Rough weekend on Erie

[Sluggo / NY]

Fished Friday thru Monday out of Barcelona Harbor. Friday was a decent day.. weather wise.. but no-one I spoke with did well. We ended up with four decent eyes and released a 20 pound+ laker. Saturday thru Monday were terrible. Winds picked up.. making trolling almost impossible. All three days we were the only rig parked in the harbor. In fact.. a few of the locals accused us of being insane.. to which I agreed. We did manage to pick up two or three each day.. but we earned them. Probably one more trip up to the St. Lawrence.. then wait for the herd to arrive on my local river here. By the way.. everything came on stick-baits from 90 to 110 feet of water. Never really patterned them as one would come from 35 down.. the next from 70. Not a very productive trip, but fun as usual and it sure beat working! Good Fishing, Sluggo (Chris)

[mostlymuskies]

Chris I can only imagine what Lake Erie was like on Sunday,Chautauqua Lake had 2 1/2 ft to 3 ft waves 2 feet apart white capping,was tough trolling for muskies!

[wishinfishin]

way to keep plugging at them, sitting home guarentees no fish

[Reel 'em in Rinallo]

Landed 5 sunday dropped another 3 - Out of the Catt a little East  - 175 back outside dipsey - 153 back inside dipsey - Rigger 70 down knocked a few times too but we only brought in one from it.  78 fow was best. Great marks from 74-82fow.  Blue chatter sticks , Blue & green harness and Black & Pink harness worked. The Lake flattened out.  We started out Perch fishing. Made several moves but only 3 fish by 11am. We then trolled til kickoff