Thread: Dang waiting on ice fishing

Originally Posted by Japayton82

How big of a boat do ya need to fish up there close to shore?

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Just a normal sized bass boat...the weather is the thing. The storms come fast on Erie. But I normally use a charter. 6 man trips. Normally, stay a couple of nights and fish a couple of days. When we limit out on the eyes we turn our attention to perch.

This is my rig I always wanted to go up and fis for them in Puttin bay.

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Most dangerous part of launching and fishing the Great Lakes is where your launching from. If it’s a harbor, the break waters at the mouth of the harbor entrances has wave chop coming from all directions no matter what the wind direction is and can make it rough as hell. If out in the Great Lakes, make sure you have your map program on to follow tracks back to a harbor, as fog or light rain will diminish your ability to see land or a harbor entrance making you totally blind and having to rely on your gps working with your map tracks to find your way back. Have a really good weather radio also, and keep your life jackets on especially your first times out. Big water can be intimidating especially in a small water craft, as you will not be used to it.

I had one on my customers 1 time had me put a new water pump in his pontoon boat he took up to Lake Erie to walleye fish He told me he went all the way into Canada. It thought he was nuts. He launched from ohio.

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When the water is calm, it’s like any other lake. I have been on every Great Lake fishing as switched to a 26’ cuddy cabin Mark Twain cruiser I rigged out with downriggers, outriggers, radar, loran c, Marine radio, and electronics chasing fish back in the 80’s and early 90’s. Thank god gas was cheap as boat held 66 gal. And my ford dullie 460 4 speed truck took 50 gal. I wouldn’t want to spend the money on gas that I did each weekend back then. Another tidbit using a low profile boat is, the water is cold, have extra change of clothing in a dry bag to avoid hypothermia even in 80 degree heat.

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Lol.....no way I'm going out there in a bass boat

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Originally Posted by Locator79

Lol.....no way I'm going out there in a bass boat

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Where’s your spirit of excitement and adventure? Ya wooszzzzz!