Lake Erie Middle Harbor Search for Kayak Launch Access and Big Bass
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
- First off full disclosure, this video involves more bushwhacking down trails than actual fishing!
This weekend was the Ohio Kayak Fishing Lake Erie Harbors tournament with East Harbor, West Harbor, and Middle Harbor eligible waters. I had the rare opportunity to take some vacation from work and headed up to East Harbor State Park Campground on Wednesday when the tournament was on Saturday, leaving two days for scouting and pre-fishing!
Middle Harbor had never been in bounds before and I wasn't aware of any ramps onto Middle, so my big goal for the weekend was to find a launching spot...which means that the first half of this video is my quest to find lake access which involved a lot of hiking and no fishing! But the second half I actually get out on Middle Harbor to pre-fish and find some great largemouth bass!
Because of all the pre-fishing and bushwhacking adventures on the first two days of my trip, I decided that the actual tournament will be a separate video, out soon! EDIT: okay, maybe out soon, but I put the tournament sd card somewhere safe so I wouldn't lose it while I worked on this pre-fish video and now I can't find where I put it. I'll keep looking but just let y'all know it was a case of "great pre-fish and bad tournament" so we aren't missing much if I never find it!
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"If you find the grass, you find the bass." Words to fish by! Thanks for the fun video - enjoyed watching you pull out those beasts.
Thank you!
You have done so well for this event! The scouting, ramp locating, fishing for clues... very well done Melissa!
Thank you! And as it seems to happen according to facebook posts, when you have a great pre-fish the tournament is a total failure. 🤣
Melissa thank you for sharing your pre fishing day on the lake. You have really become a mature angler out there you are really analyzing your lakes so much better working everything out where the best launch is the temperature and what baits to use! Then you cracked me up when you said, “I don’t know, I don’t know these fish!” I was cracking up, but you are getting it and like you said my body of knowledge is growing more and yes it is! You were catching some nice pre- fish can’t wait to see the tournament video tight lines take care and God bless you Melissa❤❤❤❤!
Thank you for the kind words! I tend to only see my failings at things so recently I am trying to step back and give myself some credit for progress, so I really appreciate it!
Man what a day for you great job landing all them big fish and since we're watching this video and the tournament is over congratulations on doing really well 😊
Yeah about that.... 🤣
ya gotta love when those hawgs tow your yak around .... nice job on the video... that hawg @13:11 wow... good luck!
That was so fun! I definitely need more of that in my life!
Melissa
Great relaxing video! You got a nice campsite to stay at and you found a launch spot. Those were some really nice fish you caught! Wow! You did your homework nicely.
I can't wait for your next fishing adventure!
Fish On Lady!! 👍👍🐟🐟🐟🐟
Thanks! I am learning to use my research skills more effectively for fishing!
Awesome job exploring new water, and catching some nice bass!! Great job!!
Thank you!
It's funny how on a relaxing day the fish bite can be awesome..no pressure for us? 😉. This was fun!👏🌟
Thank you! My mom is convinced I used to catch more fish before I started trying so hard. She keeps telling me to go back to being relaxed and not so desperate for the fish. 🤣
@@GirlGoneFishing I'll take that! I've only caught big fat zeros in our tourneys this year. Next is our local river, so I'm hopeful!
Awesome prefish day! Exactly what you should do in prefishing. Catch and move on.
Didn't help, tourney day was a bust. 🤣
Launching in middle harbor is a nightmare but 100% worth it. Those fish dont see a lot of lures. The grass in the very far back of west harbor is really productive too.
Awesome job your day is coming can't wait to see tournament video good luck!!!👱♀️gone🎣👍👍
We don't really need to focus on the tournament, let's just bask in how fun this day was! 🤣
I've had ice cream bars leap into my hand too. There's no use fighting it.
Look forward to the results of the tourney! Hope you spanked 'em!
I did my best but the ice cream was my only trophy of the weekend.
Great action. Hope you did well in the tournament. The area reminds me of when we fished for smallmouth bass in Lake Ontario.
Thanks! It was really shallow, max depth of 3 1/2.
Awesome video girl!
I went on a early morning ( left the house at 3am) in the 1st weekend in May to Middle Harbor. I put in by the road in by the same rocks in your video. It got really windy, really sucked in a cheap paddle kayak. Bass jumping everywhere. I went far left, nothing on top water.
Nailed 17.5" football bass right after I switched to Yamamoto senko black/blue flakes/ blue tail!!
Flew off my Ketch board like a Browns fumble while I was taking a photo. Got too windy, so I went to East Harbor. Nailed a bunch of bass along the bank of the birding trail area. Late May when the grass was up, drifted to the center nailing bass with a Blue Rock 1099 black/blue jig dragging it on the bottom.
Nice!
@GirlGoneFishing I recognized the areas in Middle Harbor you was at. I was getting blown away everywhere dragging my 3lb anchor. Hopefully next year I'll have a pedal kayak and a better anchor. Your videos help me alot at the lakes I'm usually trying to fish.
I'm torn between going back to Middle next time or trying that new trail launch I found into the back of West Harbor. West probably has bigger bass and maybe people don't get back that far if you have to motor back from the marina launches. I'm also sad I didn't even launch on East Harbor this year!
@GirlGoneFishing I would launch in Middle Harbor due to that regular boats can't get into. Just watch the windy conditions. The wind was pushing me back into the rocks. The campgrounds block a lot of wind at East Harbor. If East Harbor gets windy I'll get shoved into the center where the big bass are. I spent around 3 hrs in the middle. You were there on a very calm day. I never tried the Egret Marsh but hiked it a couple times. I didn't realize it goes to West Harbor. I finally have a Yakattack Tow-n-stow cart, so I can take to the trails
That was great, look forward to the tournament!👏🏻👏🏻
Let's just focus on how good this day was. 🤣
Nicely done. Can't wait for your tourney vid 🎉
I can't find where I put the sd card! But I'll just sum it up... great pre-fish means a bad tournament, right? Yeah, not good. 🤣
Wow! great job and scenery as usual
Thanks! I love the skies up at Erie!
Wow, seemed like you really had a great day. Congrats!
Thanks, it was a good one!
another Great Video,Thx so much for sharing.
Thanks!
I'm 64 and from Jackson michigan. I haven't seen cedar point in 50 years. Lol
This is the closest I've ever been, I had no idea it was on the water!
Great job,good luck
Impressive!
Thanks!
Fun to go somewhere where you can catch decent fish these lakes around here aren’t the best
I love the lakes up north around the Portage Lakes area.
awesome stuff.
Thanks!
Nice!!
Great content. Film even longer on your journeys! Start to finish. People love it! Ohh hey I just got the Bixpy pro angler with the new rudder to power up my lynx. You should seriously check it out.
Catch them like that on tourney day and you will probably win.
True true, but we all know that is never how it goes! 🤣
Hope your Turney was a good one.
I didn't catch many fish in the tournament but the weekend was a great learning experience!
Great video as usual. What was the maximum depth of middle harbor if you don't mind me asking?
From what I read you didn't do well tournament day? I've learned that even when I had what I perceived to be a bad day and look back GOD provided me with the opportunity to fish and if I look lessons to be learned. Keep a log for next time. Now on to the next one.
Max depth I found was 3 1/2 feet, most was around 2 feet. It is funny that you said that because I am editing the tournament day video now and my morning was awesome, I had 81 inches by just after 9am. But then I watched for 5 hours as I didn't catch fish and dropped in the standings, so I need to figure out how to adjust to changing fish patterns faster and better!
@@GirlGoneFishing 81 inches for the 1st time on that particular body of waters not bad, 16-1/4" avg. I seem to have the same issue, I do well in the morning but once the sun gets up high I struggle to figure out where they went? Best of Luck in your next event.
From talking to some of the guys who were pre-fishing on West and East Harbors on this same day, the bass were biting everywhere on everything for most of the day. It really messed up a few people who were trying to learn patterns for the tournament! But I have never experienced anything like this day before so I am very grateful!
Wouldn't it be cool to see you and @kristinefisher do a 1on1 battle? That I'm sure would blow up you tube two of the best female bass anglers. God bless
I am in the beginner leagues compared to Kristine and there are hundreds of women fishermen out there better than I am! But I'm working on it! :)