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WalleyeTechniqueTrolling Deep (20'+)SeasonWinterStructureOpen Water/BasinOpen basing trolling through huge schools of walleye on Lake Erie. Play around with your depths, speed and be sure to change up your direction frequently. Many hits coming on S turns. Pay close attention to water clarity and adjust bait colors as needed. Fish higher in the water column seemed more willing to bite.
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Smallmouth BassTechniqueUmbrella RigsSeasonFallStructureBaitfishWhat started as a fog day for two teachers ended up being a day that my dad and I will never forget. On the pursuit for a 7+ pound smallmouth, we launched my Bass Cat Jaguar from Clemons Boats of Sandusky, Ohio into the notorious waters of Lake Erie. In less than an hour, the new Great Lakes record smallmouth bass would be on board. After noticing a group of birds and graphing large balls of bait running on plane with 2D sonar, I figured this area would be worth browsing. Using forward facing sonar, we were able to hunt down one of the largest schools of smallmouth bass I had ever seen. After catching many 4–5-pound smallmouth bass on umbrella rigs, single swimbaits and ned rigs, I decided to be more precise. I instructed my dad to cast at a "large blob" that was hanging on the outside of the major school of fish. This large blob caught his bait before it could even reach the bottom. After an anticlimactic fight the fish rolled into the net, and we hysterically broke into laughing and disbelief. The scale locked in at 10.15 lbs! To make a long story short, the pelagic nature of these giant smallmouth is becoming more and more evident. How will we as anglers adapt or change with these giants?
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Largemouth BassTechniqueShallow Diving Crankbaits (0-6')SeasonFallStructureRip RapRunning flats sided crankbaits like the Rapala OG Slim 6 near the rock walls in 4-6 ft depth produced some good bites
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueSoft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)SeasonWinterStructureBoulders
I had a great outing in the fall using the Nishine Smelthead and Keitech Easy Shiner chasing some smallmouth
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TroutTechniqueSpoonsSeasonFallStructureBaitfishCasting spoons near river mouths produced multiple nice steelhead. Warm weather had these fish very lively and in attack mode.
- SpeciesTroutTechniqueBobbersSeasonWinterStructureLaydowns
I tied the flies I used and this was on elk creek tributary that runs into Lake Erie
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueSoft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)SeasonWinterStructureBoulders
Slow rolling swimbaits on large boulders were the technique I used to catch the big smallies on Lake Erie.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonFallStructureRock Pile
