Fishing Report by Capt. Walt Ermansons



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Fishing report for the week of Sept.. 20, 2009.

A slower week. This past week was nothing real special in the fishing department or with the weather. Of our two scheduled Walleye charters that I had this past week, one trip was lost due to the weather when Lake Erie once again last Wednesday decided to show her ugly side and churn with 5 to 8 footers. The following days trip did not go so well either after the lake had turned over the day before and we just barely picked at the Walleyes and only ended up with a half dozen eyes and a half dozen trout for our efforts. The weather the first thing that Thursday morning did not allow us to make the 25 mile long run to the last known hotspot from the week before. That probably cost us some fish. Such is fishing and we will have to chalk this one up to the "you can't win them all category".

The rest of the week was spent Perching and sadly enough that could have gone better for us as well. On most of the days that we Perched, the lake was quite choppy also. That in it self did not stop us from catching Perch and moving around, it just was not as comfortable as I would have liked it for my folks. The real problem was that I could not get on any really good sized Perch to save my life . After running a odd Perch trip 2 weeks ago and easily knocking out a cooler full of Jumbos, I thought this was going to be easy. Then I went back to Walleye fishing for another week and this last week we mixed it up but it sure did not compare to what we did two weeks ago. Most days were very long with slow fishing and mostly small Perch.

It did not matter where I seemed to go either. We caught Perch most everywhere we tried anywhere from Ashtabula to Conneaut and from as shallow as 38 foot to nearly 70 foot of water. Some were ridiculously small and we pitched them only to watch them die and others we kept because if we didn't we wouldn't have much of anything to show for our efforts. There was some nicer ones mixed in each day but overall the cooler weights were down substantially. Sunday was the one gem of the week with a flat lake and a better grade of Perch mixed in with still some small ones. Fishing was fast with lots of doubles and we ended up with a decent box that I will call a mixed bag.

We are back to Walleyes the next two days as we run our final scheduled Walleye charters. I am hoping to end on a good note but really even myself I don't know what to expect. I guess we're just going fishing and see what happens. Stay tuned for next weeks report ! In the mean time I hope these Perch school up a little better and that we can find some of the bigger ones that I know are out there. We take another stab at the Perch Wednesday and at this point we have no trips for Thursday or Friday. Anybody wanting to go fishing, I am looking for sponsors ! LOL ! As the month draws to a close and we get into October we actually have a lot of days to choose from for a Perch charter. The Perching should improve as the water cools but after the season that I have had up to this point, who knows. All I no for sure is that we will have fun no matter what and that I will try as hard as I can to keep everyone on the very best spots that I am aware of. I have not sent a trip home yet where they did not have at least enough for dinner. Anytime you go fishing and you catch enough for supper, you had a pretty good day ! LOL !

Capt. Walt



Source: Capt. Walt Ermansons September 20, 2009 at 17:00:41


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