Lake Erie Walleye

jamesbalog

jamesbalog

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i know most of you guys fish in the salt but here are some pics of the last few weeks of walleye fishing on Erie. fishing has been fantastic.

2 man limit


32 inch 11 pound hog


another 2 man limit in the cooler



a few shy of a 3 man limit


fiance and her friend holding a few nice walleye


and the after product
 
WiseGuy said:
NICE! Where you'd go out of? Drifting or trolling? I'm running out of West Harbor.
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Beaver park which is right between lorain and vermilion.

weve been trolling and fishing has been on fire. 4 trips last week 3 man limit twice 4 man limit once and 21 for 4 of us the other day
 
jamesbalog said:
Beaver park which is right between lorain and vermilion.

weve been trolling and fishing has been on fire. 4 trips last week 3 man limit twice 4 man limit once and 21 for 4 of us the other day
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Are you just launching at Beaver, or are you docked there? When I had a dock, I was at Romp's, now I just hit the public launches.
 
spoggy said:
Are you just launching at Beaver, or are you docked there? When I had a dock, I was at Romp's, now I just hit the public launches.
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im docked there. i was going to just hit public launches this year but the first trip to hotwaters resulted in me coming back to my trailer to find all my wires cut and my winch tied in a knot.

so i put it back in a slip and im happy i did, ive only had to run a few miles to be into the eyes all year... hopefully it stays that way.... the fewer trips to the buoy or the sand bar the better
 
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spoggy said:
I see you're frying them. Have you ever just done them skin-side down on the grill?
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those were pan fried with a lot of seasoning and a little bread crumbs... pan frying is my favorite, i rarely deep fry. my dad always talks about cooking them on the grill the way you mentioned but i have yet to try it

ive also been told to try boiling them, i guess they almost taste like lobster when boiled. havent tried that yet, ever hear of boiling them?
 
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jamesbalog said:
those were pan fried with a lot of seasoning and a little bread crumbs... pan frying is my favorite, i rarely deep fry. my dad always talks about cooking them on the grill the way you mentioned but i have yet to try it

ive also been told to try boiling them, i guess they almost taste like lobster when boiled. havent tried that yet, ever hear of boiling them?
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No, not walleye, but sheepshead, yes. Poor man's shrimp. If you take smaller ones and just take the back meat, roll them and toothpick them, boil them in salted water with lemon, chill and serve with cocktail sauce. Not too bad for a little beer party back at the dock.
 
jamesbalog said:
im docked there. i was going to just hit public launches this year but the first trip to hotwaters resulted in me coming back to my trailer to find all my wires cut and my winch tied in a knot.

so i put it back in a slip and im happy i did, ive only had to run a few miles to be into the eyes all year... hopefully it stays that way.... the fewer trips to the buoy or the sand bar the better
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And that sucks about your trailer. It only takes one a**hole to screw up a great day of fishing. I am surprised though, hot waters is usually pretty safe.
 
Erie 'Eyes and Chrome

I fish out of Leamington and Erieau, Erieau is just starting to fire up, fish are moving east around the point to the central basin. Limits of 'eyes and getting two to four chromers an outing. Can't wait for the Steel to get hot. Just love the F20, what a great platform to fish off of.
 
spoggy said:
No, not walleye, but sheepshead, yes. Poor man's shrimp. If you take smaller ones and just take the back meat, roll them and toothpick them, boil them in salted water with lemon, chill and serve with cocktail sauce. Not too bad for a little beer party back at the dock.
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Guy who docks next to me claims he does it with walleye... ive heard of the sheepshead being cooked that way but this was the first time ive heard it done with walleye
 
jamesbalog said:
Guy who docks next to me claims he does it with walleye... ive heard of the sheepshead being cooked that way but this was the first time ive heard it done with walleye
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OK now I need a lesson in freshwater fish because I'm sure you're not talking about the same Sheepshead we catch in the Atlantic.
 
One of my favorate ways to cook walleye is like scallops. I fellet an de-bone them then make 1" cubes and wrap in bacon marinate for an hour and BBQ. They go real good with a 6 pack
 
SkunkBoat said:
OK now I need a lesson in freshwater fish because I'm sure you're not talking about the same Sheepshead we catch in the Atlantic.
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Sheepshead are freshwater drum. They have about a million names. Silver Drum, Silver Bass, Gaspergou. Sheepshead is what I've always heard them called. On Lake Erie you can catch them regularly up to 20-25 lbs, I think the record is 45ish. They bite on almost anything, both live and hardware.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshwater_drum
Most folks I know consider them trash fish and will have nothing to do with them.
 
Erie 'eyes

nice haul......what bait has been hot for ya'. We have been doing good out of Leamington, purple demon RR 800's have been the ticket the last few days off the boards. West of the point in 37 fow.
 
chromer said:
nice haul......what bait has been hot for ya'. We have been doing good out of Leamington, purple demon RR 800's have been the ticket the last few days off the boards. West of the point in 37 fow.
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800s and harnesses. both boards and dipsys. i havent fished for a week and a half, lost my steering and had to re do the helm and cable.

trying to get out tonight.

best reef runner colors have been greens and purples, caught the most fish on green flash, gator bait, mardi gras and blueberry/ day old muffin
 
Erie 'eyes

fished the Leamington Tourney this past weekend, 31 1/2" won the event. The guy who won only caught 4 'eyes. We ended up with 36 'eyes with the largest being 22". Hot baits were the 800's in Purple Deamon, Toxic Purple Naked and After Burn (candy corn) off the boards. A regular Proking PK 146 Carmel Dolphin was on fire on the dipsys, along with PK173 Purple Nurple on the riggers........thanks for your info.
 
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