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water, guys in small boats can have a lot of fun – just catching fish is fun, and they will catch

‘eyes…undersize as well as legal ones. You don’t need a really big boat to get way offshore this
season so far. Of course the big problem with this season has been the winds – and the weather
this coming week does not look inviting to be out on the lake.

Paul @ Someday Isle Tackle; 7-9: Rich and I boated 100 plus walleyes in
three trips to Lake Erie. Drifting jigs in 45 to 55 feet of water. Take caution if
you are planning on hitting Erie; it’s been kicking up bad by late morning.
There are plenty of fish out there on the west side and east side. You’ll do a

lot of measuring to find legal ones in the mix. Wonder bread, melon and
purples were best colors. Have fun out there! (See Photo)

Someday Isle Tackle

Danny Jones at Erie Bass Charters; filed 7-9: We have been fishing PIB
and the main lake when wind has been favorable. On Monday, July 3, we

fished the main lake. It was calm as glass and we managed to catch 35
smallmouths. The bigger ones were over 5 pounds. We caught them on
drop shot in 25 feet of water; six pound Gamma Edge was key to getting
more and bigger bites. The largemouth fishing is hot in the bay, too. We
boated 20 fish in just a couple hours today. Most were caught in grass Danny Jones & Erie Bronze
beds on variety of Texas rigged plastics. (see photo)

RJ Graham (Franklin); filed 7-9: Fishing with Brandon Blystone and two others today, Sunday, we

boated 22 legal walleyes between the four of us. It’s easy.

Jeramie Joy; filed 7-8: We have been doing very well out on the big wa-
ter as of late! Seems like there are fish anywhere from 30 to 70 feet!
Doesn’t seem to matter what you put down, they are eating it. The key
for me is running slow; much slower than other boats. Anything from 1.0

to 1.5 mph has been very productive. A lot of short ‘eyes are hitting, but
with little persistence you can land a very nice fish. Attached is a 29 inch
hog my friend Jordan reeled in on Thursday. Hope to find more of those!
(see photo)
Jeramie’s 29 inch eye

Thomas Watral (Erie); filed 7-8: Presque Isle Bay has been on fire with
nice perch and even some walleyes, taken by shore fishermen. Early
morning is best time 5 am to 10 am. I’ve been using crawlers on rigs.

Stop in our bait shop for the best colors and rigs. (See photo)

Watral’s PIB perch