Dax Posted June 23, 2012 Report Share Posted June 23, 2012 Launched at 6am and fished till 1:30pm, Dave and I probably boated 40-50 Smallies, with an average size of 2-2.5 pounds, lost another 20-30...An absolutely great Opener! All fish came shallow, less than 8 fow, most on Xraps, my biggest hit a spook on top, I actually got 5 or 6 on the surface before 10 am while it was still flat calm...The first few hours we were seeing schools of Emerald Shiners breaking the surface and Bass exploding through them attacking...A cast past this and a retrieve through the vacinity usually resulted in a strike! Plenty hit near the boat and at least half the hits we could see, which resulted in many premature hooksets! All good fun! Dave's 4.3 pounder was the biggest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry b Posted June 23, 2012 Report Share Posted June 23, 2012 Awesome! Jealous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredfisher Posted June 24, 2012 Report Share Posted June 24, 2012 headin out in the a.m for the bass action.thanks for the post..did ya clean em up or release em? FF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dax Posted June 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2012 They were all released to be enjoyed again! Besides, I hate eating fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niagarangler89 Posted June 24, 2012 Report Share Posted June 24, 2012 Looks like an amazing opener to me! Gonna shore fish the lower tomorrow for some of those footballs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassman Posted June 24, 2012 Report Share Posted June 24, 2012 Very nice.. We were also out there near you guys. Our bigggest was 3.1, they were blowing up on schools of minnows all over the place. Very cool to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauly Posted June 24, 2012 Report Share Posted June 24, 2012 Nice dax. I was on the upper fishing largemouth. My son and I might hit the lake today. I love shallow water aggressive fish! Great day for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cplummer Posted June 24, 2012 Report Share Posted June 24, 2012 Great report thanks for sharing with us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass2mouth Posted June 24, 2012 Report Share Posted June 24, 2012 Great job nice bass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted June 24, 2012 Report Share Posted June 24, 2012 Those are some nice lunker bass Dax . You can't beat Erie for top notch bass fishing . I caught my largest smallie there ! ( still haven't broke the 5 lb.barrier) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass2mouth Posted June 24, 2012 Report Share Posted June 24, 2012 Nice job, I'm hitting Abino Monday am!! Cant wait for my bass 2012!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest live2fish85 Posted June 25, 2012 Report Share Posted June 25, 2012 Nice work Dax. Glad to see you had a good opener. I had a great opener as well. Caught a ton of tanks out where I was telling you about and to my suprise there was alot more in shallow then I was thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishInk Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Nice fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cplummer Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Love the numbers..the big UNs are deep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L0S1B0 Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Nice work guys! I will be celebrating my bass opener this weekend on Erie. Hope we do half as well as you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFishBass Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Good work!... Thats what I love to see ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoryder Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Are these bass usually shallow or do they move out further in the season. I fished erie for my first time last week and I also found them shallow close to shore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dax Posted July 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Some of the better Bass guys can correct me if I'm wrong...They generally move from Shallow(less than 10') to deep(30-40') and the season progresses from June to November...BUT, there are times throughout the season when you will catch good numbers shallow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoryder Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Thats what I figured, I'm in a kayak, so venturing far into deeper water would be a big mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishInk Posted July 14, 2012 Report Share Posted July 14, 2012 Nice fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest live2fish85 Posted July 14, 2012 Report Share Posted July 14, 2012 You can fish shallow and still get good numbers in the middle of the summer just they are small for the most part. If you want the big ones you needcto move deep, into 30-40 fow like Dax mentioned. My favourite dropshot spot on Erie is 34'. On average there in the summer I will pull 3-4lbs smallies there. With somw big ones mixed in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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