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MORE REPORTS TO BE POSTED IN NEW YEAR!!
04.18.10
We got the chance to take the owner of Gale Force Tackle out to try some of our great spring jigging
down in Maumee Bay. We set up shop smack dab right in between Turtle Island and the Lighthouse
fishing the long 9-11FOW flat. White bladebaits and purple hairjigs with minnows did the
damage...We jigged up half our limit in a couple hours and pulled out the big sticks. We setup right
in front of Toledo Beach Marina in 15-17FOW. We trolled 1 ounce inlines 10-35 back and took fish on
all leads. Attention Deficit was on fire followed by Purple Demon. AND THE WALLEYES COULDN'T
TAKE IT, AND BIT ON THE ALL EXCLUSIVE REEL NAUGHTY PATTERN ! ! ! We ran about
1.1-1.3MPH on the GPS. Runnign uphill into the waves seemed to produce better bites for us. We
ended up boxing out for the day south of Toledo Beach Marina.
Total Count for the Trip: 20 Walleyes
Thanks,
Corey Miller Reporting
04.11.10
After the great day of fishing on Saturday, I decided to take out the duck boat and grab Todd and Rich
in the morning. We launched out of Fenwick Marina and headed to the same spot as Saturday. We
had a great first drift, taking 10 eyes over a short length of time. Then the Spanish Armada arrived, or
shall I say the Ohio Charter fishing fleet. They left dock around 7am and headed right towards us
and set down, bringing all the other pleasure boaters with them. All the traffic shut down the fishing,
but we were still able to get our limit of eyes and fun fish until about 9:30am.
Total Count for the Trip : 25 Walleyes
Thanks,
Corey Miller Reporting
04.10.10
Got the invite to fish with our duck hunting buddies Friday night. Took the offer and headed out of
Fenwick Marina early Saturday morning. We fished west of Turtle creek about a half mile offshore in
15 FOW. Made one drift thru and had out limit in 23 minutes. White bladebaits were great during the
sunrise but all pink and purple/chrome did the most damage when the sun popped out. Fun fished
until 8:15am and caught about 40 eyes. It's a great day when you can get your limit and be back at
the launch at 8:30am!
Total Count for the Trip: 40 Walleyes
Thanks,
Corey Miller Reporting
04.03.10
Tourney Day! Today was the first leg to the Lake Erie Walleye Trail(LEWT) tournament series out of
Fenwick Marina. On Sat we wanted to get 5 fish quick - set up on Cone and had them in 8 mins!!
Jigged a bit longer catching 22 eyes on one drift. After jigging up a bag of solid 4 pounders, we made
the change to trolling and went down by D can - not many marks so we pushed east. Found a lot of
marks between D and Green. Had a pull back before the fourth rod was out - fish sucked the board
back hard and then popped off! Worked the area for almost two hours with nothing more to show for
it. It was very difficult to leave the amount of marks, but they were not hungry so we then headed up to
Niagara - handled 10 fish in that area. Tail dancers 35 back were really good for us. Just could not
get any big fish to go!! And then the wind started and boat control became more then difficult. Best
speed all weekend was around 1.4 MPH on the GPS.
Total Count for the Trip: 32 Walleyes
Thanks,
Corey Miller Reporting
04.03.10
My dad and I took Corey's 18 foot Crestliner out and got out relatively early out of Lamberjacks Marina.
We started fishing just before 7am out on Cone Reef. It was flat calm in the morning and the eyes
were up high. I saw 3 of em breaking the surface near us as we were motoring towards our spot. We
were wrapping things up about 8:45 after bringing in about 27 walleye! We kept all 22" fish weighing
about 3.5 - 4 lbs. We were cleaning things up and I told my dad one more fish or 10 more jigs of my
purple/chrome blade bait and were done! On the 8th rip, BAM!.....I landed a 29.5" 9lb post spawn eye!
Man was that fun reeling up from 27FOW! Caught her legally and right off the bottom. One of the best
walleye fights I've had. I think this is my personal best walleye too!
Total Count for the Trip: 28 Walleyes
Thanks,
Todd Miller Reporting
04.02.10
It was one of those weekends that we will NEVER forget....The team took Friday off to do a little
pre-fishing prior to the first leg of the LEWT tournament. We wanted to find some active fish on the
Reef Complex near Davis Besse, and boy did we ever. We started out fishing on Crib reef in which
we made one drift and caught about 10 eyes. A great start, but not blazing. We made the move out a
little west towards Cone Reef and it was game on. Vertically jigging Bladebaits in purple/chrome and
purple hair jigs did most of our damage. We made two drifts over the reef and landed near 60 +/-
walleyes! We felt very confident in that spot for the next day, so we left the area and set up trolling
with the big sticks. Finally got to put the new Shimano Tekotas to work, and boy were they nice!
Headed to the area between Niagara and C can - a lot of fish. Pulled 3 fish in about an hour and 45
minutes - DDHJ12's 35 and 65 back and deep tail dancers 35 back. We then went out to the area
between Cone and B can- some fish, not as many as over by C can though. 2 pullbacks for about 45
mins of effort. After working over that area we then moved down to E/D can - pulled two fish for about
90 mins of work.
Total Count for the Trip: +/-75 Walleyes
Thanks,
Corey Miller Reporting
03.27.10
FINALLY! We made it through the winter and the ice is now gone on Lake Erie. Got the boat out and
we were able to let her stretch her legs a little bit today. Launched out of Bolles Harbor and took a
ride down to the Dumping Grounds. We started out on the 18-19FOW flats updrift of the humps. We
marked a lot of fish, both on the bottom and suspended. We made a couple drifts and ended taking
2 eyes, both on jigs. We rolled a few on bladebaits, but were not able to hookup. The water clarity
was catchable, but the water temperature dropped a good 3-4 degrees from a few days past with a
strong NE blow - which turned the fish off. Its always a good thing when we can get the big boat out
during the month of March on mother Erie. Although the days catch was not the best, it sure felt good
getting back out on the open water again for the start of our 2010 season!
Total Count for the Weekend: 2 Walleyes
Thanks,
Corey Miller Reporting
