J in Cleveland Loc: Cleveland, Ohio

Hit the ramp about 5:15 on a beautiful partly cloudy Sunday afternoon. Air temp was 70 with a 5 to 10 knot southwest wind and the water temp ranged from 56 to 59. Got some good info at the ramp from a nice fella on his way out. Said they were catching them in close off the Gold Coast trolling bandits 35-40ft back. Since his report and my plan pretty much lined up I was feeling confident. We started trolling just after Edgewater beach 1.6-1.8 MPH headed dead west in 16-26 ft of water. The graph was showing plenty of life so why not, I figured. Ran 2 perfect 10’s, 2 Bandits, a Flicker Minnow and a Husky Jerk. Took about 45 min to get our first on a Perfect 10 40ft set back. 20 min later we got our second fish on a Bandit 35 ft set back. 15 min later we got another on the Husky Jerk set back 50. Five minutes after that we had our forth on a flicker minnow 35ft back. Then we hit a lul and it wasn’t until we turned north mid way thru our turn around that we got out 5th fish on a Bandit set back 40ft. 20 min later we got our sixth fish on the Husky Jerk set back 50ft. Trolled back east till 8:40 then called it a day. We fished from 16-36ft of water and there were plenty of fish. The key was to keep your lures in that 10-15 ft running depths. We caught on purple, green, yellow, blue/red,& blue/green. Basically color didn’t matter. That’s why I like to keep a variety out even if I catch a lot on one particular color one day. All fish caught where post spawn males. Beautiful evening on Lake Erie couldn’t ask for more!!

Tight lines
J

Kyle with our first one.


Lake like glass planners running smooth.


The kind of sunset that soothes your soul.


It only warmed your heart at first but still worth a look.


Kyle took 2 both about 24”. These ranged 23&1/2” to 21” and 4.14 to 2.8 lbs.

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

Nice catching Captain J. Beautiful fish and awesome pictures. Thanks for the report and sharing your day with us. 👍🏻👍🏻

nutz4fish Loc: Colchester, CT

Well Done J.

J in Cleveland Loc: Cleveland, Ohio

Funny you used “Captain”. Kyle and I had a long talk about how whoever is in control of a boat is a captain. And there really isn’t a captains license it’s called a Mariners Certificate or something like that. Gotta stock up for the Meet and Greet! Perch and walleye this year.

J in Cleveland Loc: Cleveland, Ohio

Thanks Nutz. My best friend from high schools nick name was Nuts Good guys seem to have that nickname.

Tight lines
J

OJdidit Loc: Oak Creek Wisconsin

Nicely done J, congrats!

nutz4fish Loc: Colchester, CT

Well J, I can't claim to be a good guy, but I'm still trying. Thanx.

Whitey Loc: Southeast ohio

Nice one's J and some good eating 😊. Been really windy down here. I haven’t missed anything about the M&G shirts have i🤔

J in Cleveland Loc: Cleveland, Ohio

Thanks Jimmy!

No you haven’t I’ll make that post this weekend.

J in Cleveland Loc: Cleveland, Ohio

Thanks John. Walleye school sure didn’t hurt. Feel much more dialed in when I’m out there this year. Hopefully I’ll be able to keep it going.

bknecht Loc: Northeast pa

Beautiful eyes J and friends, some mighty fine eating in your future.

J in Cleveland Loc: Cleveland, Ohio

Thanks!! Yours as well if your coming to the Meet and Greet?

Whitey Loc: Southeast ohio

OK thanks J

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

Great post Jason. One day I might get a chance to catch one of those. Nice looking fish 🐟.

Wv mike Loc: Parkersburg area. Wv

Great job catching J I troll the bandits lures some in the river the 200 size works good the river is around 15’ deep. I going to invest in a couple plainer boards.