Sea Eagle

Back home in West Michigan from four days of Lake Erie walleye fishing off of Ashtabula with old fishing buddy, Bill Schmiege. We learned a lot about Central Basin fishing. It has more in common with Lake Michigan salmon fishing than the Western Basin walleye fishing I'm familiar with. Still wound up with 10 quarts of walleye filets and a couple quarts of steelhead. I sure was impressed with the size of the fish over there. Here are a couple of photos. http://www.greatlakesfisherman.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=8057&catid=newimages http://www.greatlakesfisherman.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=8056&catid=newimages

Thanks for the report. Good luck over on Erie. I grew up fishing that area and usually get over there at least once a year. I launch out of Fenwick Marina. I will be over on Erie the week of the 20th fishing in the central basin out of Geneva on the Lake. Let us know how you do. Not too many posts in the walleye fishing section here. It would be nice to see a few.

2 for 2. Laker and steelhead - and that is two more fish than last weekend. Set lines @ 7:00AM straight west of pier. Trolled both north and south out to 110 and in to 70. Both fish hit in 110 ft of water. Both fish on the DR/SWR with UV blue dolphin spoon down 70 ft. That is it for me for a while. I might try for some perch some time in the next two weeks, but I'm heading over to Erie (east of Cleveland) to chase some walleye the week of the 20th and heading up to Canada Aug 7th for a week of walleye catching (you can't really call it fishing up there). Good luck to everyone. Keep your lines tight and I will see you in August.

Great report. Very detailed. You guys did better than us. Got skunked for the first time in the last five years last Saturday. I hope the fishing picks up. Thanks

Good job on the silver fish. Nothing tastier than coho - OK walleye.