Originally Posted By: lassig
Nate,

Where were you fishing roughly? Trying to understand where the fish are so I have an idea where to start May 3 when I get out there on our annual trip. This year is much colder than almost any that we have fished (even 1996) and expect the fish to be west of where we normally fish. We stay on South Bass Inland with our own boats so hoping we don't have to go all the way to the reefs to get fish, that is a 18 mile one way run. Hoping that they are just west of Green or around NW reef those are not bad runs. Looks like it was a good crankbait bite for you, we haven't had a good crankbait bite in years (water was too warm, meat bite) hoping we have one this year. We used to go the last week of April and that is when we would have the good crankbait bite but now going the first week in May it is more a meat bite. Changed the trip to the first week in May since the weather is more stable and we get to fish more days and the limit is 6 walleyes in May vs 3 (now 4) in April.


Mark,
We were just 2 miles outside the harbor in port Clinton. The boys up there think the walleye will stay close this year because there was so much ice so late the water will stay colder than normal this summer.