Erie smallies are biting!

[Whitaker201]

Spent the weekend up at lake Erie fishing around the islands for smallies. We had a good day saturday we caught around 35 and had 12 smallies over 4lbs. My buddie caught the biggest and it was was 5.68lbs. Sunday was a different story we fished the same areas and only caught around 15 and most was only about 2.5lbs. Had a fun weekend and got to catch some lake Erie football smallmouth. Mercy them fish are FAT up there!

[200xp]

A claim of big smallies, eh? I think we need some pics for evidence.

[Whitaker201]

I will try to post them tomorrow. I dont have my card reader at work to get them off of my phone.

[Dan I]

That stinks.. well not for you on the fish , but for me that stinks.
We go up the last week of april and usually we catch them just like you are right now.

That means that im going to be about 5 weeks late :-( due to the warm water.

What do you think it will be like the last week of april? I have never been up there that late..

[Dan21XRS]

As they say... This thread is usless without pictures!!! Dan

[Whitaker201]

All right you two nay-sayer's Here are a couple pics.
My buddie and his 5.68lb smallmouth. He is in the witness protection program! Or he just dont want people to know that he lets me fish with him.


And then my 4.53lb smallie.

[200xp]

Nice smallies

...was that a special, top secret fishing expedition???? Not only did you conceal the dudes face, but you even concealed the shoreline in the background??

[Whitaker201]

Yep that was a top secret mission! Operation SM.

[Swerve-n-Protect]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by 200xp &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Nice smallies

...was that a special, top secret fishing expedition???? Not only did you conceal the dudes face, but you even concealed the shoreline in the background?? </td></tr></table>

Nice fish............ ...........He concealed the NO FISHING signs....

[Whitaker201]

HEY! bite your tounge!

[200xp]

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Nice fish............ ...........He concealed the NO FISHING signs.... </td></tr></table>



FYI...I have the real pics....hmmm, oh my, the temptation..can I refuse??

[Flippin 416]

Wow...nice smallies.....the lake looks FLAT!!!!! It's never like that when I venture out there...lol. Nice job!

[Swerve-n-Protect]

do it............

[BassHog007]

He took out the background because he was actually on the Ohio River...figured out the main river smallmouth bite!

[Whitaker201]

Shhhhhhh Dusty! As soon as you left for Georgia these big smallies showed up around Tanners creek. I told you you need to come up here and fish Erie in the spring. This year spring started ALOT earlier.

Flippin....yes the lake was very calm. We could run around doing 60mph and not even get beat up! Had to use the TM just to move around to fish Saturday. Sunday there was just enough wind to move you around a little but still not much. The big pond was very clam all weekend.

[Whitaker201]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by 200xp &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote"> FYI...I have the real pics....hmmm, oh my, the temptation..can I refuse?? </td></tr></table>

Uhhhh.... because you already black mailed me to not show them!

[smokey2112]

nice picks, did you get any where we talked about. We have caught a few over at the dead sea (Ceasers) going there Wednesday after my son gets out of school,Brookville on Saturday.....

[Dan21XRS]

Hey Brad that engine has a Mercury emblem on it... Did you finally come over to the right side? Once you go black you never go back!!! ... Dan

[Whitaker201]

No Smokey we never made it over to that spot.

Dan I wish i would have had a Merc on my rig since the LU change was done on my ride. I still can not find the 3-4mph i lost when BRP suggested the L2 to M2 LU swap. If I had a Merc I would still be running close to 80. Need to find some guys around here running 28-30" pitch props now that would let me borrow one to test.

[mchesney]

My son and I are looking to fish somewhere for his springbreak, the first week in april. We're from MI and bass season is closed here so we've trying to figure out if we could do Erie for some smallmouth in OH waters. Would we have a chance over a few days of fishing to find some smallies near the shoreline or do we need to venture out into deeper water or head to the islands. I've got a 201 stratos but not a whole lot of experience on big water other than St clair. Thanks for any help and NICE fish!