Although hair jigs have come to the forefront of Lake Erie walleye lures in the spring, old school stuff still works – and works well. Jigging blade baits casting Hopkins spoons are not only fun methods – they’ll also whup up on the fish.
Captain Tom Straus is one of those natural salesmen he sells trucking services for a fulltime job so he’s the ideal guy to give a tour of his new SportCraft 302 Express Hard-Top.
Fished Lake Erie out of Wild Wings Marina aboard the Erie Drifter with Captain Tom Straus. This was our first trip to Lake Erie, and we were not disappointed.
LAKE ERIE: According to people at Jim’s Taxidermy in Port Clinton, the second largest walleye ever to be caught and certified in the western basin of Lake Erie was brought in by Jim Couch of Hamilton. Couch is a machinist for the Advanced Drainage Systems of New Miami.
