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The steelies are in the Grand River !

Steelhead are being taken with good sucess here in the Grand River in Ohio.

Fish are being taken on egg sacks, minnows, and wax worms as well.

My friend Rich, got one yesterday was 29 1/2" Defiantly a Fish Ohio.

sounds like your pump is "froze up" like you said, or there is something in there

keeping the impeller from turning causing and over load.

I have fished this tourney in the past. Great bunch of people there.

We didn't place for the prizes, but what a fish fry we had afterwards.

Hoping to do it again this year.

I was talking to the bait shop owner a few days ago, befroe the snow came back. We were discussing when the walleye should be in the river again, for the spring run.

He proceeded to remind me what has happened here for the last few years, the fish would no more than start to show up, and we would get hit with a snow storm. And sure enough we got hit again !

Almost like somebody don't want me catching walleye's in the spring . LOL

Oh well so it goes. Let's see what next week brings...

Yeah man the roads are all white and slickery here too.

2 days ago it was 80 degrees, not this . LOL

I got the majority of my eye's over 68-70 fow, usually down 35-45 with dipsey's being the way to go. The hot lure till mid july were the MI Stingers in oil slick chicken wing, monkey puke, and superman. After about mid July I switched over to a larger watermelon, metallic spoon.And we couldn't keep them off the things!

Of course I always have 1 firetiger worm harness out there behind a big dipsey on "0" setting 35' back on the reels line counter. so figure 8' leader and 35' from the reel, right in the prop wash, the walleye like it there for some reason. And when one of them hits it it a beutiful site seeing that rod start dancing like it does ! I can't wait!

Nice lookin fish guys.

Just one question, what pound test line are you using on those spinning rods?

I wanna put mine in, But the channel is block for dredging for another 2-3 weeks.

Wal Mart has spider wire on clearance.

I was at Walmart this afternoon, and found spider wire in 20# test

for $5.00 a spool.

Look in sporting goods on the endcaps they are marked Clearance.

That's what it sounds like, the senders are probably bad. I have to replace the one's on mine too. Cost is around $100 for the pair. In addition you have to pull the outdrive and the yoke, cause the wires have to go in thru the bellows housing. I will be doing mine as soon as it warms up enough that I can work outside. Wanna help? That way you will have experience when it comes time to do yours. hehehe

Yeah Man it was fun !

Hope to see and meet more peeps there next time.

Angler catches record walleye

Washinton State Record Walleye

http://www.fishingclub.com/Fishing/Newsletters/Week_of_2-13-07/Washington_Angler_Boats_State_Record_Walleye.asp?cstid=006026250418

Got this from another forum, but it has some excellent advise, that WILL keep you ALIVE ! ! !

Ice Safety

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gOW8ZaYqHA

I am just wondering if anyone has tried using cut bait rigs for walleye?

We used to use these "cut bait rigs" on Lake Ontario for salmon, using smelt,

I am just wondering if anyone has tried this method for Lake Erie walleye?

I mean they feed on smelt later on in the summer, so why wouldn't this work ?

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

Between 40 and 70 FOW.

I tried to follow the schools and then after we got fish from one location, go and look for more in other locations.

There are a couple of us that try to find different schools of fish, that way if one is being stubborn, we can try another one.

Also make it a little more interesting than just going to one location over and over. It also give us a chance to experiment with different lure combinations

in different depths of water.

Last year, I bought some RED snap swivels, when I used these, I got hits like crazy, But, NO fish . When I went back to using the black ones, I got fish.

To prove a point, I used both colors at the same time. The same stingers, leads, and dipsey colors. The ones with the black swivels out did the red ones all week long. Since then I got rid of ALL the red swivels from my boat.

Just my 2cents to help muddy up the waters.

Hi Ray, Good to see you here.

GREAT bunch of peeps here.

*Somebody make this Dam snow go away !!! I wanna go fishin ! !

Capt. Dan,

Here is another way that works well for me. When soaking fish, use approx 4 tablespoons of baking soda, yeah the stuff they use in the fridge, this helps to remove any strong flavors from the fish.

Remember, after soaking any fish, ALWAYS add fresh water to the container and allow the old water and oils to flow out and down the drain.

If you lift the fish through the stuff on top, yo have defeated the purpose.

Caz, I also switched over to the braided lines, I use PowerPro 30# test 8# diameter. and 20# mono for the backer.

But, I'm fishing for walleyes and not kings...

I also use a leader of 30# flourocarbon line with a snubber between the dipsey and the leader.

Thanx Capt. Dan. I have a bunch of the small one too, that I have used with planner boards and worm harnesses.

Reason I'm asking about the big ones, it that Dipsey's are getting expensive, since the buyout.

I keep my 24' in the water all season also. I use the copper based bottom paint from Boat US. I usually power wash it at the end of the season, then again in the spring let it dry and then I roll it on.

I also clean and repaint my outdrive at the same time.

Has anyone used these ?

I'm talking about the Big Jon deep diver disks.

Here on Lake Erie, I use a lot of divers. And I also loose alot of divers.

I am wondering if anyone here has tried these out?

How do they retrieve after you hook a fish? I mean do you have to fight the fish and the disk?

Thanx for the input, Bill.

Hey Mike,

I found a way to do it, will get it to you.

Till then, they can use the FREE PowerPoint viewer from Microsoft, there is a link to it in Post #3 in this thread. Hope it helps.

For those that don't have PowerPoint,

Here is a link from Microsoft where you can get it for FREE !

Power Point Viewer

Welcome Capt. Dan,

Good to see you again.

I for one can attest to Dan's willingness to share, He has turned me on to some ideas' that caught fish when nothing else would.

What did you say those GPS numbers where again? LOL