 am till 2pm. Bouncers and meat purple and pink and gold and green. 2 ounce bouncer and boy-girl on a board 20 ft off side caught the 2 largest eyes
May 30, 2011 - Sterling & Brest Bay On Fire!
This is a great are to try if you have never launched out of Sterling State Park. Nice facility including a fish cleaning station and restrooms. Short boat ride to the fish in Brest Bay (be carful heading out down the channel and follow the buoys).
Clark 5/30/2011
Fishing Report: Monday,May 30, 2011. Fished with Dean out of Sterling State Park out to Michigan border in clean water. Everything in the water produced fish, 28-29 FOW fish were 18-21' deep, harnesses 1oz 50 t0 60' back, 6oz bottom bouncers, 1.2 MPH got 4 man limit by 12:30pm then played with spoons and cranks 1.5 - 1.7 MPH still caught fish. As Lance would say "stupid fishing". Best day on the water that I can remember. Thanks Lance for the classes, otherwise we would have been fishing in the mud with everybody else. Total 31 legal walleyes and a couple small ones. The tripple was the best. By the way, only boat within a mile.
Jim 5/30/2011
Fishing Report: Straight out from river raisin mouth 26 fow b b and meat. Also purple pas 20 to 26 ft back on board 2 limits in 3 hrs. Saw many nets going into water heading back to Hallandburg park
Dave 5/30/2011
Fishing Report: Went back to same area as yesterday (Brest Bay).only boated 6, fishing was tough after storm. Fish where high today, around 8 - 10 feet down,lots of sheephead any deeper.fun fun time with friends and family...
Capt Paul Doute 5/30/2011
Fishing Report: Fished deep water out near the state line straight out from SSP in 27ft. 1.4mph 20 to 50ft back 1oz inlines. All nice fish including a 7lber. Color didn't matter. Thank you Capt. Duncan for the heads up....
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May 29, 2011 - Canadian Side Report
Fish are setting up in their usual early summer location on the Canadian side. These fish are fresh out of the Detroit River and will be hungry and chasing bait. Holiday Beach is a short run from Erie Metro Park and a good option with a north wind.
Capt Paul Doute 5/29/2011
Fishing Report: Fished Holiday Beach area in 20ft straight out from the grey lodge. We ended up with 11 walleye for the trip including a nice 8lber. Walleye are all over the place at Holiday Beach right now. Reports coming from 13ft all the way out to 25ft of water. Our best program was 18 to 20ft back with 1oz inline with a copper backed blade @ 1.2 to 1.3mph. Lots of fun and thank you Pete for the on the water information!
Where the heck is Holiday Beach?? Map
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May 29, 2011 - More Brest Bay & Kelly's Island Action!
Looks like the fish are firing up even with the rain and storms. Done spawning and hungry - give it a shot this week. See details below on their migration patterns as we move into summer.
Dave 5/29/2011
Fishing Report: Caught 16 today in breast bay,used offshore tadpoles, top 15 fow in 18 to 21. All on harness
Kelly's Island and North
Duncan 5/29/2011
Fishing Report:
Fished east of Kellys Friday and saw a few fished caught. Went north of kellys to Canada and caught 21 eyes, Radio chatter sounded like boats were doing ok all around Kellys.
Going to Sterling state park tomorrow. Duncan
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May 28, 2011 - Brest Bay Action
This is a great area to fish in late May and through most of June. As the water temps rise the fish keep heading east to find cooler water and cross into Ohio waters. By July they are usually out by the shipping channel and towards West Sister Island. The fishing can get crazy around West Sister if you don't mind spending some gas money to get there! (about a 15 mile run). For now they are close to Sterling State Park and a quick run out into Brest Bay.
Bob 5/28/2011
Fishing Report: Sat. 5/28 Brest bay in front of state park in 17 to 20 FOW, hook 9 eyes on fire tiger harness with 2 0z BB 20 t0 25 ft back. speed 1.5 to 2.0 on my new boards. water was fairly clear. lots of boats at less 50 and 2 charters..
May 27, 2011 - Not Many Reports
The reports have been slow to come in with the non stop rain and storms. The Detroit River was the highest level I've ever seen on Wednesday afternoon. It's going to take a while for all the water and mud to clear out.
Use Caution: There was a ton of debris heading down the river. By debris I mean big logs and trees. We saw a garage door floating on Lake Eire by the Detroit Light last week!
Good luck out there this weekend and let us know how you do.
May 24, 2011 - Mixed Results
Even a report where you didn't catch anything helps us all out. Narrow down the big lake with help from other Walleye 101 guys.
Jeffrey M 5/24/2011
Fishing Report: Went out Sterling State Park Tue. May 24. Fished other side of Fermi in front Estral Beach. Mark fish 16fow to 18fow saw fish just below surface really. fished spinners and spoons from surface 1/4oz to 2oz and mini discs, speed .08 to 1.6mph. Got nothing. Checked out dumpinmg grounds and the humps nothing. When I got back to the dock some guys got 2 to 5 fish straight out (east) from the Park in 18 to 19fow.
May 22, 2011 - Same Program as Yesterday
The fish were still at the south end of the dumping grounds today.
We waited for the rain to clear this morning and had lines in the water by 9:00. Had four fish in the box by 9:20! Ended up with 8 really nice fish - just like the one in the picture. We are talking 23-25" fish and they are fat.
Walleye Kid 5/22/2011
Fishing Report: This is basically a repeat of the report from yesterday (read the details below). Difference was the fish wanted things moving really slow today. Best program was 0.8-1.0 MPH. We had a few more fish on our Watermellon harness today and purple was a little less productive. Also picked up two on Chicken Wing. You can see all our pre-tied harnesses and even buy components and tie your own in the online store. Check it out
Rick 5/22/2011
Fishing Report: Fished your GPS coords for the dumping grounds from 1-5 PM on 5/22 and caught 3 22-24". Got pushed off the lake by some dark rain clouds. No other boats around. All in 15-17' of water.
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May 21, 2011 - Solid Action
What a great day on the water! Sunny, warm, no wind, flat water as far as you could see. Are we in Michigan?
Today's bite was really good until about 11:00 when it seemed to shut down. Waiting to hear from a few other that were out on the lake today - here is what we did.
Walleye Kid 5/21/2011
Fishing Report: Walleye Kid was sick so dad and grandpa went out to Lake Erie for a few hours this morning. Launched out of Erie Metro Park and headed out to the dumping grounds southwest of the Detroit Light. This area is one we hit regularly and it usually produces consistent fishing. We ended up with 7 really nice fish and lost a couple other ones.
The best area was about a half mile south of the SE corner of the dumping grounds (Hot Spots map). The map shows the boundaries of the dump and this area is outside of it, but it still has lots on uneven bottom ranging from 12-19 FOW. All the fish we caught we around the 12-13 foot humps that are surrounded by deeper water. Best program was Blackberry Walleye Kid Custom Crawler Harnesses and Orange Belly Perch Harnesses. We ran them 1.1 - 1.3 MPH on one ounce inline weights that we set 12-20 feet back. The best distance back was 15 feet. The water was clear and the fish were suspended about 7-10 feet below the surface. Water temp was just 56 degrees and some of the males we caught were still spawning!
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May 9, 2011 - Still Tough Fishin'
By now the action should be heating up on Lake Erie but the wind, rain, cold and mud have made for a S L O W start. Here are a couple reports.
Walleye Kid 5/8/2011
Fishing Report: Goose Egg. Spent a few hours looking for fish from the banana dike to fermi. There are a few scattered pockets of fish but we couldn't get anyone to join our planned fish fry. Back to the river for us.
Tom and andy 5/9/2011
Fishing Report: Fished Brest Bay and in front of Femi Saturday. Maybe 20 boats out. Water was semi clean.Caught 1 eye about 3 lbs. No one else caught a thing. Marked a lot of fish but it was a tough day.
April 16, 2011 - Gale Warning
The forecast for the next couple days looks pretty bad. First a hurricane from the ENE on Saturday then a typhoon from the WNW on Sunday. In case you were thinking about heading out on Lake Erie check out the forecast for Sunday:
OPEN LAKE FORECAST FOR LAKE ERIE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
SAT APR 16 2011
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING....REST OF TONIGHT...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS INCREASING TO GALES TO 40 KNOTS. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS. WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET BUILDING TO 10 TO 14 FEET.
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SUNDAY...SOUTHWEST GALES TO 40 KNOTS BECOMING WEST 35 KNOTS. WAVES 10 TO 14 FEET. SUNDAY NIGHT...WEST GALES TO 35 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST AND DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS OVERNIGHT. WAVES 10 TO 13 FEET SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FEET.
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April 15, 2011 - Spring Lake Erie Trophy Hunt
The 2011 Walleye 101 Spring Trophy Hunt is now accepting registrations! Don't wait too long - this one is filling up fast!
If you have never been on a Trophy Hunt with Lance Valentine's Walleye 101 crew then you need to check it out. This action packed weekend in early May will see over 100 participants will chase walleye up to 12 pounds. Whether you are a pro or just getting started walleye fishing, you will learn something new and meet some great friends on a Walleye 101 Trophy Hunt.
Huron Ohio and the Lake Erie Islands are one of the greatest places on the planet right now for both numbers and size. Three nights lodging, continental breakfasts, three days fishing, seminars, fish fry, sweatshirt and more for just $300 per angler! Get all the Trophy Hunt details
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| April 10, 2011 - Three Great Lake Erie DVD's!
Lance Valentine's now has two new DVD's Available:
"Spoon Fed Walleye" DVD teaches you "How to for Walleye" with details on trolling open water with spoons. Add a new technique to your arsenal that works great outside the traditional summer spoon period!
"Lake Erie Western Basin" DVD teaches "Where to for Walleye" with almost 20 locations from the Banana Dike to Turtle Island. If you're not fishing the western basin from April to June or during the month of November you are missing some tremendous action.
"Spinner Magic" DVD teaches you "How to for Walleye" with details on trolling crawler harnesses from late spring to early fall. Crawler harnesses are one of the most versatile presentations for covering the entire water column.
While speaking at the Ultimate Fishing Show Valentine said "these DVD's are the hottest product we have on the market right now." We really appreciate our loyal customers that have recently purchased our new "How To" and Where To" DVD's at the Ultimate Fishing Show.
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| April 5, 2011 - Lake Erie Trolling Spoons!
Lance Valentine Signature Series Walleye Trolling Spoons are now available. These Signature Series spoons come in two sizes and six colors designed specifically to produce fish on Lake Erie and Saginaw Bay. Lance teamed up with Warrior Lures to give you a quality product that delivers results under the toughest conditions. If you're not fishing spoons during the heat of the summer you are missing some of the best action of the year! Learn more about these new trolling spoons | |
March 28, 2011 - Lake Erie Outlook
The Ohio DNR has just issued their 2011 fishing forecast for Lake Erie. Check it out and lets see how well they predict how the season will end up.
Read the 2011 Ohio DNR Lake Erie Forecast
February 18, 2011 - Open Water Trolling Walleye Seminars
Lance Valentine and Captain Paul Doute will be conducting free seminars on how to fish open water including Lake Erie during 2011. Seminars are three hours long and will take place in several locations throughout southeast Michigan Here are a few of the seminar dates:
February 21 - Freeway Sports Center (Fenton)
February 21 - Gander Mountain (Toledo) Part I
February 24 - Living Waters (Taylor) Part I
March 7 - Gander Mountain (Toledo) Part II
March 8 - KD Outdoors (Waterford)
March 9 - Gander Mountain (Lansing)
March 10 - Living Waters (Taylor) Part II
March 23 - Gander Mountain (Saginaw) Part I
April 6 - Gander Mountain (Saginaw) Part II
All dates subject to change. Please check our Seminar Tab for the latest information Click here
January 8, 2011 - Lance Valentine Interview
Ready to catch a bunch of fish on Lake Erie in 2011? Just got off the phone with Lance Valentine to get his perspective on what's in store for Lake Erie anglers. Lance said, "Lake Erie is on fire despite all the talk of the lake being 'in trouble' versus past seasons". The bottom line is Turtle Island will fire up first in late March, the Islands and Reefs will follow in April, Breast Bay with explode in May and June, and of course Huron will be the top destination for trophy fish anywhere in the country in November. The 2003 class will have numerous 6-9 lb fish available (even bigger in spring and fall). Lance went on to say "...people need to understand that this is a big lake and the fish are always on the move. The best advice is don't put a line in the water until you see fish on your sonar" Get Lance's new DVD's on Spoon Fed Walleye and Lake Erie Western Basin Hotspots. Buy now
January 3, 2011 - New Satellite Website
Check out this cool new site we found for maps of the river and other loactions. I have zoomed in on one of our favorite Detroit River spots along the golf course. You can zoom in and out with the control on the right side of the page. Lets go...
January 1, 2011 - Cold Water Survival
Get the facts about cold water survival. Learn about the three stages of cold water immersion. This is a 10 minute video that is worth watching if you plan to head out on the water this spring. Be safe out there! Watch video
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A Great Success Story!
Here is a great reason why you should pick up one of Lance Valentines "How to for Walleye" DVD's or his "Where to for Walleye" DVD's. What a great story and a cool picture! Congratulations Dave and Mark!
"Thanks Lance, your upper Detroit river hot spots DVD is responsible for one of the greatest fishing experences I have ever had. As we boated fish, B-Ball fans cheered and took our pics."
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