Edward John

Just curious - does anyone what the deal is about the EJ getting most of the posts in the reports? Seems like that's all you read about. Wasn't sure if the crew has 10 different screen names or if they tell the customers where to post, etc. Don't get me wrong - it's nice to read reports and see where to start out at, especially for those with smaller boats that can't relocate and find 'em quickly. But man, it gets old after awhile. Anyone know the deal?
  Also, I get a kick when someone from the EJ reports 'secret spot'. The boat is what? 50 ft long? and all red. It's not hard to find it - even standing on the lakeside beaches at PI...

Yeah, I know. We've been out for perch a handful of times this year. It's usually either 2 or 3 people in our boat. And we haven't hammered the perch, by any means, but our perch per person average has always been better than EJ's. I've been joking with the family that we should start a perch charter using our boat :) I would think cramming 30-40 people all in one area can be tough, though.
  Just wasn't sure if it's the same folks over and over, as you said, or if there were political ties, whatever.
Thanks

ORIGINAL: BIGSLICK

When they say they have 35 anglers on board and they catch 220 Perch....That's about 7 Fish per person....Doesn't seem like they are doing that well this year. I think there is 2 or 3 people posting about it along with people that board it to go fishing...

 
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Mr. Mechanical Engineer...

The fishing report page only gets about 3 posts a week this time of year, so it seems like there's alot of EJ posts when there's really only two.
 
3 posts per week, that's .42857143 posts per day.

If the reports are from the same person he is probably one of the season pass holders that goes out almost every day.
They are also the ones that pass around a tip bucket.
A few people will catch a lot of fish and a some will only catch a few.
Last time I was there people to the front had a lot of action.
I do not know if it was skill or just where they were-probably a little of both.

cant catch your limit of perch in a half hour  or a limit of walleye is 45 min... booooo hooooooo
u might actually have to really fish for them... OH NO!

ORIGINAL: Mr.Slickfish

Personally....I like to see ALL the reports, good and bad. Helps me figure out where to go, and where not to go.

Keep the reports comin' guys....good or bad....some of us appreciate it.

 
Just cuz the EJ says they didn't do that well doesn't mean the fishing wasn't good on the east side....I have been out there and limited when they said they were struggling...

Loaftech,
Maybe to these guys the amount of fish to fisherman ratio IS amazing..so be it..Why is it the guys who claim to catch their limit in these record times have to compare themselves to the guys who go out and catch a smaller amount? Could it be ego? insecurity? Just something to think about.
I was invited along one time to go on a head boat for perch and had a pretty good time and some of the guys had a great time..4 years later and we still laugh about the one guy on board who was the strangest charachter ever..  How many perch did we catch? I have no idea......wasnt important...but to some on board they may have only caught a few but it may have been amazing to them..Good for them..No egos were on board that I could see. 

mothermoose,
The paltry amount of fish I catch wouldn't interest you..:-)

angler3,
that avatar tells me that you are a very bad man.

wOo kARes

i went fishing on ej one evening was just looking for something to do 40 people got maybe 8o perch no reports on line about that one they just report good days but most of the people fishing might not be the best anglers around so 200 perch in 4 hr fishing is,t to bad considering 30 dollars to go ain,t bad they just make it sound like every body catches alot of fish may do it again to kill a morn or eve

Hey is that other perch head boat [i think its called the victory] up and running yet

I think most of the guys on here complaining about the EJ need to relax. If you don't like the posts don't read them just like the people that complain about what's on TV... change the channel for crying out loud! If you are lucky enough to own a boat to go out on Erie good for you go and leave the EJ to us less fortunate that don't have a boat of their own. I went on the EJ for the first time about 3 weeks ago for an evening trip and day trip. First trip not so good but caught some fish the next morning there were 40 people on board and only about 6 people limited out, myself and my buddy were lucky enough to get our limits with some perch measuring 13” and 14”. The guy beside me and his Dad only caught half the fish we did. Was it luck, experience, right place at the right time, who knows and who cares? It still beat any good day at work. Capt. John and his family do a great job to try and make everyone’s trip successful. Maybe a head boat is not your cup of tea. Well so be it, but they are there to provide a service and make a living too.

Lighten up guys and enjoy your time you do get to fish no matter where or how you do it!