By Louie Stout
The walleye bite is on big time on Lake Erie.
Just look at the kind of weekend Pat Kleppert, Zack Guerin (Marcellus, Mich.) and Dion Deans, a boat salesman at D&R Sports Center, had last weekend.
Shown here is an 8 pounder Dion boated while the group trolled Rapala Husky Jerks (fire tiger) on planer boards.
They were fishing out of Port Clinton, Ohio from Kleppert’s 20-foot Ranger 620. They targeted about 28 feet of water east of South Bass Island.
“The weather was challenging,” said Kleppert, a Rapala sales rep who lives in Jones, Mich. “There were a lot of boats out there.”
Kleppert said they had 13 walleyes Sunday that weighed 65 pounds and 5 Monday that weighed 29 pounds.
“I fished there before the guys showed up and had four fish over 8 pounds,” said Kleppert. “The fish were pre-spawn walleyes and the water temperature was 48 degrees. It was a lot of fun!”