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George Dirscherl
Приєднався 27 вер 2011
Western Basin Treasure Chest Fishing ... 50 plus fish a Day!
If you have never fished the Western Basin of Lake Erie around the islands you are missing out. We take friends and family out there to bend the rods all day long with 50 plus fish most days ranging for Walleye, Smallmouth, Largemouth, White Bass, Yellow perch, Catfish, and Drum (Sheephead).
We troll the 15 foot mark around the islands with smaller Flicker Shad Rapalas and worm harnesses and can usually can keep the rods bent all day and everyone guessing what is hooked.
We call it Treasure Chest Fishing because we just never know what is going to come to the boat!
This is just a sampling on what one day can look like. While a lot of the big walleye move East in the deep part of the summer there are still some around and always in the mix of what we catch.
Tight Lines !
Dirsch on the Water
We troll the 15 foot mark around the islands with smaller Flicker Shad Rapalas and worm harnesses and can usually can keep the rods bent all day and everyone guessing what is hooked.
We call it Treasure Chest Fishing because we just never know what is going to come to the boat!
This is just a sampling on what one day can look like. While a lot of the big walleye move East in the deep part of the summer there are still some around and always in the mix of what we catch.
Tight Lines !
Dirsch on the Water
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Top 3 Bandit Lure colors for 2023 - 2024
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Here are our top 3 colors in Bandit lures from 2023-2024 in numbers of catches and biggest fish. Our goal is to help people become better fishermen as we get better each year. While some people will never post their favorite lures or what is working best to protect their secrets, we believe everyone can benefit and make us all better from share knowledge . Here is a quick one minute video with ...
Time To Get Back Out There on the Water!
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This video is simply to pump you up for the weekend and get you back on the water. We captured some our highlights this year and edited the to music and we hope to get you motivated to get the boat back out and on the water before summer fades... Tight Lines!
Harnesses were the ticket in the Walleye Tournament for us on Erie!
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Worm Harnesses caught 3 of the 5 big fish that we weighed in for the Lorain Harbor Boat Club annual Tournament in July. Normally we don't use spinning rods or worm harnesses, but the fish were parked at 40 Feet with the bottom at 50 feet. I put out one red and gold worm harness on a 2 Oz bottom bouncer with another 2oz clipped on at 50 Feet back to get it down. We trolled at 2 mph which is fast...
How bad the boat gets after a walleye tournament... Can you relate?
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The boat get so messed up from tournaments... I can obsess over cleaning things... but when I fish tournaments that all goes out the window when we passionately chase walleye. When I get home and face reality... This is what needs to be done to get ready for the next trip! Can you relate? #Boating #cleaning #fishing #timelapse #lundboats
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You have proved nothing to that theory . You`re connecting the leader to a metal rod connected to a plastic case with a mic in it which will pick up any kind of vibrations making it sound horrible under drag from a fish . You have shown no research to what is happening with out a camera attached. I`m not convinced at all .
@@SonsofFishes297 well I’m sorry you did not find it helpful and the scientific method missed your expectation . We have learned a lot from it and wanted to share it with the fishing community. Again, my words were recommendations to try and help fisherman. If you have better insights and video by all means makes us better and post it. Hope you have a great rest of the summer on the water. Dirsch on the Water!
We've done that many times on the troll. It blows my mind they just swim along and don't try to escape..
@@Rightiswrong-qv5ul agreed and it is frustrating… they sometimes keep up with the boat to keep the pressure slightly off and the board barely jumps. What board types are you using ???
What a lovely view. 😮😊
I don’t know but fishing out of charter boats,using planner boards,and 6 or 8 rods,just not fun to me!I will take a secluded lake in a boat with another person,anytime!You can have all these charter boats,unless all you want is a bunch of meat!Sorry if I offended!Thomas A.Filipiak
No offense taken. Seclusion is great. We are definitely not a charter. We are just private fisherman who really do enjoy the lake. I used to stand on the front of my boat and cast for hours a day and now I’ve come to enjoy trolling and the science of it, and getting the lures at the right depth to catch the fish it’s become somewhat of a passion to understand how all that works together to catch a big fish. Hope you have a great rest of the summer.
BORING JUST TO WATCH SOMEONE REEL IN A FISH BIG DEAL!! 3 LIKES GET IT!!
Well show me what good looks like…
See if this is more interesting.. ua-cam.com/video/QUa6hmskRHY/v-deo.htmlsi=78bUdqvJLI14l6Kn
@@DirschOnTheWater ON ON UA-cam LIKE WILLSWORLD AND OTHERS MIKES' ANGLING ADVENTURES!! REMEMBER ONLY 3 LIKES SAYS IT ALL!!
Well good critics can make us all better. Do you have a UA-cam channel ?
@@DirschOnTheWater I DON'T SEEK ATTENTION I AM FORMER US MARINE AND WAS A REGIONAL SALES MGR FOR FORTUNE 500 CO. I DON'T NEED IT. MAYBE YOU'RE TO SENSITIVE TO HAVE A UA-cam CHANNEL?. PS: THE BIBLE SAYS THE TRUTH WILL SET US FREE. IF YOU CAN'T TAKE THE HEAT OF KITCHEN MAYBE YOU SHOULD GIVE UP COOKING. ME I JUST CATCH FISH AND HUNT BIG GAME AND SMALL GAME!! THAT'S ENOUGH.
Hard to beat Blue/silver!
@@chairmanx2 yeah in the spring blue chrome as we call it rocks every year..:
@@chairmanx2 thanks for responding!
What time do we launch?
@@dandirscherl8257 whenever you arrive! Hope you are all well!
Very interesting. Agreed, hard to listen to that. Have you ever done leadcore line?
@@againstmywill23 great question and good thought … I just spooled up a reel last week and will be trying it with the camera. I did drop it down one day last week in a tournament ( no camera ) and it was silky smooth and quiet so you might be onto something there. I will let you know when I film it next. Thanks for watching and the question!
I’m going to pick up one of these cameras for trolling. Very cool and educational!
@@Bear-nu8xm it definitely will open your eyes. Test out different lengths where you put the camera. Lake Erie doesn’t have a ton of visibility as you move off shore and the closer we put it to the lure the better we were at seeing the fish. It’s a real touchy scenario. We had several trips we always saw was the blue water and not the lure being trolled and yet we caught fish. If you have really Clear water, you can set it back further.keep in touch. Dirsch
@@DirschOnTheWater Nice thanks! I live in Windsor so it’ll mostly be Lake Erie or StClair. I do travel up near manitoulin area where the water is a bit clearer as well.
@@Bear-nu8xm you chasing walleye , smallies ?
@@DirschOnTheWater Yup, mostly walleye
@@Bear-nu8xm ua-cam.com/video/J8mxLkHztsE/v-deo.htmlsi=Nve0T_w-ksdk7Sm9 Some of the shallows will reveal a lot … here is some footage from last year. Have a great summer ua-cam.com/video/J8mxLkHztsE/v-deo.htmlsi=Nve0T_w-ksdk7Sm9
wow
Wow
Beautiful 👍
Guys if you are going to take the time to watch the video please hit the like button for George. How can you not like seeing someone catch a fish. Thanks
I can relate. Generally use spray bottle vinegar water mix to clean exterior after each retrieval
One idea i had and am going to try is to add more spring holes on my planner board. What usually happens is the tattle flag is either too tight or to loose. Just got the idea my last trip out, so gonna give it a shot and see if it helps detect those draggers and swimmers better
@@livebig247 let me know how it goes. We are on our 3 iteration of boards in 2 years trying to find what works best. Open to your wisdom and discoveries along the way. Make us better fisherman is our motto. Dirsch
I rigged up some roman candles to a planer board this summer. I didn't catch anything, but it sure was beautiful!
Just a thought, but it seems to me that the angle of the camera may be altered just a bit when not running true (when dragging a fish) causing the water to flow over the microphone pick-up at a slightly different angle, which may be causing the loud noise that we can hear on audio, but not necessarily a noise that is transmitted into the water column
Yeah good thought … another gentlemen mentioned that idea and we will test it some more coming up the audio mainly comes from the line tension from what we can tell slicing through the water like a guitar string. One thing is for sure… the commotion of a fish being hooked is all fish and lure and line. That we know does not help on fish like sheephead left in the water. I huge question still remains about distressed fish and if they emit anything. That other fish pic up on. Fun stuff to sort through and analyze. Thanks for watching and commenting. Hope to see you in the water coming up this Fall!
@DirschOnTheWater Maybe throw a dipsy on the end, let it pull hard to the side and see what the audio is like. One thing is for sure, if I'm dragging fish, I'm usually dragging two....lol
Is the camera in line/ attached to the leader and lure?
@@livebig247 we attach it to a swivel at the end of braided line coming from the reel. On the end of the camera there is an eyelet we put another pin and swivel and tie a 3 foot mono leader that is lighter than the braid. If the lure gets hooked on the bottom( which has happened ) we want the mono leader to break…. Not the braid. Camera is a couple hundred dollars and that would get expensive on a regular basis. We only use this camera on a spinning reel for now to be nimble with it and quick if we have a problem we can open the bail and maneuver to the camera. In deep water it is a no issue unless you are dropping down 50 feet.
@@DirschOnTheWater Just a thought, but it seems to me that the angle of the camera may be altered just a bit when not running true (when dragging a fish) causing the water to flow over the microphone pick-up at a slightly different angle, which may be causing the loud noise that we can hear on audio, but not necessarily a noise that is transmitted into the water column.
I meant 40 degree nozzle not 40% 🤦🏻♂️
You better have a Good net man on the payroll
Kevin nailed it yesterday. 💪🎣
Good luck
Thanks, Third place yesterday. Was a great day….
Lately if I get all 10 rods out and I don’t have fish signs I immediately start running through the gear from where I started and more often than not it’s exactly what’s happening we’re dragging a 14 inch walleye sometimes as many as 4or 5 . There are too many fish out there right now and they’re hungry I don’t like to see lures in the water for more than 20 minutes and 30 minutes tops without checking. Great video.
@@mikeyd5969 I believe that is spot on . We can only fish 7 rods with the 3 of us and not making a mess in my boat . That is where we are comfortable and effective. Yesterday we were tournament fishing and the bite was hot. We went through the fish on my fish finder… thought we might have had a bite but did not check it despite my own video. 15 minutes goes by and I was like guys something is wrong…. We had 2 on each side that hit about the same time and were dragging. 🤦🏻♂️ the other three rods went ice cold. We needed to go back and watch our own video. Thanks for the feedback and watching. Hope you are having a great summer! Where are you fishing out of ? Disch
@@DirschOnTheWater We fish out of West Harbor on Catawba
@@mikeyd5969 hope to see you see you there this Fall!
Great use of technology to gain insights!
Thanks for watching and the feedback . Hope you are having a great summer! 🎣
What tournament is it ?
@@captainchrisfishing Lorain harbor boat club has an annual 50 boat tournament for walleye. Goes by total length of a 5 fish bag . Big fish also has a pot. A fun one to fish in the summer. 🎣😎
Almost got snagged 😮
You are correct… we were trying to get close to the bottom with the camera as visibility is not great in different parts of Erie. In a couple videos I actually hook the bottom in the name of getting some good video. Thanks for watching!
Do your crank baits have a different tone if they are not tuned correctly?
@@RodPRESL excellent question… our observation is the rattles or bearings inside do sound a little different depending on the lure type. The way many of the bandit style lures rattle most is when upright. As far as the line making a different sound that is a good question that would I be guessing on … another good idea for us to record and get back to you on… I will take a lure out of alignment or running and see what we hear…thanks for the question.
I can send you one of Mine. 😂
@@RodPRESL 😅
Does the type of line make any difference??
@@honyash good question : on braid or monofilament the noise was the same … we are going to try leadcore to see if that better but either way I think dragging small fish hurts the other lines. Thanks for watching !
Excellent video Now I know why i didn't catch anything How far does noise travel under water Hmmm a mile or 2 range 🤔
@@jackrussell8672 good question …. Sound can travel thousands of miles underwater because water particles carry sound waves better than air, allowing them to retain their energy longer. The sound channel, an area in the ocean where sound waves refract up and down, also helps sound travel long distances without losing much energy. ( copied and pasted the findings )
Man Up And Go Get IT Back ... 😅 . Yeah, that would suck !
@@williampermenter9413 I am sure there was enough adrenaline running to support the thought of getting that fish back… I call that that the tax man in brackish water … 🐊 Thanks for watching and commenting.😎
The muffleheads! Terrible but better than the mayflies
@@Island360 I agree … thankfully that season has come and gone for now. Hope you have a great summer !
use grippers and pliers always free the fish from the hook first then deal with the bait out the net. sorry about your bills hope u recover , got to be careful on them thrashing fish .
@@captainchrisfishing thanks for posting. You are so right… I tried to cut a corner and thought I could hold onto that big fish. One twist of the fish’s body and I was wearing the hooks into the bone. Grippers for sure. Grateful for insurance. Never thought fishing could be so costly. Hope you have a great summer. Thanks for watching and engaging the channel. Tight lines !
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Congrats on your 1st walleye, but that was a baby one
I saw that way up here in Mansfield
It counts as long as he is in the boat 😂
@@jackrussell8672 agreed but that was close !
LOL ....All Big Trucks have a air ride seat You just need a small air compressor
@@jackrussell8672 not quite as fancy as your truck seats but it works !
What are you trolling with that you can’t tell you how to hit I run medium light, ugly sticks and medium light blue diamond trolling rods with 15 pound test big game and I’ve run that my entire life since I was a child and son of my dad and I can tell when every hit I get while I still hadcoho salmon which people say aren’t there but are there they just don’t fish for them right down? We know we get a hit you must be setting your stuff pretty heavy.
It depends on whether it’s a tournament or not but during tournament time we run Okuma cold waters on prodigy rods that are 8 feet long so yes, the sensitivity is less than maybe the ugly sticks that we run with small lures across the shallow waters of the bass islands. I have never caught salmon in the western basin. I would love to think they’re there, but I have never experienced that so if you’re telling me, they’re there, I would love to learn more about that. We do catch steelhead closer to the central basin and Cleveland. Are you
@@DirschOnTheWater yeah but I use Okuma Coldwater reels through my entire set up, but I don’t use Big Rios. I only use the 20 D series for everything for my Downrigger’s for my Dipsy divers for everything. I don’t run wire and I don’t like leaded cause I don’t like it never have I just stay old-school and I catch as many fish or or more as most people on this side of the lake and never had an issue. I’ve never lost gear. I’ve never lost lures. I’ve never lost. I’ve never lost anything on that line those light rods in those small reels and I even use them in lake Ontario on the big Kings. I use them on here on in the Big and we fish tournaments all the time, I don’t switch from what I got except for once all depends we’d love to islander mooching run on my Downrigger’s when I’m in good salmon water
Here fishy fishy
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Look it up.
Where’s the fun in that ? Shelf cloud is best I can come up with on google images. That’s the fun of social media. Crowd sourcing is a hoot sometimes to get to the truth.
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Geo engineering has brought on unexpected storms of great magnitude… stop it!
It means hail is a coming
There was a hail warning … thanks for commenting.
You in Michigan?
Ohio
It’s technically called a Cigrit cloud. Very rare.
Thank you I knew someone would know… appreciate you responding.
@@DirschOnTheWater I was joking. I have no clue.
@@doctorcigrit5078 I thought you were serious I actually looked it up 🤣
Is this in Ohio because I saw this earlier
It sure is… North Side of Columbus Westerville area.
Me, too. Whitehall. Ominous.
@@Lilly_Day for sure … stay safe
Wow. Catfish and the illusive Hand Bass in one trip. (That was a giant catfish too - would love to see that video)
Them bandits ain't no joke. Those hooks have almost got me more than once!
Yeah they catch fish and fisherman!
Thats not an er problem u know how many hooks I have cut out smh
How many ?
Be a man push it thru then cut the barb my dad did it for me first time when I was 10 yrs old
I have done that push through 4 other times. This one the hook was partially in the bone and not enough hook to grip for the ER doc which was the mistake I made clipping it off so quick to get the fish away from flopping and doing more damage. I have sat back and quarterbacked others and said just push it through… it wish that was the case this time. 🤦🏻♂️ dumb mistake in my part. Hope you have a great summer!