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May 7, 2024 16:57:27   #
Billycrap2 Loc: Mason county,W(BY GOD) Virginia, 🇺🇸🦅
 
MAS fish wrote:
After researching Walleye charters for a few weeks back in February, I finally chose Captain Drew Bercaw to take our group out for two outings, Friday morning and Saturday afternoon. We worked out of N.E. Port Marina, Port Clinton, Oh. and boated about 9.5 miles to just south of the Canadian border. We cast and drift fished with spinner rigs and nightcrawlers in about 25' of water. The bite was very good with catching many fish from 13"- 26 .5"
It was a little breezy and rough on Friday with 3-5' waves and a little rain but slightly smaller 2-3' on Saturday. It definitely gave our legs a workout.
We ended up with between 45 & 50 pounds of fillets which will be enjoyed by multiple families.
We are excited about scheduling with Capt. Drew again for next year if not sooner as we are possibly looking at a fall trip.
A good time had by all.
MAS fish
After researching Walleye charters for a few weeks... (show quote)


Congratulations on having a great time catching and congrats on the Capt. Drew showing y’all a great time of catching 👍🏽👍🏽
Thank for sharing y’all trip and pics 👍🏽🎣🎣🎣🎣🐟🐠🐠🐋🐋🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅

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May 7, 2024 18:06:09   #
J in Cleveland Loc: Cleveland, Ohio
 
Glad it went so well! I was checking the Port Clinton weather on my phone all day Friday and Saturday. I amazed you guys went so far!! Plenty of fish way closer to where you started but I’m sure he had his spot. Drifting and casting is my favorite way to catch them. Just not easily done around me.

Thanks for the post
Tight lines
J

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May 7, 2024 20:53:30   #
MAS fish Loc: Peoria,IL
 
J in Cleveland wrote:
Glad it went so well! I was checking the Port Clinton weather on my phone all day Friday and Saturday. I amazed you guys went so far!! Plenty of fish way closer to where you started but I’m sure he had his spot. Drifting and casting is my favorite way to catch them. Just not easily done around me.

Thanks for the post
Tight lines
J


Hey J, we had a great time as you can tell and yes it was a little bit of a rough ride out Friday morning and the captain was surprised it was as windy as it was and also that the direction wasn't from where they were predicting either, but he new where the fish were located and we were hooking up within 5 minutes. It started out hot on Saturday afternoon to but totally stopped for about an hour (2 drifting patterns) where we could see that they had dropped to the bottom but as soon as we saw them rising the bite was on again.
Captain Drew really did his job for us.
Thank you again for the info you sent my way.
MAS fish

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May 7, 2024 20:58:21   #
J in Cleveland Loc: Cleveland, Ohio
 
MAS fish wrote:
Hey J, we had a great time as you can tell and yes it was a little bit of a rough ride out Friday morning and the captain was surprised it was as windy as it was and also that the direction wasn't from where they were predicting either, but he new where the fish were located and we were hooking up within 5 minutes. It started out hot on Saturday afternoon to but totally stopped for about an hour (2 drifting patterns) where we could see that they had dropped to the bottom but as soon as we saw them rising the bite was on again.
Captain Drew really did his job for us.
Thank you again for the info you sent my way.
MAS fish
Hey J, we had a great time as you can tell and yes... (show quote)



So happy it worked out well. Enjoy all those yummy eyes!!

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May 8, 2024 01:41:22   #
NJ219bands Loc: New Jersey
 
Nice 👍

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May 8, 2024 07:46:36   #
E.pa.al Loc: Martin's Creek
 
Great trip Mas,looks like you guys had a blast!! Thanks for sharing

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May 8, 2024 08:01:31   #
kandydisbar Loc: West Orange, NJ
 
Really nice to see! Lots of fish and everyone having such a good time! Congratulations!

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May 8, 2024 08:55:36   #
The Outcast Loc: NE Michigan
 
MAS fish wrote:
After researching Walleye charters for a few weeks back in February, I finally chose Captain Drew Bercaw to take our group out for two outings, Friday morning and Saturday afternoon. We worked out of N.E. Port Marina, Port Clinton, Oh. and boated about 9.5 miles to just south of the Canadian border. We cast and drift fished with spinner rigs and nightcrawlers in about 25' of water. The bite was very good with catching many fish from 13"- 26 .5"
It was a little breezy and rough on Friday with 3-5' waves and a little rain but slightly smaller 2-3' on Saturday. It definitely gave our legs a workout.
We ended up with between 45 & 50 pounds of fillets which will be enjoyed by multiple families.
We are excited about scheduling with Capt. Drew again for next year if not sooner as we are possibly looking at a fall trip.
A good time had by all.
MAS fish
After researching Walleye charters for a few weeks... (show quote)


Nice MAs!
Lake Erie is a phenomenal fishery… I was fortunate to live within a couple miles of it for 60 yrs! Fished it for 40 of those years!

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May 8, 2024 10:12:30   #
bapabear Loc: Blaine, Washington
 
MAS fish wrote:
Hey Whitey, you are so right as was proved soon after we returned home.lol
MAS fish


I cruise through the pictures almost daily to see if I have missed anything. I have to keep stopping at the cooked fish photo. That fish looks so good.

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May 8, 2024 11:38:26   #
Whitey Loc: Southeast ohio
 
MAS fish wrote:
Hey Whitey, you are so right as was proved soon after we returned home.lol
MAS fish


Now I'm hungry 😊

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May 8, 2024 13:29:14   #
Mooseman65 Loc: Seattle
 
Very nice 👍

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May 8, 2024 18:49:58   #
Rheatown Loc: Greeneville tn
 
MAS fish wrote:
After researching Walleye charters for a few weeks back in February, I finally chose Captain Drew Bercaw to take our group out for two outings, Friday morning and Saturday afternoon. We worked out of N.E. Port Marina, Port Clinton, Oh. and boated about 9.5 miles to just south of the Canadian border. We cast and drift fished with spinner rigs and nightcrawlers in about 25' of water. The bite was very good with catching many fish from 13"- 26 .5"
It was a little breezy and rough on Friday with 3-5' waves and a little rain but slightly smaller 2-3' on Saturday. It definitely gave our legs a workout.
We ended up with between 45 & 50 pounds of fillets which will be enjoyed by multiple families.
We are excited about scheduling with Capt. Drew again for next year if not sooner as we are possibly looking at a fall trip.
A good time had by all.
MAS fish
After researching Walleye charters for a few weeks... (show quote)

Good job I’ll have to look into that be cheaper taking charter than hauling boat from Tn plus guide knows the spots congratulations

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May 8, 2024 20:05:47   #
MAS fish Loc: Peoria,IL
 
Rheatown wrote:
Good job I’ll have to look into that be cheaper taking charter than hauling boat from Tn plus guide knows the spots congratulations


Ya Rt, the charter we used offers morning and afternoon outings for up to 6 people and he also offers a clean mobile home that sleeps 6. It worked great for us and if you check out his Facebook page he posts pics of his daily outings so you can keep up on what is biting. He isn't the cheapest but I would definitely recommend using him because he makes the trip an experience for his customers. He is in his 11th season as a captain and he communicated with other captains during our outings to gleen the most information he could to keep us on fish. Definitely worth the cost.
MAS fish

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May 8, 2024 22:03:01   #
Rheatown Loc: Greeneville tn
 
MAS fish wrote:
Ya Rt, the charter we used offers morning and afternoon outings for up to 6 people and he also offers a clean mobile home that sleeps 6. It worked great for us and if you check out his Facebook page he posts pics of his daily outings so you can keep up on what is biting. He isn't the cheapest but I would definitely recommend using him because he makes the trip an experience for his customers. He is in his 11th season as a captain and he communicated with other captains during our outings to gleen the most information he could to keep us on fish. Definitely worth the cost.
MAS fish
Ya Rt, the charter we used offers morning and afte... (show quote)


Sounds great buddy I appreciate the information I’ll definitely be looking into that

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May 9, 2024 09:21:15   #
Tim Carlisle Loc: AL
 
Mas fish that is a great catch. It is also good that you found a guide that can put you on lots of fish. I have read and heard a lot about the recovery of Lake Erie. It went from being a hyper polluted dead lake in the 1960s to what you experienced in 2024. It is a great example of DOC and EPA efforts done the right way.

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