Erie Trip With Son! 2025
Rangerphil reply :
Well so far we have fished two days up here and so far so good. The rain and storms have made it a little tough but we are catching some good fish! The first day we had to fish the bay because of all the lightning but my son caught some good largemouth. His first time ever drop shotting and I think he is getting the hang of it. Today we went out on the main lake a dodge all the storms! We caught some and he caught his first good lake Erie smallmouth. We then caught a few more with a few well over three pounds! We have not caught any giants yet but hopefully we saved the big ones for this weekend for our tournament! When I get home I will post pics after the whole trip!
Dwight Hottle reply :
Sounds great. Stay on them.
Capt.Bob reply :
The big ones will come when your on em at Erie!! Like Dwight said stay on em!!! 
00 mod reply :
Keep at em and we can't wait to see the pics!
Jeff
Tuckahoe Joe reply :
Congrats...I'll be waiting for the pics!
tomustang reply :
Sounds like a blast! Looking forward to the pics
kickerfish1 reply :
Nice to hear you guys are doing well. Keep us posted...
Rangerphil reply :
Hey guys well we had a blast! The weather was horrible but we was still able to catch some good ones! We ended up in 6th place overall for both days out of 18 boats. My son had a blast and did very good to my surprise! He even got to drive the boat around a little bit and was able to load the boat on the trailer even with all the other boats around (there was also another club there with thirty boats). I am a proud dad and may have found a new partner! I am going to post pics just bare with me I may have to post one at a time! Thanks to all who replied and to Dwight for pointing us in the right direction!
Rangerphil reply :
His first dropshot bass!
Rangerphil reply :
Another nice largie from the bay!
Rangerphil reply :
By this point he thought he was babe wilkeman!...lol..
Rangerphil reply :
First bass with the new setup!
Rangerphil reply :
Nice bay smallie!
Rangerphil reply :
His first main lake smallie!
Rangerphil reply :
Another nice one.
Rangerphil reply :
Another in between storms!
Rangerphil reply :
First day of the tournament. He caught both of those! He carried us the first day!
Rangerphil reply :
Today second day! Not quite as big but we manage a limit and withstood the 4-5 footers! Only four teams caught a limit today!
Rangerphil reply :
Last fish touched at lake Erie this year! Also we were able to release all of our fish alive and well! Fizzing them as soon as we catch them makes a huge difference!
00 mod reply :
Congrats on the awesome trip! Can't wait until I finally get to fish Erie!!!
Jeff
Rangerphil reply :
Thanks! It is a awesome place but very humbling when the wind picks up!
s freud reply :
Growing up there you hear it is actually the most dangerous of the great lakes because storms blow in fast and the waves react quickly because it is the most shallow of the lakes.
Tuckahoe Joe reply :
Good looking fish!
Bankbeater reply :
Congrats on the great trip!
Dwight Hottle reply :
On 7/1/2013 at 9:21 AM, Rangerphil said:Thanks! It is a awesome place but very humbling when the wind picks up!
Looks like you guys really did well considering the weather. Your smallies looked bigger than the largemouth. Congrats on putting the pieces of the puzzle together.
Rangerphil reply :
Thanks! The largemouth were nice but the main lake smallies is just unbelievable! I would hook one and think it was a giant but turn out to be just 16"...lol. My son did have a pig get off on Saturday, don't know how big but it was over 4#.
kickerfish1 reply :
Some great pictures. Congrats to you both!
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