erie bound ....again.....

heading to erie for a week....gonna take my boat up this time to have a day or 2 of crappie fishing (or bass fishing)....prob be in east or west harbor, or sandusky bay.....are the docks gonna hold crappie this time of year (I think they will, but Ive never tried it this late) or should I look else where....hey AEF your pm box is full.....main things to wally fish, but if its rough or the bite stinks Im hitting the bays, any ideas or info would be great....ive bass fished the bays but have never crappie fished them this time of year, have a great one all, God bless.

hey we always go to the portage river at the front there are 8 channels. we also fish west harbor and east but have heard east is better alot of large mounth in portage. we just fish with bobber and go about 3 foot deep. good luck and just look out for big boats. enjoy your weekend

We may see you up there JGJ! Good luck!

Good luck James and be careful out on the big water.
I was thinking of heading to Erie for a few days of perch jerking or maybe try for a crappie or 2 but the little womans wanting to head to Florida again.
I don't know....

@MINNOW....thanks for the input....what the closest ramp in the portage to port clinton, I will prob stick w/ east & west harbor honestly, but just in [email protected] will be in a 21ft trophy w/mercury motors.....like the thousands of others up there lol, we are staying in east harbor state [email protected] my boats not leaving the bays.....have fun in Fla ha ha ha.....

if you cross bridge on 2 go north to 163 west and public free ramp it portage acess ramp. go under the rail road and cross bay to portage. head to main lake brings you out to big water. good luck i think its called nettles

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if you cross bridge on 2 go north to 163 west and public free ramp it portage acess ramp. go under the rail road and cross bay to portage. head to main lake brings you out to big water. good luck i think its called nettles

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perfect thanks so much for the info....cant wait, God bless

we got 18 walleye on Monday with 5 people but the waves were rough in the morning. We got 18 walleye on Tuesday with 3 guys and the waves were much better. Had the limit by 9:30 on Tuesday. Short trip but lots of fun.

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heading to erie for a week....gonna take my boat up this time to have a day or 2 of crappie fishing (or bass fishing)....prob be in east or west harbor, or sandusky bay.....are the docks gonna hold crappie this time of year (I think they will, but Ive never tried it this late) or should I look else where....hey AEF your pm box is full.....main things to wally fish, but if its rough or the bite stinks Im hitting the bays, any ideas or info would be great....ive bass fished the bays but have never crappie fished them this time of year, have a great one all, God bless.

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You get an opportunity to chase crappie in the harbors or Portage?

Chased the perch today, woulda liked to wally fish but the wallys are out pretty far, its a hard ride on my G-pa (80 years old).....got a 4 man limit (120) in 1 1/2 to 2 hours, had a few around 13 inches. Bass fished east harbor for a few hours yesterday, caught a dozen or so, biggest was maybe 3lbs, all on jigs or plastics, scouted some docks to try and shoot tomorrow for crappie. AEF had a good 2 day bag of wallys (texted us a pic).....thanks for the info AEF....any how perch pics below, the one pics 3 generations, have a great one all, God bless. http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...TE1NC5qcGc.jpghttp://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...TE1MS5qcGc.jpg

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Nice perch JeepGuy! Hooked a really nice perch on Monday when we were trolling for walleye. Erie was a blast for the 4th.

Nice pic AEF, wonder who the guy in the middle is. He's one good looking walleye fisherman - you'll have to introduce us some day :D

JGJ, we went out of ashtabula yesterday and hammered the big walleyes. 3 were a little over 3lbs but the other 15 were real hogs with nothing under 24". Biggest was near 8 i'd say. 75ft with pink and greeen spinners. Long way out. Waves picked up around 11 and the bite picked up with them. used the dipsy program.
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...n/IMG_0715.jpg

Very nice Chaunc, we had that size in the spring but they all moved your way now.

nice bag james..chaunc and aefishing glad you guys hammered em..wish i was there.we are killing big crappies on the river though to bad i gotta work all weekend

Nice mess of fish all you guys up on Erie. I wish I had the time, I've really been in the mood to do some perch fishing.

@ Chaunc, yea like AEF said I think there all in your neck of the woods right now, we caught some monster wallys earlier in the year but they seem to have moved on.....got my G-pa w/us so we can't run out to far, he can't handle the long bumpy rides.....we are gonna perch again tomorrow & saturday since they are close enough, them big wallys sure are fun though, I have a dipsy diver or two but I gotta learn how to use em....we pulled boards & harness on day 1 but just wasn't working well where we were, needed to be out further@ C-MAX, man these perch are fun....pretty easy once you find em@ T-bone, man I wanna get down there on them river pigs....glad you showed your dad yates where to catch em down there ha ha ha I did shoot docks in east harbor & caught prob 20 crappie, a few gills, and a bass....the crappie was all pretty decent size, but nothing huge....was shooting a 1/80th head under a real small ice fishing float....2 tone green.....deeper docks was better, was a fun day again today, crappie was one here two there....

[QUOTE=chaunc;1584381]JGJ, we went out of ashtabula yesterday and hammered the big walleyes. 3 were a little over 3lbs but the other 15 were real hogs with nothing under 24". Biggest was near 8 i'd say. 75ft with pink and greeen spinners. Long way out. Waves picked up around 11 and the bite picked up with them. used the dipsy program.

Fellas, i put the wrong port in the caption in that picture so i removed it. Here's a diffrent one of same cooler.
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...n/IMG_0714.jpg

we just ended up "perching"the rest of the week, was a good time, we did see a group of guys bring back a nice bag of wallys from around gull island / border area.....got them on small boards and harnesses, we never went to far from kellys, perch was stacked in there, was a good time

go ahead and rub it in......you're killing me.