The color is called Coconut Candy when it is a Bandit. Reef Runners call it Pink Lemonade. When you are trying to release a board, do not hold the rod high but rather keep it parallel with the water, then get the line tight and holding rod with one hand slap the handle below the hand holding the rod. Also you may want to edit the unhooking the first fish as it was hooked outside the mouth and not legal to keep.

Awesome was a great video and great fish love catching them eyes.

Nice Caleb

Tattle flags are really only needed during the crawler bite when we have junk fish and weeds to worry about. This time of the year, I don’t even worry about them. Set your drag light and leave the clickers on. That way you will hear when a fish hits. If you are by yourself (not recommended for safety reasons, BTW) when you get a fish and you letting another line out, either go ahead and let it out enough to get the board on and out of the way, or reel it in fast and then deal with your fish. It will be fine if your drag is light.

@leakyjonboatco.7419

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

What a mess, I watched over half just laughing. Good luck guy!

@leakyjonboatco.7419

2 ай бұрын

Hard to keep the boat clean when your busy dragging in keepers

I see you use bigger reels like I have. Curious if you spool the whole thing with ten pound or just put like 100 yards over your salmon line? I was thinking about doing the latter, so just wondering. Thanks. Great video.

@leakyjonboatco.7419

2 ай бұрын

I spill the entire rod with 10lb Berkeley big game. All the way up to where it’s tuned at 100 yards.

@randyarndt

2 ай бұрын

Thank you

What rod and reel combo do you use? I'm thinking about an upgrade for this season and those look like they work well.

@leakyjonboatco.7419

2 ай бұрын

These are okuma cold waters on daiwa wilderness rods!

@bengraham6433

2 ай бұрын

@@leakyjonboatco.7419 Perfect, thanks!

THANKS for the video! This time of year, it sure helps to get the juices flowing! Take Care. Play safe. Oh ya,,,, Next time you get that single pole HOG on,,,, specially with 10# line, kill that motor & go into a drift. Then, that fish won't get so spooky at the boat. ;>)

@leakyjonboatco.7419

2 ай бұрын

Great advice! Thanks

We were there that day also. Don't get many days like that in the winter. Everyone was catching.

@leakyjonboatco.7419

2 ай бұрын

Yes it’s a blast when it all works out.

What make boat is that? Looks to be awesome one or 2 man boat...love it! Nice Video!!

@leakyjonboatco.7419

2 ай бұрын

1988 StarCraft MR 160 with a 48 spl. I love it, does a good job for 2 guys.

Just a suggestion if you use your trolling motor at the front as long as you have ipilot you can use it to steer the boat and your kicker motor to set your speed it makes it really easy for trolling. I do the same thing on my 18.6ft Princecraft and it amazing. That way everyone in the boat can fish and net and you don’t have to have someone to drive the boat.

@leakyjonboatco.7419

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! That’s what I usually do but I had some difficulties with the trolling motor, still seemed to work pretty good!

@gavinopperman5616

29 күн бұрын

Is the Johnson a 9.9?

How much line do you have from the board to the lure?

@leakyjonboatco.7419

2 ай бұрын

In this case 100-120 foot

what an awesome boat! nice fishing as well, good stuff man

@leakyjonboatco.7419

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

What kid of boat do you have?

@leakyjonboatco.7419

2 ай бұрын

It’s a StarCraft mariner 160, 1988

Where were you fishing out of?

@leakyjonboatco.7419

Ай бұрын

Central basin

The way u put the boards....do it the opposite way put the line thru the middle of the board gov it slack and a loop to the one at the end with the tattle

@leakyjonboatco.7419

2 ай бұрын

Thank you, I’ll try it out next time!

Where did fish #4 go?

@leakyjonboatco.7419

2 ай бұрын

Editing error, he ended up in the freezer with the rest of em 😂. The fish ended up being a 4lber!

@aglastlead7170

2 ай бұрын

Exactly 😂

How deep of water were you trolling in?

@leakyjonboatco.7419

Ай бұрын

40 fow

What brand and model boat? It's the nicest small freshwater boat I have seen.

@leakyjonboatco.7419

2 ай бұрын

1988 StarCraft MR 160, redone by me last summer!

@joemayton5560

2 ай бұрын

@@leakyjonboatco.7419 you did a get job! Your boat looks new.

@joemayton5560

2 ай бұрын

@leakyjonboatco.7419 I want to get an older boat to fix up. Don't know much about fresh water boats though.. is there a particular reason why you chose that boat? If you could pick any brand and model which would be your #1 choice?

@leakyjonboatco.7419

2 ай бұрын

I traded an old Jon boat for it. But it has a good hull design for how small it is. I would choose a start craft deep v like this but probably the 180 or 210.

TROLLING SPEED WITH BANDITS? NICE JOB

@leakyjonboatco.7419

2 ай бұрын

I was running 1.3-1.6 mph!

@DEVILDOG1964

2 ай бұрын

NICE THAT'S WORM HARNESS SPEED TOO!!@@leakyjonboatco.7419

How you can switch from right hand reels to left hand reels and not get screwed up is beyond me. I’m sooo right dominant you could chop my left hand off and I could probably still tie my shoes. 😛 PS How deep are those baits running and how deep is the water ?

@leakyjonboatco.7419

Ай бұрын

40fow, running the bandits 100-120 foot back and I honestly have zero problem switching back and forth. For spinning rods it’s 100% LH reel but not for these.

Which area are you fishing looking to go out.

@leakyjonboatco.7419

2 ай бұрын

Western basin!

@timothymartin8881

2 ай бұрын

Thanks, kinda figured, being that is spawning area.

@timothymartin8881

2 ай бұрын

Going out today, first time trolling.

@mrmoparrr

2 ай бұрын

March 2 2024?

I thought the legal limit was 4 u til May 1st…..

@leakyjonboatco.7419

2 ай бұрын

Only in the designated areas on Sandusky bay and the maumee river. They also have a single hook law. Out on the big water the limit is 6!

@leakyjonboatco.7419

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the check. We all know how much we can forget when we are on them!

It’s call pink lemonade!

@leakyjonboatco.7419

2 ай бұрын

Thank you sir, I believe someone else commented and said coconut candy which I think is right!!

Whereabouts on Erie is this?

@leakyjonboatco.7419

2 ай бұрын

Central basin

What depth were you at?

@leakyjonboatco.7419

2 ай бұрын

36-40fow

@pbjadventuresnorth

2 ай бұрын

@@leakyjonboatco.7419 Nice - so fish all over the water column then not just on bottom (not an Erie veteran - usually just fishing bottom for me) - 100-120' back from the board at 1.3-1.5 how deep would you say those bandits get down approx? Awesome to be boat fishing in March!!!

@leakyjonboatco.7419

2 ай бұрын

According to my charts 23-24 foot

@pbjadventuresnorth

2 ай бұрын

@@leakyjonboatco.7419 awesome thank you!

West or central basin?

@leakyjonboatco.7419

2 ай бұрын

Central, NE out of Huron.

Where on lake Erie were you fishing?

@leakyjonboatco.7419

2 ай бұрын

Central basin

@pghgeo816

Ай бұрын

@@leakyjonboatco.7419 In the 80tys I was a kid my dad and I would buy fresh walleye right off a small commercial fishing boat in Dunkirk it was ww2 steel bathtub-looking thing with about 30 layers of paint the fish were huge and they were delicious

Western Basin < Eastern Basin

@leakyjonboatco.7419

2 ай бұрын

Central basin 💯

they all look like prespawn females.

@leakyjonboatco.7419

2 ай бұрын

Most of them are. They are starting to stage on the reefs, full of eggs and hungry.

I wish Ohio would make the legal size from 15 to 21 to many little Fish we need bigger eyes again

@ChrisSmith-fc8ki

Ай бұрын

what all i caught are 28 inchers lol.

You know there are advisories on not to eat walleye over 24” right? I mean do what you want but there are plenty of “ eater “ size walleyes in Lake Erie.

@leakyjonboatco.7419

2 ай бұрын

I’m not familiar with such advisories, Erie has a really good fishery and the limit of fish and laws that make us throw anything back in under 15” will ensure that for the future.

@randymiller5008

2 ай бұрын

Fish over 28 inches are infertile and don't produce babies... So , what's your point 🤔

if your flags not dropn, cut down the slack between your clips.

@leakyjonboatco.7419

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip! I think I just need to be a little more precise when setting them up!

I watched this entire video and I have to assume that you voted for Joe Biden

@opinionatedviewer7730

2 ай бұрын

But he's got a boat.

@dongfloppin22

2 ай бұрын

@opinionatedviewer7730 hes probably a rich man from North of Richmond

@leakyjonboatco.7419

2 ай бұрын

Poor man from south of Cleveland like the rest of the walleye anglers 🤣

@dongfloppin22

2 ай бұрын

@@leakyjonboatco.7419 I chew beech nut and drink bucsh light until I can't walk hoss. We need Trump back

@bobpiff5161

2 ай бұрын

@dongflappin22 Why the slam? Am I missing something? Good info, good filming.