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    Lake Erie bite 2023

    Gill-T replied to Gill-T's topic in Walleye

    Sounds like if we don’t get the SW winds cranking, maybe mid-July the Ohio fish get here. I was hoping to get into them in June ahead of the LOC summer derby. Better reports on Ontario
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    Lake Erie bite 2023

    Gill-T replied to Gill-T's topic in Walleye

    Thanks for the report. Sounds a little more promising
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    Beauties.
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    Lake Erie bite 2023

    Gill-T replied to Gill-T's topic in Walleye

    Any updates? Ross Robertson’s bigwater podcast episode with Dr Chris Vandergoot discussed a delay in big spawners getting to the Western shoals this April. I think this means the fish will be late getting back East.
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    Your boy looks exhausted after all those fish!
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    Some discussion on Cisco and other fisheries
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    Browns are pretty much homebodies compared to salmon. They are more like a walleye in terms of habitat and hunting strategies. Warmer more Eutrophic water with a flow nearby and you can probably find them.
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    https://seagull.glos.org/map?coords=-78.9898305%2C43.2738554%2C6.8&tags=platforms%3Abuoy%2Cweather%3Awater_current%2Cwater%3A%2Cfavorite%3A
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    My brother was out today. The water in closer didn’t look promising so he ended up offshore with some steel and a king to show for it. 48 degrees down 60’ with lots of currents moving fish around. Typical June fishing
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    The same knot you use for a wire dipsy swivel.
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    Or save your money and tie the wire line knot to your terminal swivel
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    I have been smelling skunky weed coming through my car vents while commuting to and from Buffalo since marijuana possession was decriminalized. Just another day in paradise for me.
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    Nice!
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    I haven’t heard too many walleye reports this year other than a decent night bite out of Dunkirk. In a lake with tens of millions of walleye swimming around I would have thought I would hear more chatter.
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    Great stuff. It would appear that you were able to keep your fish alive in a live well then release them after weighing? Kudos!
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    Different things come to mind here. As suggested, two different methodologies in determining temps by the two maps. I believe GLERL defines surface temps from readings at the 30’ down level which you are comparing to the infrared map. Any NE wind on Erie can push the warm surface water away from Buffalo at the head of the Niagara, causing cooler water to be pulled into the river. Also, the down current in most of Niagara County waters is out of the NE sliding under the warm Niagara flow. We always have easy to reach cool waters even during the peak summer months.
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    ?? No upwelling that I can see… you should be fine. Also, I generally don’t sample the hypolimnion as I find the epilimnion better tasting 😀
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    Great discussion going on here 😂
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    Answer: you support redistribution of emerald shiners in all the ports that have suffered from the bad winters of 2014-15 by pulling them from the upper Niagara in the spring.
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    My leaders are typically from the rod tip to the reel in length in which case I want the slider to hang up on the barrel swivel to keep it separated from the main line spoon or flasher. You are asking for added expense with the price of quality fluorocarbon when there is a longer leader that can get chaffed. Never mind what a metal micro swivel might do to your ceramic guides over time. By having a small leader length I can check it easier and buy the expensive good stuff -Seaguar blue.
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    I believe this a federal venture not state
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    Hook placement relative to the meat will have an impact. Size of the hook will have an impact. Stiffness or thickness of leader material will have an impact. Speed trolled will have an impact. Mood of the fish nipping vs inhaling will have an impact. The recent derbies and tournaments (everyone had meat in the water) will have an impact. Lots of variables. Keep doing the same thing over and over might cause the same results and sometimes it is just one of those days.
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    Erratic action baits that make it stand out as wounded and as Les suggests, fish outside the bait.
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    My set ups are wire -to a one foot section of 80lb braid -to 60’ of 30 lb mono -to a bead/barrel swivel to a leader to a Duolock snap. No knot failures to report but I do check them and change them when they look like they need changing. The wire to braid connection is an improved Albright Knot
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    Dr Weidel, are bloaters bay spawners, main lake shoal spawners or main lake-suspended spawners?
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