Fished NW of the point with Mike H and Brian R of Oil City.  Boated 9 walleyes losing a couple on the way in and going 0 for 4 on steelhead.  Neither was able to keep the acrobatic steelhead from throwing the hooks.  Walleye averaged in the 6 - 8 lb range with a few small fish thrown in the mix.  Program consisted of LC w/ shallow Renoskey's and weighted RR's and Bangos off off the boards along with Big Dispsey's (3 setting, 110 - 150 back) w/ worm harness.  Best colors:  RR - Gator bait BN; Bango - green/gold; Renoskey - chart/white; worm harness - Copper/Orange; trolling speed 2.4 - 2.7 

     Fished the morning north of the point, with lake conditions in the 1 - 2' range, boating 11 walleyes.  Fish averaged in the 6 - 8 lb range, with the occasional 9 - 10 lb fish.  Same program as the previous day with a troling speed of 2.2 - 2.4. 

     Fished north of the point, with rough lake conditions subsiding into a picture perfect Lake Erie sunset.  Fishing was on the slow side with 7 walleye coming into the boat, with a couple dropped at the back and our fair share of junk.  The program consisted of LC w/ shallow Renoskeys along with weighted/clean RRs and Bangos off of the boards; big dispeys at a 3 setting 110 - 150 back w/ worm harnesses.  Best colors:  Renoskey - Chameleon & RT; RR - Gator bait BN; Copper/Orange worm harnesses, with a trolling speed of 2.4 - 2.7

    Fished the EPSFA - Walleye Challenge Tournament with Joe K, his son Joey and Frank M.  Fished east of PIB with near perfect lake conditions.  We managed 11 to the boat, 1 throw back and 2 lost at the back of the boat, in the 7.5 hrs of the tourney.  Biggest fish for the day was 7.5 lbs with the rest averaging around 5 lbs.  Set up being:  clean and weighted Reef Runner 600's, 5 color LCs with Bangos and Renoskys and big dipseys (3 setting 115 - 140 back) with worm harnesses.  Trolling speed of 2.2 - 2.7 with best colors being:  RR - bare naked; Bango Blue/Chart, Renosky - Purple/Pink and copper harnesses. 

     Fished the evening east of PIB with 2 - 3' windy lake conditions.  Finished the evening with 5 walleye all around 7 lbs.  Set up being Reef Runner 600's (clean and with 1 oz weights) 200 - 250 back and 5 color LCs with shallow Renoskys off of the boards.  Trolling speed was 2.4 - 2.6 with best colors being:  RR - Bare Naked, Chart Wonderbread Bare naked, Renoskys - Chameleon, Pink/Purple

   Fished a short afternoon smallmouth bass fishing trip with Mark B and his family from North Carolina.  We ran east of PIB, with the set up being Reef Runner 600’s off of the boards.  Lake conditions were 2 – 3’s with a NE wind.  We had steady action boating approx. 20 bass, several rock bass and the occasional junk fish.  Smallmouth bass ranged in the 1 – 2# range with the biggest being 3.5 lbs.  Best Colors:  Glowby, Firetiger, perch and Cran Crusher (bare naked)

     Got a late start on the day but headed to Northeast Marina where I was joined aboard Outcast by touring bass angler Frank M, from Oil City, PA;  we headed northwest and immediately found large numbers of active feeding Lake Trout.  We had fish on before we could get the entire set up in the water and from there it was non-stop action with multiple doubles and even a quadruple for the day.  We headed in after netting and releasing 30 fish, with numerous bites, losing 5 or so on the way in and 2 break offs.  Fish sized remained in the 8 lb range with numerous fish over 10 lbs and biggest being 16.5 lbs.  Set up was the same as the previous day with a trolling speed of 1.9 - 2.2 mph on a  W/E troll.  Hot spoons remained same as the previous day. 

     Fished the morning north to northwest of Northeast Marina with calm and foggy lake conditions.  Started the day off slow catching 5 in the first two hours.  Picked up and made a move finding a large number of active feeding Lake Trout.  Managed 22 fish for the morning with several other bites and losing 1 at the back of the boat.  Fished averaged in the 8 lb range with several over 10 lbs and the biggest for the day being a 17.5 lber.  Fished 49 - 62 FOW, with the program being riggers deep with 15 - 30' leads, big dipseys - 2 setting 130 - 160 back; 1 setting 115 back, SW - NE troll at 2.2mph. with hot spoons for the day being:  MS scorpion & standard in  Frog (copper), MS scorpion and standard in watermelon, MS green bubble and MS scorpion green puke.  

     Greetings anglers, we will be out fishing starting in April and we'll keep you up to date with our latest fishing reports.  Please feel free to post your own fishing reports when you drop by and visit our site.

Thank You and Good Luck Fishing,  Capt. Jason Whitman, Outcast Fishing Charters