Arriving at the marina-this thing looks the business-hope it has seat belts as the skipper said we would be travelling across Lake Erie for 18 miles and it would take about 20 minutes-Wow!! that's fast
My skipper for the day-Andy Copland,a tournament fisher,good boatman and a really nice guy.
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First fish on board was a freshwater Drum(sheep's head) not our target species but they gave a good account of themselves, 3 to 5lbs each and plenty of them throughout the day.Skip gave me an important lesson on clutch control- when these fish take a dive they can easily snap your 10lb leader.So get your reel settings right. We also had a few small perch and silver bass,with the Walleye (pickerel) thin on the ground. However we managed to land 6 of average size (no16lb monsters)
We were using four rods on the drift and to keep the lines apart we used these things called boards.
When I first saw them I thought they were a stupid contraption,but as they day went on I started to understand the principal behind them. You can set the board to keep your lines apart and control the depth of the terminal tackle (some boats use out-riggers for the same purpose) Andy set the drift at different speeds,he even used a drogue to slow us down and kept altering the depth to contact the fish.
The business end consisted of a trace with a pennel hook system,baited with a good size lob worm,spinner spoon,beads and weighted attractor.
Back on dry land after a lovely day on Lake Erie.Temperature in the upper 70s with a nice breeze to keep you cool (had to stick my hat on to look the part for this shot.
A brace of Walleye-- they are going to provide the family with a nice meal tonight and I will probably wash it down with a few pints of Canadian lager.
My little four year old grandson (Jack Sparrow) "I want to catch one this size" he says-"Perhaps next year when you are a bit older"
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