Lake Erie Walleye 2025

[Gill-T]

Let the good times roll!  
 

 

[Gill-T]

Anyone ever try a NWT coangler event?  I see they have a stop in Dunkirk in August. For those that have competed, what are your opinions on the tournament experience?

[Gill-T]

This weather has me confused. Playing with dummy dots and my hole puncher again. 

[C hammond]

I’ve fished as a co angler on the nwt a couple times. Well worth doing . I won 4 grand in Detroit once. I’m not sure what it would be like now with forward facing sonar

[Gill-T]

Ya, that is just worry. Guys running to Ohio to use forward facing imaging in 5’ waves and a bass boat. Hopefully, I would get paired with a troller. 

[mr 580]

This years NWT visit to Dunkirk is a regular event which means more entrants/boats than the 2022 Championship with limited qualifiers.  Interesting to attend a weigh in just to see the boats and what goes on.  Some of the local tournaments have some good numbers of entrants too.  The shotgun start of Sunset Bay Shootout would be one of those.

[Gill-T]

With boredom comes innovation of some new worm spoons patterns. Friekin weather has to break. 

[Gill-T]

Launches in Huron River Ohio are open. 

[Gill-T]

Lots of open water on West end. Modis satellite shot of Erie today. 

[Gill-T]

When you have run out of ideas of lures to buy, you can always look in Europe. $19 per lure so I won’t use these to bounce off any structure but wow Rapala Europe has some great paint jobs. Darkagelures.com. 

Edited March 17 by Gill-T

[salmoseine]

Erie ice, Mar 18th...

[Gill-T]

The walleye flossing season is in full swing on the Maumee River. 

[Locoman]

She's getting there.......

 

[Shorthanded]

  On 2/10/2025 at 6:26 PM, Gill-T said:

Ya, that is just worry. Guys running to Ohio to use forward facing imaging in 5’ waves and a bass boat. Hopefully, I would get paired with a troller. 

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from what I’ve seen over the past couple of years not many troller left

[sherman brown]

  On 3/17/2025 at 10:57 PM, Gill-T said:

When you have run out of ideas of lures to buy, you can always look in Europe. $19 per lure so I won’t use these to bounce off any structure but wow Rapala Europe has some great paint jobs. Darkagelures.com. 

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the 1st bait would be Steelhead killer and still catch walleye trolling the central basin of Erie out of Geneva Ohio. and I wouldn't count the last out until I gave them a good try.

[Gill-T]

And all those pretty offseason lure acquisitions have been sitting in a box for months due to yet another crappy weekend of weather. I have been trying to execute a weekend trip to Ohio since this fall and they all have been canceled 😡. 

[sherman brown]

  On 4/2/2025 at 3:25 AM, Shorthanded said:

from what I’ve seen over the past couple of years not many troller left

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where are you fishing. i haven't fished the western basin lately but back when I did after the jig bite was over most boats started trolling. when I started back in the early 80s most did cast and count down but all we dit was let out a lot of line off our spinning reels and just drift, and very few days we didn't get a 4 man limit. but later when the water cleared and not as many fish we switched to trolling.

 

But later, we started fishing the central basin out of Geneva, Ohio, and trolling was what everyone did. i believe a few guys have been drifting in the central basin since the great influx of new walleye but I have no idea if they are catching walleye.

[Shorthanded]

  On 4/16/2025 at 6:04 PM, Gill-T said:

And all those pretty offseason lure acquisitions have been sitting in a box for months due to yet another crappy weekend of weather. I have been trying to execute a weekend trip to Ohio since this fall and they all have been canceled 😡. 

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I’ve spent the entire month of April in Port Clinton area and I each time I had less than 50% fishable days. Now that the fish are smaller not sure it’s worth it, IMHO

[Tradman]

Definitely catching fish drifting out of Conneaut from the shoreline to 70 feet plus. Weight Forward spinners, casting harnesses, and some guys do well with bottom bouncers. Way more fun, but if you're in a hurry it's fairly easy  to put 24 in the boat in about 2 hours or less with 6 Dipsy divers 2 riggers and a couple flat wire lines 

Edited April 16 by Tradman

[Gill-T]

Dubro release board modification of walleye board. Fastest board on and off and easy to release with the rod handle pop technique. 
 

 

[SchultzFishingTeamOutdoors]

Just picked up the Spring 2025 collection of baits (UPM 680 Blanks) painted up by Zach Baker looking forward to a great 2nd season on Erie.

[Gill-T]

Friday night wind forecast is improving. Who is going out on night patrol?

[sherman brown]

  On 4/25/2025 at 2:07 PM, SchultzFishingTeamOutdoors said:

Just picked up the Spring 2025 collection of baits (UPM 680 Blanks) painted up by Zach Baker looking forward to a great 2nd season on Erie.

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those cranks looks awesome. I like lures with purple the best for trolling Lake Erie's central basin but I would love to try a couple of your cranks as they should kill the walleye. if you need someone to test them midsummer just mail me a few, LOL.

[SchultzFishingTeamOutdoors]

  On 5/1/2025 at 12:09 PM, sherman brown said:

those cranks looks awesome. I like lures with purple the best for trolling Lake Erie's central basin but I would love to try a couple of your cranks as they should kill the walleye. if you need someone to test them midsummer just mail me a few, LOL.

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Started experimenting last year with these baits on Lake Ontario and the Finger Lakes and also trying Erie for the first time last year late summer early fall and had great success. So hopefully this season see what color's in different conditions work as well. It's pretty simple the blanks can be had online for dirt cheap and a good friend of mine who pants musky lures Zach Baker adds the perfection with the painting work. Hope this helps everyone and interesting to post my progress with these baits this season on Erie.

[Gill-T]

Friday night the lake should be like glass.