Cleveland Area (Thanx to FishCrazy)

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Thu Jan-18-07 11:35 PM by FISHCRAZY

Checked E.72nd to day. The fishing piers are ice free, do watch the walkways, if you see wet spots it’s ICE. The rocks are all iced up, including the horseshoe. Water clarity got better towards the east end by the fifth pier, quite fishable there.

The water in the marina was clean and I was able to observe something that explains why the east wall is such a good producer. The rest of the area water was murky but the clean water out of the marina made it out around the point where the east wall begins. Then went eastward up the wall, showing about 200 feet of clean water all the way. Then at the point where the east wall begins to turn back in I could see clean water all in front of the point that was out at least 1000 yards.

That current brings a lot of feed for bait fish plus whatever it sterns up from the rocks as it travels east. When it gets to the point it meets other currents from the cove and it creates a whirlpool right in front of the point. Bait fish feed into that area and walleyes find them easy. Taking what I’ve seen today and applying it to other areas, it answers a lot of the questions I’ve had when I was catching fish in some spots but not others.

We all know that currents have a lot to do with finding walleyes, so I know I’m not saying nothing new, but being able to see it was quite interesting and quite an eye opener. Most hot spots I know throughout the south shore has the potential of different currents colliding, most likely creating some type of a whirlpool just like at E 72nd. That means more stuff concentrated in one area, then more bait fish, then more walleye. Just something to think about, I know I’ll be playing with it and definitely put it to the test.

I’ll be going off the fifth pier at 72nd tonight after 10:30pm. If the weather holds up, I’ll be putting the boat in tomorrow night, the ramps are ice free. We definitely got spoiled this winter, but I remember catching them through snow, and cold, and ice, and actually had real good nights.

Tight Lines!

FishCrazy: Capt. Virgil D. Tent