Thursday, May 3, 2012
How to hire a fishing charter
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Ohio walleye quota vs Ontario Canada 2012
This article is by D'Arcy Egan, The Plain Dealer:
Ohio anglers caught a meager 420,000 walleye last year, the lowest total in decades and just 28 percent of the allowable harvest of 1.5 million walleye.
Ontario commercial fishermen and Ohio sport anglers will share 3.5 million walleye this year from a population estimated at 26 million fish.
Ohio anglers will try to catch their share, almost 1.8 million walleye, and it's unlikely they will be able to do it.
As usual, Ontario dedicates its share of walleye to the province's commercial gill netters, who won't have that problem. Gill nets are far more efficient than casting an Erie Dearie or trolling a Reef Runner lure, and Ontario netters aren't about to leave their quotas of valuable walleye unfulfilled.
Last year's miserable weather in spring and early summer were devastating to Ohio's sport fishing industry and the shoreline economy. Fishing guides and everyday anglers sat idle around Western Lake Erie's Walleye Capital of the World, watching storms, big winds and high waves batter the region from March through early June.
By year's end, Ohio anglers had caught a meager 420,000 walleye, the lowest in decades and just 28 percent of the allowable harvest of 1.5 million walleye.
The lack of success buoyed the walleye population just enough -- according to the number crunchers at the Lake Erie Committee of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission -- to save Ohio from cutting this year's summer bag limit of six walleye. The yellow perch bag limit will also stay at 30 fish per day.
Some anglers and even fishing guides and local businesses are again calling for a spring closing of Ohio walleye fishing to boost the population. Lake Erie fisheries head Roger Knight said it won't help.
"Eliminating fishing opportunity won't mean a gain in walleye reproduction," he said. "There are enough female walleye in the lake right now to potentially produce enough eggs for a major hatch."
Environmental problems ranging from a flood of invasive species to a phosphorous overload are the likely culprits for limiting walleye spawning success.
"If we thought shutting down the spring fishing would significantly affect reproduction, we'd already be doing it," Knight said.
Ohio anglers won't be able to make up for last year's bad weather and walleye not caught.
"We've had some great fishing weather and good walleye catches already this year," said Knight. "When the walleye fishing was good over the previous three or four years, though, we'd only been able to catch about 80 percent [of the total allowable catch]."
End of Plain Dealer article.
I beleive the season should be closed during the spawning season. Growing up in Pa, closed seasons absolutely managed wildlife with great results. Its time for ODNR to look past the money raised during the present system and close walleye for a month or so each year. What we are doing is not working, lets at least try something new. How about resisting the Canadian gill netters?
Ohio anglers caught a meager 420,000 walleye last year, the lowest total in decades and just 28 percent of the allowable harvest of 1.5 million walleye.
Ontario commercial fishermen and Ohio sport anglers will share 3.5 million walleye this year from a population estimated at 26 million fish.
Ohio anglers will try to catch their share, almost 1.8 million walleye, and it's unlikely they will be able to do it.
As usual, Ontario dedicates its share of walleye to the province's commercial gill netters, who won't have that problem. Gill nets are far more efficient than casting an Erie Dearie or trolling a Reef Runner lure, and Ontario netters aren't about to leave their quotas of valuable walleye unfulfilled.
Last year's miserable weather in spring and early summer were devastating to Ohio's sport fishing industry and the shoreline economy. Fishing guides and everyday anglers sat idle around Western Lake Erie's Walleye Capital of the World, watching storms, big winds and high waves batter the region from March through early June.
By year's end, Ohio anglers had caught a meager 420,000 walleye, the lowest in decades and just 28 percent of the allowable harvest of 1.5 million walleye.
The lack of success buoyed the walleye population just enough -- according to the number crunchers at the Lake Erie Committee of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission -- to save Ohio from cutting this year's summer bag limit of six walleye. The yellow perch bag limit will also stay at 30 fish per day.
Some anglers and even fishing guides and local businesses are again calling for a spring closing of Ohio walleye fishing to boost the population. Lake Erie fisheries head Roger Knight said it won't help.
"Eliminating fishing opportunity won't mean a gain in walleye reproduction," he said. "There are enough female walleye in the lake right now to potentially produce enough eggs for a major hatch."
Environmental problems ranging from a flood of invasive species to a phosphorous overload are the likely culprits for limiting walleye spawning success.
"If we thought shutting down the spring fishing would significantly affect reproduction, we'd already be doing it," Knight said.
Ohio anglers won't be able to make up for last year's bad weather and walleye not caught.
"We've had some great fishing weather and good walleye catches already this year," said Knight. "When the walleye fishing was good over the previous three or four years, though, we'd only been able to catch about 80 percent [of the total allowable catch]."
End of Plain Dealer article.
I beleive the season should be closed during the spawning season. Growing up in Pa, closed seasons absolutely managed wildlife with great results. Its time for ODNR to look past the money raised during the present system and close walleye for a month or so each year. What we are doing is not working, lets at least try something new. How about resisting the Canadian gill netters?
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
walleye of a lifetime
The boys were perch fishing when Brandon caught a white perch, as he was reeling it in a 25 1/2" walleye attacked the white perch. Check out this fish.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Walleye Fishing Charter, Lake Erie, JustOneMoreFish.com
Part one of a two part video, having a great time catching walleye, kept some, released some, ate some, morning bite was tough, really got into them later in the day, started east of Kelleys Island, ended up north of Vermilion.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Lake Erie Walleye Fishing, April, Kelleys Island
First trip of the 2010 year and the weather was rough, rain, blowing, high waves. Saturday was brutal, 3 to 5's with some 6 footers thrown in, fished for awhile in the AM, hunted the south and east side of Kelleys finally found good solid marks late afternoon east of Kelleys Island shoal and picked a few. Started Sunday where we left off yesterday and had to find them again, fish really turned on late morning, we had a blast. Trouble with the camcorder (operator error) or I would have more film but it was a great time. Glad we stayed on Kelleys both Friday and Saturday, close to the fish and much easier. To book a charter with "JustOneMore" Fishing Charters call 330-414-7125, http://www.justonemorefish.com/
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Flying into Kelleys Island, Lake Erie, Walleye
My friend Mark shot this video while flying into Kelleys Island on February 13, 2010
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