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I tried using panoptix with a 7” screen and pretty quickly upgraded to a 9”. Like others I would not recommend livescope for trolling.

I can tell you the commercial perch fisherman in Barcelona also sells smoked whitefish out of his processing shop. I don’t know if he catches them there as bycatch or purchases from the Canadians, might be worth and inquiry.

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Not a captain but a rec boater who has fished there with guides but never had the stones to go myself. Interested in your experience with the 90hp. I assumed that would be underpowered. Most of the guys up there have larger outboards. Is there a specific line you like to take? Seems like there’s a lot of bad water up there to be driving around with your bow up/transom down (not on plane). How important is hole shot?/time to plane in that swirly water?

Great job grinding it out in def tougher conditions than I had. I’d bet it was rolling pretty good out there 4 miles offshore with that south wind 15-25. How was the night fishing?…..I wished we had spent some time doing that. Friday looks like a heavy northwest wind….might blow some of that water back in. Saturday and Sunday look prime….just make sure u get to the weigh in in time!

Gonna be a little windy but it’s coming out of the south and you don’t hafta go way offshore to get them. Also if a good wind window opens up in the evening don’t be afraid to night fish. Guys were doing good out of cranberry creek at night. Our best speed was 1.7 down speed.

Got back last week from 4 days in Sandusky area of Ohio fishing the combo fall brawl/walleye slam derby. Some pretty incredible cash in these derbies and u can weigh the same fish into both so I’ve been wanting to go play out there in November for a while and even tho we didn’t get a big one it didn’t disappoint. Landed on some great weather with blue skies and southwest wind 8-20mph which meant it was fishable everyday all day….and tons of fish around to target. First couple of days there was some dirty water blowing around the area from some high winds that hit the western basin….was really my first experience with stained water and once we busted out the “Ohio colors” from the crankbait box we were into fish pretty good. Those wild colored baits that never seem to pull fish out in the eastern basin really shined in that 2’ type of vis condition. Later in the trip when the water cleared up going back to some of those eastern basin patterns allowed us to keep pulling fish. We went a little earlier than I would have wanted due to lining up vacation time with my buddy. Water temp was 55 degrees and it seemed the 30”+ fish really hadn’t showed up yet. Our big fish were in the 7-8.5 lb class. Looks like they’re getting into some bigger ones this week…last year all the big ones were caught just after thanksgiving. Great learning experience tho in a target rich environment….launched out of cranberry creek Marina just outside Huron which was excellent and would recommend to anyone going out there. Did 40-50 fish/day except for the higher wind day and had no problems limiting out. Best baits we’re reef runner skinny sticks, bay rat lxd, dhj14’s, and those WN reapers kicked butt out there. My first time using them and I can’t wait to give them some run time when the southtowns derby rolls around.

They’re pricey And on the west coast but Willie boats are now making a removable front walkthrough windshield. Their tiller style sleds are what everyone drives on the west coast and basically bulletproof. Hull design may be a bit off for rough days on Ontario but prolly any tiller would be. https://www.willieboats.com/boats/power-boats/raptor/

Mine was steering a bit tough earlier this summer and I got down into my open gunnel where the tube is and noticed a I had a bunch of gear laying on top of it and pinching it down a bit. After clearing it off and hanging it properly steering was normal. Possible it could be pinched with a zip tie or something but seems you’d feel that even when not in the water.

Are the lexa’s line counters?

Great fish….nice job on the release. Will be thinking about him when the bobber drops this fall.

Still no left retrieve option 😟

Was on the beach at Lewis point the night of July 4th….it def wasn’t over that night.

I like running the meat rigs behind 10” spin dr’s on my wire divers because they seem to have less drag than the 11” paddles.

Shortbus makes the triangle rotary flashers but they also make 11” paddles, check out their website. Big paddle flashers are a staple out on the west coast/Columbia river and also the ocean fishery with cut herring behind them. I run meat rigs behind the 11”ers. Behind the triangle rotary flashers u can run pretty much whatever u want (I like to run meat with no teasers). If u walleye fish try running the small rotary flasher directly off ur bottom bouncer rig with a worm harness or gambler rig behind it.

If you’re running meat (you should be) def get some of the kingfisher/fish n chip style flashers as well. I’ve also got some west coast shortbus 11” paddles that have been very effective (no echip). Got a new Gibbs flasher I can’t wait to get in the water….these flasher are not as speed forgiving as spin doctors (seem to take more fish at a little slower speed) and 11+” flashers have more drag and can make fish act weird when u get them near the boat….but man are they effective for chinook.

Unreal….Wanna guess how the fishing is on onieda right now? wife likes coming up here for the week of Fourth of July but every summer I end up trying to fish in top of this mayfly hatch. Good thing my freezer doesn’t need anymore walleye.

I run longest setback and shallowest running lure the outside, with shorter setbacks and deeper running lures as you get toward the boat….avoiding line tangles is all about the line angle coming off those boards. I do not run 3 leadcore lines off each side….I think for leadcore you want your shortest core on the outside with your longer deeper cores off the inside. Warning tho that big walleyes can break your spread no matter how good your spacing is. This 11lber ate the outside board and stayed deep (as big ones will do), and got under my middle snap weight. Some slick work by the net man got him in the boat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAJjdA6b4Ts thought this was a cool video. Gives some insight into why all our lures are green and chartreuse.