Walleye Questions for Erie Newbie

Good Eveing -
 
I am brand new to the site.  I also have never fished Walleye in Erie but am planning a week trip 7/22-7/30.  I will be fishing out of Northeast for 5 days & Barcelona NY for the last 3.  I will be fishing out out of a 17 foot deep vee. 
 
I understand the area know as the mountain draws fish & it realatively close to shore.   Would it make sense to use Northeast as a home base the entire time?  From what I have read the migration heads into NY as the summer wears on.  Fishing out of a small boat is somewhat limiting & I would like to keep any long runs to a min.
 
It seems dipsy divers are king in Erie.   Recent reports state fish suspended 30-40 down.  Why not use a long lead off a downrigger?  Does the dipsy take the bait to the side of the boat?  How about leadcore line off a planer board - is that popular?
 
I have used stick baits & spoons for walleye but don't have much experience with worm harnesses.  Do you troll them a little slower ?  I have always generally trolled the spoons slighly faster than the stickbaits.
 
I would really appreciate any feedback. 
 
Sorry if this was a bit long.  I am really looking foward to the trip.
 

ditto

If the wlly,s are slow go for the smally,s , Jig with a double tail mister twister in white you,ll have a ball.

That is the most popular depth range for eyes historically speaking, rarely catch 'eyes deeper than 55' or so down in the column, can recall one very large eye we caught 63 down (looking for chrome), once.  45' down never seems to be a bad number.  We catch fewer eyes on riggers, but most often the largest.  There are tons of ways to get there, I prefer riggers, big dipsys on mono, braid, and wire, 40 jets on braid or wire, single strand wire and segmented lead core for plugs and look forward to soon experimenting with segmented copper for spoons and harnesses.  Harnesses seem to produce best for us on big divys.  They can definitely produce more eyes, but will get short hit a LOT and the junk loves them as well. 
 
  

Used to fish out of Barcelona a lot in the early 90's and we have caught eyes down 90', 100' and 110' targeting lakers.  Usually 8+ pounders too. 
 

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That is the most popular depth range for eyes historically speaking, rarely catch 'eyes deeper than 55' or so down in the column, can recall one very large eye we caught 63 down (looking for chrome), once.  45' down never seems to be a bad number.  We catch fewer eyes on riggers, but most often the largest.  There are tons of ways to get there, I prefer riggers, big dipsys on mono, braid, and wire, 40 jets on braid or wire, single strand wire and segmented lead core for plugs and look forward to soon experimenting with segmented copper for spoons and harnesses.  Harnesses seem to produce best for us on big divys.  They can definitely produce more eyes, but will get short hit a LOT and the junk loves them as well.