2/24/26 Reports on Fishing Erie

Shorter report than usual this week. We have had quite the warm up come through this past week and ice conditions are rapidly deteriorating. We have had some nice batches of thunder storms come through as well as some gale south winds. It has resulted in the ice becoming unsafe and unfit to fish unfortunately. 

Here at Lake Born, even days we can be on the water does not mean they have been wasted. We have been working in the shop a lot this week in preparation for the upcoming spring. I think we will be on soft water sooner than later if you ask me with the long range forecast. I could be wrong but as they say; luck favors the prepared! 



On the agenda this week we spent some time doing some upgrades to our Duckwater boat. We are transforming this duck hunting machine into a fishing machine. Due to the amount of road salt our lovely Ohio Department of Transportation decides to use to treat the roads our wiring connections have taken a beating over the last 9 duck seasons running up and down the road daily. It was time for some TLC. We have gone through top to bottom replacing all the wiring in the vessel including new interior lights, bilge pumps, switch panels, navigation lights and marine radios just to name a few. We also outfitted her with full Cisco rod holders, Cannon down riggers, Cisco trolling mast and all the fixings to go along with it.

This beast will now be staying all spring and summer in the port of Lorain where she will be running daily! With an average cruising speed of 40 mph and sipping on fuel averaging 3.9 mpg she will be able to run further and fish more efficiently as she will be able to pull up to 24 rods. If you see us down there be sure to stop in and say Hi!

We also pulled in our Gatortrax this week. We were able to remove the blind and put all the decoys away. The Bowfishing lights were remounted, motors all got a fresh oil change and she is ready for the first ice off to happen. We usually get into the carp hot and heavy if we can find some clean moving water during the first days the ice is breaking up. Fingers crossed you are reading about it in next week's report!