Tricks to catch bottom resting walleye on Lake Erie
As summer heat shifts walleyes higher or lower in Erie basins anglers face inactive reefs on the bottom. Capt. Jerry Taylor and peers share techniques using Flip N Harnesses, buckshot rattlers, propeller stand up jigs, and wire bottom bouncers to provoke light taps from resting eyes.
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Jerry Taylor
Lake Erie
Eric Dearie
Outdoor women learn new skills at nationwide event
National Wild Turkey Federation promotes Women in the Outdoors with clinics across the country including Ohio July 10 11 and 12 at Canter Cave 4H Camp Jackson. The program targets 120 registrants at 100 fee and provides contact numbers for registrations. Also covered are local outdoor clubs Beaver Creek Sportsman Club summer archery shoots and primative firearms events with dates times locations and contact numbers. Readers are invited to submit outdoors photographs to the Chronicle-Telegram.
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National
Wild Turkey Federation
Ohio
Canter Cave
Jackson
Trish Berry
Wid Turkey Federation
Brenda Burcham
Beaver Creek
Antique tackle lures big bucks for collectors in Fort Worth
Fort Worth collectors say antique fishing tackle is rising in value with rare boxes and rusted lures fetching high prices. Most lures from the 1920s and 1930s stay under 20 dollars, but exceptional items like Heddon Punkinseed and Rainbow Punkin seed have sold for over a thousand. Experts warn buyers to be wary of inflated prices and highlight keys to value such as scarcity and original packaging.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Jeff Winters
Lang’s
Maine
Clyde Harbin Sr
United States
Local Angler Contest Seeks Biggest Catch Honors
Each week during the fishing season from May 26 to September 1 the Chronicle Telegram will list local anglers with the biggest fish in each category. Contestants must submit an entry, have their catch weighed and photographed at check-in sites including Garwell's Bait Shop Lorain Hot Waters Bait and Tackle Lorain Findley State Park LaGrange True Value Hardware LaGrange. At season end prizes include a $25 award for adults in each category and trophies plus prizes for youth winners under 14.
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Chronicle- Telegram
Garwell’s Bait Shop
Ene Ave
Lorain
Hot Waters
Western Basin Fishing Report With Captain Jerry Taylor
Western Basin fishing shows improving walleye catches with 15 to 18 inch fish and some 20 to 25 inchers. Best areas are northeast of West Sister Island and near Camp Perry can ranges in 22 to 32 feet. Rock shore smallmouth active around Kellay Island with crawfish rigs. yellow perch reported off Kellays, Marblehead, and Sandusky Bay. Canadian bass season opened June 27 and radio check-ins advised for border crossings. Walk-on charters report 16 to 17 inch fish near Camp Perry C and D cans. Huron north of Port Huron reports eight miles north of river mouth with purple trolls.]
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Western Basin
West Sister Island
Camp Perry
Kellays Island
Carolina
Kelleys Island
Marblehead
Sandusky Bay
Jerry
Canadian
U.S
Port Clinton
Cindy
C and D
Lake Erie fishing picks up after storms and heat
Captain Denny Viers reports anglers on Lake Ewe see better action over the past ten days with walleye north of Var milion in 45 to 50 feet using Dipsy Diver programs and spoons. Steelhead catches rise off Lorain County as walleye anglers push deeper. Smallmouth along the shore slows as water tops summer temperatures with deeper tubes and claws advised.
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Denny Viers
Lake Ewe
Varmilion
Michigan
Lorain County
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