Before you head out for a good day on Erie, fly ‘em high! 
This has been a good weekend for those fishing on Lake Erie and heading out of Brest Bay.
Besides catching some nice fish the other day, I learned that sunblock makes a crazy hair gel.
The fishing started out slow in 26 to 28 fow, running harnesses off of lead inlines. Picked up a couple off the 4 oz bottom bouncers off the side of the boat, and one other off one of the boards. That was it for a while.
Then for giggles I ran a #30 Jet Diver off the back of the boat long lining, just trying to switch things up, trying to find a better way. Boom, the clicker on the Daiwa start screaming and the St Croix was tuggin’. Grabbed the rod and felt the weight on the other end, 85 ft to go to see what it was. I reeled for a bit and knew it was a walleye, no head shakin’ action, just a steady pull, staying down deep. I handed the rod off to my neighbor who handed me the net. I got ready while he called off how many feet were left before we could see what it was, and how big she was. 15 feet to go, I could see the diver and the green back of a good sized eye. Once in the net, and unhooked, we measured her out at a FAT 26 inch walleye, all that girth equaled a 7 lb fish.
Then we went to work, switching all the boards and long lines off the back of the boat to divers. #30’s off the boards, and running #20’s off the back. The big one came on a “Gold Mystic” blade/silver back harnesses, so we switched meat rigs to the same color, and some more purple ones with silver backs.
We picked up four more walleye before calling it a day and heading in. We also picked up five bonus perch for our troubles. From what we heard on the radio there are perch limits to be had that deep and did see one boat drifting who might have been dragging crappie rigs through the area.
