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Date Fished: 7/25/08
Location: WALNUT
Water Conditions: Rough
Posted By: "newgas"
7/26/2008 1:04:20 PM Report ID: 22287

Report: Fished near a scattered perch pack out of Walnut, bite slow but steady, no real jumbos. 3 man limit took 5 hours.

Date Fished: 07-25-2008
Location: Edward-John
Water Conditions: 1-2 and less
Posted By: "thebear1021@yah" thebear1021@yahoo.com
7/26/2008 10:49:29 AM Report ID: 22286

Report: Beautiful night on the lake, Capt. Chuckie and crew worked hard, all anglers on board worked hard, but the only problem was the Perch decided to take the evening off. Slow bite. A boat load of anglers caught approx. 100 Perch, a few nice Jumbos, and a few White Perch and big Sheepshead. All in all it was still a great trip.

Date Fished: 07/25/08
Location: Erie
Water Conditions: 7 footers
Posted By: "joepa" jfsan@zoominternet.net
7/25/2008 4:00:11 PM Report ID: 22283

Report: If anyone was mislead by my earlier post, it wasn't intended to reflect bad judgement on the crew of the Victory. We left as they were boarding and when we passed the area again they were docked. We assumed they went out and came back. Anyway, the weather people forecasted that the winds would die down and there would only be two to three foots waves later in the afternoon. We would have wanted to go out if it wasn't for the kids.

Date Fished: 7-25-08
Location: Lake
Water Conditions: 2-4' windy
Posted By: "dannyboy" dannykozy@yahoo.com
7/25/2008 12:40:08 PM Report ID: 22282

Report: Went out with 5 guys in two boats out to about 57' of H2o and tried to anchor off the point. 2-4' waves blew us around pretty good and neither of us caught any. Moved in closer to about 36' of H2o where we marked a few- and I caught one nice perch but that was the last perch we saw all day. 1 perch between 5 guys and 2 boats! Talked to a few other guys coming in and going out-nothing for anyone. I think the storm the past few days got them all stirred up and going everywhich way.
Even tried the cribs-caught a wall hanger of a gobie but that was about it.

Date Fished: 07/24/08
Location: Perch Boats
Water Conditions: 7 footers
Posted By: "joepa" jfsan@zoominternet.net
7/25/2008 11:54:38 AM Report ID: 22280

Report: Took the family (6 of us) up to Erie yesterday for some perch fishing aboard the Victory, about a two hour trip. We checked the weather reports first and they were calling for only two foot waves. When we got there, the EJ had already cancelled out because of 7 foot waves. The captain of the victory said he was going out. We decided that if the bay had whitecaps there was no way we wanted to be out on the lake. We took the kids behind the Convention Center and the kids had a ball catching bass, bluegills, and big sheepsheads. When we left we saw that the Victory was already back in. THANKS WEATHER PEOPLE!

Date Fished: this coming weekend
Location: any conny eye reports??
Water Conditions:
Posted By: "walleyewizzard" fisherman277@juno.com
7/22/2008 8:34:42 PM Report ID: 22279

Report: planning to head up to fish saturday and sunday. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

greg seese
fisherman277@juno.com

Date Fished: 7/20/08
Location: Edward John
Water Conditions: 1-2 early, 2-3 later
Posted By: "PrinceNymph" ckruse1@woh.rr.com
7/20/2008 8:12:35 PM Report ID: 22277

Report: Another great day with Capt. John on the EJ. We never had to move and several of us limited out, primarily those that didn't have an elaborate rig - no spreaders, no beads, no spinners, no tangled lines (well, not as many as the others). Everyone was catching fish when the bight was on, but when it slowed down, the perch seemed to shy away from the rigs with hardware, but some would hit the simple rigs. The fish were hitting light, and even when close to the bottom, several hit the minnow going up. This caused the rod tip to go slightly slack rather than go down. It tended to look as if your sinker had bounced on the bottom.

Date Fished: 7-20
Location: west of walnut
Water Conditions: 1-3 then 3-5
Posted By: "Hammerdown"
7/20/2008 5:15:07 PM Report ID: 22276

Report: Went out with captain Jim Baney today on the Murph 2. did the best we could with a bunch of white bass and drums. The best was six walleye the longest is 29 inches.

Date Fished: 7-19-08
Location: Conneaut
Water Conditions: 1-3ft
Posted By: "perchmanbo" perchmanbo@hotmail.com
7/20/2008 10:14:13 AM Report ID: 22275

Report: 3- man limit of perch. Started fishing at 7:15 am, done at 9:10am. 64 ft 5degree heading out of the harbor.

Date Fished: 19 Luly 08
Location: Ashtabula
Water Conditions: 2-3 occasional 4
Posted By: "bluntman"
7/19/2008 7:35:26 PM Report ID: 22273

Report: Took the neighbor crew and bluntkid walleye fishing out of Ashtabula today, theres fish from the 00 -06 N and the 42 -54 W, Out most productive spot was 42.02.875 and 80.42.655, took 24 walleye on dipsys and riggers with the riggers set @ 70 ft with a 50ft lead, Stinger standards in Monkeypuke being tops deep and Crystalina Pirates 210 on a 3.5 being a close second, the trick was to drill a hole in the water when you found active fish, although that became a bit difficult when the wind kicked up, heard mixed reports for the day, some did well and some struggled, guess thats fishing, oh yea, the big fish was 32" and 11.04 lbs on a certified scale

Date Fished: 7-18
Location: off point w/perch pack
Water Conditions: light chop
Posted By: "Liverache" jowmac@yahoo.com
7/19/2008 3:04:51 PM Report ID: 22271

Report: went on evening trip on EJ, nice warm night, lots of good people, and lots of perch again perch pack was around 75 boats, I would think they all did well as no one moved. seemed most of boat were vets to perch fishing(very few tangles)on a full boat. Very few on boat did not limit.As always good job by capt and crew

Date Fished: 07/18/08
Location: Walnut eyes
Water Conditions: 1-3
Posted By: "Kos"
7/18/2008 7:48:47 PM Report ID: 22268

Report: Fished just to the west and to the north of the perch pack all day. Caught 8 eyes, missed a few at the boat, all on harness, 6 out of 8 were on willowleaf, HOT color was green/black/orange combo, big dipsey 3.5 150'. I wonder if that was Brian's favorite color? (radio traffic).
GOOD LUCK.

Date Fished: 7/19/08
Location: anywhere
Water Conditions:
Posted By: "walleyehunter53" lonlieman@yahoo.com
7/18/2008 5:58:59 PM Report ID: 22267

Report: all perch reports any walleye being cought in pa. waters? going out in the morning. thanks in advance!

Date Fished: July 18
Location: Lake Erie
Water Conditions: Perfect
Posted By: "is5589" john@cianow.com
7/18/2008 11:17:14 AM Report ID: 22264

Report: Dropped lines at 0600 in 55 FOW off the point, pulled anchor at 0730 with two limits of perch! Also 3 white bass. Non-stop action.

We were half way in and passed both the Ed John and Victory going out...those pour souls will bake today!

Date Fished: 07-17-2008
Location: Edward John
Water Conditions: 2' or less
Posted By: "thebear1021@yah" thebear1021@yahoo.com
7/18/2008 10:28:31 AM Report ID: 22263

Report: Another great night aboard the Edward-John. Beautiful night, waves 2' or less. The bite was good at times and slow at times. Full boat caught approx 300 Perch with a 5# Walleye and a 4# Smallmouth Bass to add to the pot. Capt. John and crew worked hard to make sure all aboard had a good time. Thanks guys.

Date Fished: 7/16/08
Location: Edward John (morning run)
Water Conditions: mildly lumpy
Posted By: "Stump Jumper" gustik@verizon.net
7/16/2008 7:12:59 PM Report ID: 22261

Report: Went out on the morning run on the EJ. Full boat load of fishermen and fisherwomen. The perch bite was very slow even after 4 moves to get over more aggressive fish. The perch were there but not hitting. I came away with 7 fish. The full moon and wild weather last week may have alot to do with the present situation. The good news, there is always a next time. Thanks for a nice outing. Gary U.

Date Fished: 07-15-2008
Location: Edward-John Off the Point
Water Conditions: 1Foot or less
Posted By: "thebear1021@yah" thebear1021@yahoo.com
7/16/2008 11:37:02 AM Report ID: 22259

Report: Another beautiful night aboard the Edward-John.1 foot or less waves, beautiful Lake Erie Sunset and some Perch. The bite was a little slow but most anglers aboard caught a decent amount. One young man who's name we will not mention " Justin " got his limit and was catching Perch like it was going out of style. Most folks had a good time and Capt. John and crew did their usual good job. Counted 62 boats in the Perch pack off the point.

Date Fished: 7/15/08
Location: Off the point
Water Conditions: calm
Posted By: "chrome dome" dudacm@adelphia.net
7/15/2008 10:14:13 PM Report ID: 22257

Report: Fished in 56 ft of water, took daughter out for first time of perch fishing,even though she is 21, started fishing at 5:30 done by 7:00. Hooked the first one for her, after that she caught the 30 by herself. We were north of the pack. Beautiful!

Date Fished: 7/14/08
Location: off point of presque isle
Water Conditions: choppy to rocking n rolling
Posted By: "chasehorner" shepbrew@hotmail.com
7/14/2008 10:51:45 PM Report ID: 22255

Report: went on edward john for the first time great day didnt crush the perch but most of us were close to limiting.had a good group of guys and an incredible sunset to bring the evening to a close. recommended highly for anyone who enjoys the taken for granted beauty of our area.

Date Fished: 7/13
Location: Point 60fow
Water Conditions: 1-3's
Posted By: "MrSnapyPop" urconw@ridgid.com
7/14/2008 7:22:20 AM Report ID: 22254

Report: Went on the Sunday morning trip on the Victory. The bite was steady for most of the day. Most on the boat either limited out or were close to it. The fish were very biting very light so it took a bit of patience. Overall, it was a good trip despite the wind and rain (good thing the boat is covered). I know I'll definately be back.

Date Fished: 7/12108
Location: Walnut
Water Conditions: 1-2
Posted By: "Carpet Bagger" Admin@GreatLakesGuideOnline.com
7/13/2008 7:00:33 PM Report ID: 22253

Report: Fished north west of the creek in 60-70ft of water and got 24 walleyes.

Hot colors were Ludington Watermelon, Purple Scale, Boy/Girl, and Green Gobie.

Big dipsy set at 3.5 fished 130' back was the best producer...

Date Fished: 7/12/08
Location: 52' off point
Water Conditions: 2'to3' then calm
Posted By: "bman" dteneyes@velocity.net
7/13/2008 4:43:31 PM Report ID: 22252

Report: went out on afternoon run on the edward john. fish started out slow. by 6:30 every one was pulling in fish. don't know how many fish were caught.my wife & I left with 60 perch. the crew were great. special thanks to toby. for helping my wife catch her limit. my wife & I will be back out again. we had a good time on the edward john.

Date Fished: 7/12/2008
Location: Erie, 55' off PI light house
Water Conditions: nice day, 1' waves
Posted By: "XSV" be2young@roadrunner.com
7/12/2008 10:57:06 PM Report ID: 22251

Report: Fished on the Three Stooges with the three stooges and limited out on perch. Nice size also landed a nice walleye and numerous sheep head.

Date Fished: 7/11/08
Location: Edward John
Water Conditions: rough
Posted By: "Stump Jumper" gustik@verizon.net
7/12/2008 10:30:23 PM Report ID: 22250

Report: Went out on the EJ Friday evening. Water was 'lumpy' and many sick folks. We were put on fish and did ok even with the wave action. About 7:30 the waves decreased a bit or I got use to them more. Most did fair to good. Some limits, most averaged about 17-20 fish. The bite was tough but I managed 24 really nice fish most about 10" 6@12-13". I was happy. The capt. made the ride as comfortable as possible and the entire crew was polite, hard working and interacted with all of the clients. Hope to get out this week atleast a few time if the weather and waves cooperate. Gary U.

Date Fished: Sat. July 11th
Location: Walnut
Water Conditions: nnw winds 2 then 4-6 ftrs
Posted By: "Indian Summer" cook4st@aol.com
7/12/2008 11:43:21 AM Report ID: 22249

Report: Hey ShutUpNFish..... we did good in the same location as you. As a matter of fact that was you at the wheel if I remember right. I guess I was focused on what was going on on deck. But the hot rod seemed to be in the back right corner. Oh that's right..... three of us were reeling them in off that one and you were one of them. Just wanted to keep the fish reports accurate: That rod was at a 3 1/2 setting and 180 back. As long as the guy at the wheel put us on 'em that was the ticket and he did fair to good I'd say. I'd guess about half the eyes came on that program on that side. The rest of the fish came on the other 4-5 rods combined including back rod which was at a 1 setting and 150 back. Not sure exactly what the set up was out the other side other than that they weren't using my harnesses. ;-) The perch came over there and the steeie off the rigger at 51 feet on a watermelon Stinger spoon. Just watch the wheel o.k. Maybe the driver should report the location, weather, and waves and the crew can report what was going on out the back. Oh that's right.... Forget that idea since I'll be driving and barking the orders next time.

Thanks for a good time which did not include the ride back!

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