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FishingFry23, I think I recall in another post you were going to be fishing Lk Erie. Most of the people on this site are focused on salmon fishing and the advice on this thread is geared toward that. Most people on Erie target walleye or perch unless you are fishing the eastern end or the Canadian shore off Wheatly. I fish the western basis some and use lighter rods and lighter tackle than I do for salmon. We do run divers and some short coppers but mostly 6-7ft rods with 10-12lb line. Walleyes dont fight hard and are more fun on lighter tackle than used for salmon. Just wanted to mention that in case you will be mostly fishing perch or walleye

If you are on a budget, I'd watch the want ads here and other online forums, craigs list and ebay, you can find some deals there. We also have a number of tackle shop sponsors at the bottom of the forums, check their websites for sales.

They generally bite better in low light conditions, we occasionally get one in the dark setting up but the dawn and dusk times are usually great. I've heard of guys fishing the middle of the night catching them but I've never fished then.

Daytimes for me although I like to leave the dock and be set up in the dark in the mornings during summer for salmon trolling.

Welcome to GLF, lot's of people willing to help here.

A warm welcome to you!

Here is the GLSI's President report from LHCFAC, the lack of a solid lakewide management plan and Lk Trout management is very concerning, especially if you fish the south end of the lake. Thursday 2/1 at Jay's Sporting Goods in Clare was the (LHCFAC) Lake Huron Citizen Fishery Advisory Council meeting. The main topics of the Agenda as follows: *Lake trout overharvest in Northern L. Huron L. trout management zone MH-1 *Potential changes in L. trout stocks in Central and Southern L. Huron *Discuss of forming a subcommittee to compile a draft Lake Huron salmon and trout management plan *Review of the Saginaw Bay walleye and yellow perch regulations *Status and moving fwd with the experimental whitefish fishery in southern lake Huron Randy Claramunt L Huron Basin Coordinator 231-347-4689 The zone MH-1 from Rogers City to Drummond Island sport angling catch of Lake trout has exceeded the quota agreed upon in the 2000 consent decree. Due to this the council had basically 2 choices cut the season length or cut the creel limit to get back to quota allowances and stay within the law. The council voted to reduce the sport angling creel limit from 3 to 2 Lake trout. That being said the population of LT in northern L Huron has increased by 7 times since 2000 to 3,000,000Kg or roughly 6.6 million pounds. Yet half a million LT are still stocked in this zone and survival of stocked fish is decreasing because of predation by big LT. The catch rate of LT in this zone in the last 4yrs has gone up by over 7 times from 20 LT per 1000hrs of effort to over 140 LT in the same amount of time----in just 4yrs, but now you can only catch 2 per person. There are so many LT in L Huron that growth rates are slower, rehabilitation efforts have been achieved. Why are growth rates slow? At the meeting the MDNR said that they have exceeded the carrying capacity of the Lake. Why have catch rates gone up so much? It's not only due to increased populations it is due to (here is a quote from the meeting) "The salmon fishery is gone" et al Randy Claramunt Lake Huron Basin Coordinator That quote brings up another question the GLSI has asked over and over and anglers should demand an honest answer!! If Lake trout in Lake Huron have exceeded the carrying capacity why does Lake Huron continue to stock more Chinook than Michigan does in Lake Michigan? 85-90% of those fish go to Lake Michigan to live out their lives because of lack of food in Huron until they return at spawning time. As anglers are we going to let the MDNR destroy both salmon fisheries in both lakes?? The Michigan Basin team has worked hard to prevent this from happening but the Huron Basin team has been a failure in this on all accounts. Anglers of the Great Lakes pay close attention to what we are going to tell you. The GLSI is plural Great Lakes Salmon Initiative, we have members that fish in all of the great Lakes and are representing the angler in these Lakes--NOT just L Michigan!! Welcome to reality---AS THE GLSI WARNED EVERYONE SEVERAL TIMES THIS NATIVE SPECIES ONLY AGENDA IS CREATING A "LOOK BUT DON'T TOUCH; FISH BOWL"---not a fishery for recreational angling. How much more proof do you need?? That brings to attention the native only CISCO agenda on Lakes Michigan, Huron and Ontario . Randy Claramunt fibbed in the meeting yesterday when the subject of cisco came up and he said that they are eating Sea Fleas and Gobies- in Lake Michigan; they are but they are also eating alewives and smelt and he damned well knows it! Are they going to compete with smelt and perch for food in Huron and then when big enough eat fleas, gobies, smelt---what about perch?? Remember that lake trout are eating smelt and are over the carrying capacity of L Huron--now they are going to have to compete with cisco for food and perch and young walleye are going to have to compete with CISCO for food and then potentially get fed on by cisco---all in the name of NATIVE ONLY AGENDAS!! We can not afford more mouths in these systems!! Randy's office phone number is posted above. Time anglers stand up and tell the DNR what type of fishery they want in Lake Huron. It is impractical to develop a plan then present it to the public. Do what Lake Michigan Basin team did, have focus groups, public input and develop a plan to accomplish goals based on science, economic and social factors. Unless we want to continue to see empty parking lots at boat launches outside of Saginaw Bay. Another major change is the current advisory team needs some modification. Virtually no questions or output were put forth by these people. They are supposed to represent the whole lake not just the north zone and Saginaw Bay. One person that attended the meeting told us, this committee should be renamed the NORTHERN Lake Huron Citizens Advisory Council. Thought that just about summed it up

Nice job getting the kids outdoors!

I like 9 ft medium/light action rods for pier fishing. 10 ftrs or making some extended height rod holders are better for fishing off the beach to get your line about the breakers. Have not been in the market for new pier rods in years so can't help you on what's out there now.

Welcome aboard GLF!

Welcome to GLF!

Welcome to GLF. Can't help you on Erie ice fishing but can if you troll there in the spring. Give me a shout if you are out there then. Be careful on the ice on Erie. It can be very unstable, a person drowned off Stoney Point last week. I don't think we have a lot of Erie ice anglers here.