Man…I hear you about the wind.It has been a very windy winter and early spring.

As far as the early season Walleyes go ,I normally fish the nearshore reefs.Launching out of Fenwick Marina, its only a 5 minute run to be on top of loads of fish.

As far as fishing the rivers,I am not knocking anyone who does ,but that style of fishing is not for me.

It is elbow to elbow fishing with sometimes 500 guys in one little stretch of water.On top of that the ODNR is everywhere,including the tops of buildings with spotting scopes to catch the unethical snaggers.Its just not a real comfortable environment to fish in.Tried it once and never again.The fish can be in there so thick at times that it is almost impossible to keep from foulhooking a few.With that being said though,only about 10 percent of the Lake Erie Walleyes spawn in the rivers.The remaining 90 percent spawn on the reef complexes in the lake.Jigs will work,but bladebaits such as the Vib-E are dynamite on these fish.Looks like I might have to give the old Bass a rest this season.My tourney partner Jim Corey is gonna keep me pretty busy with our tourneys and prefishing.Thanks everyone for the welcome.Nice website you have here.

Water temp was in the high 30’s before the massive cold front came through yesterday.Temps were around 10 degrees last night.The water is pretty muddy around the nearshore reef complex.We have had some nasty winds lately,keeping the lake stirred up.The Walleyes have started their annual spawning run up the Maumee and Sandusky rivers,so I would imagine that when the lake conditions cooperate,the reefs should be full of fish.