Lake Erie Fishing Report - Buckets Charters

Saturday 5/12/2012

Lake Ontario:

Capt. Dan, Capt. Charlie, Capt. Mark, Kurt and Chris fished the Wilson Harbor Invitational out of Wilson, NY on Lake Ontario.

Although the team caught plenty of fish and weighed their limit of 6, it wasn’t enough to cash a check.

Kings were still deep, 100′+.  Spoons and Spin Doctors/Flies got the bites.

The fishing on Lake Ontario remains the best it has EVER been so far this season!

Lake Erie:

Capt. Ken and Doug were joined once again by Ray P. and the boys from Pittsburgh, PA.

It seems as the spring laker fishing is starting to slow down as the lakers make their way toward deeper water.  The crew was able to boat 14 fish and only lose 3 others.

Once again, Pirate 55′s did almost all of the damage.  Dreamweaver Metallic Glow Frog was good for a couple bites.  ‘Riggers and divers took all but 2 of the bites.  LC’s got bit twice.

(above- Gene with the largest of the day, 17lbs!)

Check out the video from this trip:

Sunday, 5/13/12

Author Robert Clark was back with his buddies looking to get into lakers one last time for the season.

Capt. Ken and Doug returned to the same area as Saturday.  Beautiful weather and calm lake.

They pounded out 11 fish out of 21 bites.

Same program as above.

(above- Ron with a 18lb'er)

Click below for video from this trip:

-Buckets Charters Fishing Team

Saturday May 5

Capt. Dan and Kurt fished with Mike and his crew, from New Castle, PA out of Olcott, NY on Saturday.

An absolutely insane bite.  The entire crew boxed out very early.

Same program as reported in the previous reports.

(above- Doubled up!)

(above- Mike and his crew with their catch for the day.)

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Capt Ken and Doug fished on Lake Erie with Butler, PA’s Ricky B., Brian and A.J. on Lake Erie in the nasty 3′-5′(with an occassional 8′er) for lake trout.  The big wind/waves didn’t seem to effect the bite, though.

Same program as previous week’s.  Kill/Bite meters read 30/44 on the day.

(above- Brian with a nice Erie Laker!)

One fish, estimated at aprox. 30lbs, was lost at the back of the boat!

Sorry, no video from this trip due to knucklehead Capt. Ken forgetting the GoPro in the truck.

Hats off to Eyecon Charters, Capt. Scott Snyder and angler Todd Young for boating the new PA state record Lake Trout on Sunday morning.  The monster weighed in at 29.28lbs, 39″ long with a 26″ girth!!!  Great job guys!

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Sunday, May 6, Lake Ontario

Capt. Dan and Kurt returned to the same area as Saturday morning with Author Robert Clark, John, Mike, Tom and Peter.

They reported a little slower bite but were still able to box all of their fish.  Same program as previously reported.

(above- Robert and John hanging on with a pair of screaming hot kings.)

(above- Robert and his crew with their catch for the day.)

-Buckets Charters Fishing Team

Capt. Ken and Helmut were joined once again by Author Robert Clark and his buddies for a day of laker fishing east of Presque Isle Bay.  A calm lake, mild temps and fish gorging on gobies and smelt helped them boat a record number of lakers for the B3!(see below)…

Upon arrival to the “spot” and as soon as the boat got down to trolling speed, it was on!

29 fish were boated in the first 2.5 hours!

(above- One of the "quads" of the morning!)

Program consisted of 4 divers, 3 riggers and 2 LC’s(10 & 7).

Spoon color really didn’t matter as long as they were in the zone…bottom 10′.  Pirate 55′s and standard Dreamweavers were the studs.

Speed 2.2-2.4mph.  DOT-E/W.

(above- Kill(boated) and Bite Meters for the day!

Largest fish of the day, caught by Peter, weighed in at 19.4 lbs!  On the cleaning table, a 10-inch silver bass was found in it’s stomach!

(above- A limit of Lake Trout headed for the smoker!)

Click below to check out the video of this trip:

-Buckets Charters Fishing Team