tjm,
Don’t know about the bay but I fish little bay de noc in the fall (nov) at night and it is increadible. Its a trolling bite and due to the water clarity it is pretty much a total night deal. lead core and shallow running cranks like reef runners, 7in rapalas, bombers, rouges all will catch fish. I usually fish sundown to 2-3 in the morning and 15-25 fish night are pretty common. lots of 22-26 inch fish with some real giants swimin around. I know in sept and oct the cedar river area usually sees a bite and that’s a little further south than little bay other than that I wont be much help. feel free to pm if you want more info. Good luck man

KWP that is what I have found as well, You’ll get a couple hours out of run and then they just back out or shut down. Like I said alot of times you can come back later and pull a few more. There is so much to learn about the river it can get overwhelming, but if you can disect a spot and look for common traits else where in the system you will be rewarded for the effort. Nice job out there fellas lets keep it goin and learn every trip. I’ll keep you updated on how i’m doin.

a few more

Timmy,
I run boards for a number of reasons, the biggest is coverage. It lets me cover more water than flat lining, Less mess when fish are hooked as well. I’ve found on lake of the woods that even in 32 ft of water there is a spook factor, I’m fishing about 28 ft down and on sunny calmer days my board lines have always produced more fish. If it’s windy I’ll run 2 flat lines off the back With 2 boards (I fish with parties of 3) cause conditions (wind) covers my tracks. Some of it is personal preference and confidence from past results, creature of habit. Best of luck out there.

Cdemeyes
(corey)

mwal

I use 3 colors of lead with a 35 foot 10/4 fireline leader!I have 10# test backing that the lead is attached to. Where the leadcore and the mono meet is where I’m attaching my board! hope this helps, let me know, I’ll post again I’m headin up this weekend.

Cdemeyes
(Corey)

Gonzo,
I agree with Calvin, I’ld start in the river from the mouth at four mile bay to baudette. In years past shad raps and leadcore have done very well as well as spinners and bouncers. A good old jig and minnow combo might clean em up to. Thats the great thing, alot of options. Cover some ground and find em then clean up on em. Best of luck

cthemeyes

bull cans,
I’ve fished Erie quite a bit and will actually be out there that same time. That is typically gettin toward the end of the jig bite on the reefs of the western basin. With that said this has been a different year and has been cold recently. The typical method for the majority of the jig fishermen is to set up a drift and cast hair jigs to the side of the boat and allow the jig to drift behind the boat and then work it back.If you go to the bait shop called the happy hooker, by turtle creek marina they can get you the latest info. The reef bite can be fast and furious with a 3 man limit in a matter of minutes, alot of guys work jigs in 3/8 to 1/2 oz sizes, purple and black hair jigs are the go to for most. Expect the majority of the fish to be 3-5 lbs and you’ll probably catch alot of smallies with them.I myself am a troller and will be somewhere from the bass islands to kelly’s pulling spinners and or cranks. The trollers typically average 6-8 lbs a fish and is not unusual to catch 8-10 eyes a day from 27-32 inches. If you’ld like any help or want to follow us or get info on the trolling bite while you are in port clinton feel free to call me or send me a pm. I’m more than happy to help any way I can. Best of luck

Cdemeyes
(corey) 651-338-4982

rivy,
Was up there last weekend, pounded the cappies in the little lake (beaver dam). The first and last couple hours of the day were the best. Drifted along the weededge in 16 ft of water and casted light jigs and small gulp minnows and probably caught 50-60 each morn. and night had to sort but plenty of eaters. Good luck

cdemeyes
corey

fishin was great last weekend, Caught alot of fish trollin out by the reefs, and I know the rock were going real good with live bait. Good luck

cdemeyes
corey cook

eyecrazy,
Hey I’ll be up there fri and saturday and sun. I’m staying at arnsens as well. I’ll fill you in on what is going on. Give me a call and we’ll talk.651-338-4982 (Corey). Talk to you soon.

Cdemeyes
corey cook

Rip,
Hey man. How you been? Still gonna get you up to LOTW sometime. it is an awsome lake. I’ll be up quite a bit in july, got alot of guy that want to go. I’ll get a pm sometime and we can talk.

Cdemeyes
Corey

Biggest was 29in that my daughter caught, a couple between 27 and 28 and a 26in. The rest were from 14 to 24, lots of great eaters.

Cdemeyes
Corey Cook

John,
Try Troy Lund @ Ensure in Hastings. I’m a Roofer and he handels all my insurance needs. 651-437-9317

Thanks fellas

I am interested in joining the group! Any where to get the info? Thanks guys.

Bart,
Alot of the forage fish that the larger walleyes are following in the summer months are palegic(sp)feeders. There is a huge amount of emerald shiners as well as ciscoes that have grown by that time to a perferred size. I fish LOW alot in july and august and have always caught big walleyes trolling crankbaits in open water.There are large fish around reefs but number wise a majority are suspended in the big traverse bay section. Find the bait fish find the walleyes. I look at it like this. If someone said we could eat 1 prime rib(shiners, ciscoes) or 10 party weiners(bugs etc.) what would we do ?? Best of luck.

cdemeyes

I know alot of guys who are heading north toward bridges and knight and the reefs in those areas and doing really well. Fishing those deep transitions from rock to mud etc. hope this helps. best of luck.

cdemeyes

Tony,
Depends on where your fishing? If you fishing around the gap area or zippel bay head to the wigwam. If your going to be out by the reefs and garden island I would call arnsens. I’ll tell you this, I was at arnsens last week and fish by garden island and we cleaned up on the walleyes. Got (2) 27s(2)26s and quite a few between 22 and 24, limited out as well. To get there would be a long run from wigwam. both are great, just depends on where your headed. Best of luck!

cdemeyes
corey

Steve,
As of right now I’ll be there next thursday. Right now the water is dirty, the way the forecast looks that will change by the time you get there. There is a couple of patterns that play out on erie. There is a spinner bite and a crankbait bite. For a rule of thumb, if the water temp is 45 or lower the cranks will be hot. Once that water starts to push 50 the spinners really take off. I would run a couple of both. With both, make shure your pulling some high. I mean in the top 12 feet of the water column. Those walleyes are suspended fish and alot of times you wont even mark them. As far as location, start around the reefs (d-can)and the head to north bass or in front of kellys island. You’ll bump into somewhere. Best of luck.
cdemeyes

I wont be out there to fish the tourn. But I may be out there fishing. Lake Erie is really an amazing body of water. It really is nothing to average 7#’s or bigger. There are two patterns in the spring, the jig bite and the trolling bite. Jig bite is typically smaller males and the open water bite is for big fish. You’ll be fishing the trolling bite in the tournament. Everything depends on water clarity and lake Erie can be tempermental. If the conditions are right your in for a trip of a life time.

Mallard,
I own a exterior construction company here in Hastings, Mn! Fully licensed, Bonded and insured! I don’t sub-contract my work out either, myself and my own crew do our work. If you would like shoot me an e-mail I’ll answer any questions you may have and I would be more than happy to take a look for ya. E-mail me @ [email protected].

Thanks,
Corey

James,
Thanks for your respose! I’ld like to investigate the areas around sartell or brainered. I quess basically where I could fish from my boat. Were you guys in the brainerd area for the show? River looked wide and fairly deep in that area and looks like it’s somthing I could handle with my boat. I just curious what area you guys were on and what access you used with your rig in the show? Looked like some fun C&R fishin. Thanks again in advance.

corey (cdemeyes)

hey boys,
Always wanted to try the upper miss. smallie bite. Noticed you were fishin in the G3. I run a 619 ranger, what landing could I use and what strech of river is most fishable from my boat. Thanks in advance and great show .

thanks,
cdemeyes (corey)

Lake Erie if you can hit the weather right !

Reef Runners !!! All sizes. from the 800 series reef runners to rip sticks to rip shads. Use em from the rainy river/lotw to the dakotas to mille lacs to the great lakes and they have always been the most consistant. lots of colors and sizes for any situation.

The first week of october is usually excellent! I go that same week and then I head out again in mid november. There is plenty of big fish that time of year, I’ve caught plenty of fish O’s (28in & bigger) that very week. The walleyes are on there way back west from the Clevelend area and eastern basin. It is the begining of the migration and gets better and better as the fall progresses. During that time frame the fish are still a ways out in the lake off of Huron and vermillion. The best potential to locate your big fish is an area called the “sand bar”. It is a huge piece of structure off of Vermillion and it runs north & south. It has alot of points and humps on it as well. This area holds literly thousands of walleyes. Day in and day out they’ll move around the bar but are always in the general area. Find the shiners and shad and you will catch fish. Two patterns exsist, trolling spoons and dipsyes and pullin’ spinners and snap weights. Both are affective most of the time one will dominate. Check with the local bait shops and charters and you’ll get all the info ya need. Let me know if your gonna head out there and maybe we can work together.

Thanks,
cdemeyes

Hey,
I grew up fishing that lake! Both my parents are from Cumberland. I’m headin to shell lake sat. and might be at beaver dam on sunday. What fish are ya chasin’??

cdemeyes

Forget it, I saw the guys post from the 12th! Thanks guys

cdemeyes

Walleye hunter 6,
If you are headin’ out to Erie in may the majority of the larger fish will be from north of kellys island to the east side of the bass island. That time of year I put in at Mazuriks and head straight to the north side of Kellys island. Start with a spinner program if the water is 50 or better. I usually run a snap weight program and vary the depths at which I run my spinners, I call it the bottoms up program. Watch the graph and if your marking walleyes fish slightly above em and give them a few good passes. If you dont make contact, head north west to about middel bass island and start all over. youll probably see charter boats and that should tell you somthin, dont crowd em just use them as a starting point. If still nothing, head north to the border and troll west to the tip of north bass and again same program. You’ll probably have started poundin’ em by this point, but if not keep wraping around the islands and I promise you will contact some big fish. All I ask is that you practice selective harvast and enjoy the finest walleye lake in the country. Best of luck and God bless!!

cdemeyes

Zammer,
Anchoring is a very popular method on the River. Most of the time, if your going to anchor you’ll want to concentrate on the front and back lips of the Holes throughout the system. Basically the fish are migrating up the river following the Shiners into the river, along the way they use these holes to eat and get out of the main flow. I myself never anchor unless im out in the mouth of the river where I anchor on the channel edge.The river has a channel up to a few miles south of clemensten. from there the channel ends and it becomes more holes and flats.I personaly troll the majority of the time with leadcore line and #7 shad raps or small reef runners.Some real good trolling areas are the church area east of the clemensten(known for big walleyes) access. From there keep headin east and troll the bends in the river and if you see holes fishem’. Usually if im in a spot and am catchin fish I’ll slow down and work the area with jigs and minnows.You will see boats and those are the areas that are worth looking around, take mental note when you make contact with walleyes because the same patterns hold true throughout the system. I know Im rambling, finally if your headin up in the next couple of week, concentrate ano the mouth of the river in four mile bay. Again this area is really where the anchoring excells.just anchor, watch you sonar and when you see the shiners coming through, hold on walleyes arnt far behind . Best of luck and God bless.

cdemeyes