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Fishing \/By Will Elliott, Buffalo News Outdoor
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Fishing walleye in Lake Erie ~
\nDunkirk Harbor Area ~ <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Charter boats go deep at Dunkirk<\/h2>\n

Walleye, walleye everywhere \u2014 but not a drop in the
\nbucket. Learn how to clean walleye<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A few of the best Lake Erie walleye charter captains
\ngot with Erie and Chautauqua County leaders to hold an
\nouting to promote the fabulous fishing found in, around
\nand just off Dunkirk Harbor.<\/p>\n

The fishing is great. Boaters head out of Dunkirk to
\npoints near and far for bass, walleye, perch and
\nassorted trout species. A Masters Walleye Circuit
\ncontest on Aug. 23-24 showed the sizes and numbers of
\nwalleye available to anglers<\/a> at Dunkirk.<\/p>\n

But when the first cameo outing was scheduled two
\nweeks earlier, a vicious northwest wind had 5- foot
\nwaves breaking over the harbor\u2019s outer breakwater. By 7
\na. m., Capt. Dan Dietzen<\/b> knew we were not going
\nto get out that day \u2014 conditions that boaters have seen
\ntoo often this otherwise nice summer season.<\/p>\n

Captains Lance and Joann Ehrhardt,<\/b> aboard
\nSassafras Charters<\/b> and Dietzen,<\/b> agreed to
\nreschedule the promo outing to Aug. 30.<\/p>\n

Skies that early Saturday morning looked somewhat
\nsimilar to the previously planned day, but forecasts had
\nthings clearing and a somewhat stiff north\/northwest
\nwind had us rocking but not too much rolling.<\/p>\n

Dietzen and Ehrhardt held an unspoken competition on
\nthis day. Each had had good fishing in general, with
\nsome nice, limit-numbered catches throughout the summer.<\/p>\n

For decades, I\u2019ve been connecting with Dietzen for
\nfishing updates and hunting and fishing gear inquiries,
\nso I opted to head out with him and his partner, Ron
\nBergler,<\/b> of the City of Tonawanda, aboard their
\n26-foot Parker. Dietzen retained the chartering name
\nSea Cin,<\/b> which has been an active guide service on
\nLake Erie and Lake Ontario for more than three decades.<\/p>\n

Dietzen deserves credit for being the first charter
\nboater to regularly apply Lake Ontario suspended-level
\nfishing in Lake Erie waters. While some anglers knew
\nwalleye feed on bait schools moving well off bottom back
\nin the 1950s and 1960s, it was Dietzen\u2019s downrigs and
\nside planers off Dunkirk Harbor that triggered the
\nprofusion of planer boards, lead core, and side divers
\nso popular with walleye trollers today.<\/p>\n

Dietzen steadily upgrades his presentations. After
\nyears of Dipsy Diver domination, he switched to Slide
\nDivers for a controlled side-planning device.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can run a long leader off these Slide Divers and
\naren\u2019t confined to a rod-length lead needed with Dipsys,\u201d
\nhe explained while setting out lines.<\/p>\n

For terminal tackle, he has had great results this
\nseason with Joe Renosky\u2019s<\/b> new Chatter Stick
\nbaits<\/b>. This bait has a detached (not fixed) metal
\nlip that gives the lure \u201cunbelievable erratic action\u201d
\nwhen trolling. Bergler and Dietzen doctor their Chatter
\nSticks with a larger back treble hook and no middle
\nhook, just a split-ring for balance.<\/p>\n

It works. Three of the four walleyes boated went for
\nthe new Renosky lure. \u201cHe\u2019s [Renosky] constantly working
\non lure designs and has come up with a real winner with
\nthis one,\u201d Dietzen said.<\/p>\n

A good lure can make or break a fishing trip, and
\nthis season has been a busy one for fish finding and
\ncatching for Dietzen and other charter boaters. The bite
\noff Buffalo Harbor and at the head of the Niagara River
\nhas been consistent; Barcelona Harbor saw an early and
\nlate run of big Ohio \u2019eyes.<\/p>\n

But the Sturgeon Point to Dunkirk Harbor area has
\nbeen hit or miss for walleye numbers and sizes. That new
\nRenosky-and an abundance of \u201903-class \u2019eyes-has made it
\nanother good season for Dietzen.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything\u2019s been at 70 feet,\u201d he said after two
\nboated walleye. But even Babe Ruth struck out
\n[sometimes] and the Yankees don\u2019t always make the
\nplayoffs. In the contest with the Ehrhardt, our four
\n\u201903-class fish came in second to seven hogs, most above
\nthe \u201903-class size and at least three over five pounds.<\/p>\n

A walleye fillet cook-out at Point Gratoit Park, just
\nwest of Dunkirk, ended a beautiful day on and along the
\nwater.<\/p>\n

Even a so-so day turned out to be a great outing.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re set up to fish until at least late September,\u201d
\nthe Ehrhardts said of the Dunkirk fishery. They, Dietzen,
\nPhil Swiatkowsi of Take Five Charters, Bud Marsh of
\nAlibi Charters and many others provide good fishing
\nevery day Lake Erie allows boating access. Ice fishing for this species<\/a> is different.<\/p>\n

For a listing of all the charter boaters at the east
\nend of Lake Erie, go to:www.great-lakes.org\/ny\/elecba<\/a><\/span>and
\nclick on \u201cMembers.\u201d More walleye winners<\/b><\/p>\n

When the 2008 Cabela\u2019s Masters Walleye Circuit (MWC)
\nclosed its competition at Dunkirk Harbor on Aug. 24,
\ntwo-angler teams finished with spectacular scores.<\/p>\n

The winning team of Nate Capton Jr<\/b>. of Niagara
\nFalls and Dave Waldeck<\/b> of Sanborn averaged nearly
\nsix pounds per fish for their two-day entry of 10 \u2019eyes.
\nTheir total weight of 58.99 pounds topped the second-
\nplace team by more than two pounds.<\/p>\n

Other Western New York teams did well in this MWC
\ncompetition. Robert Hollingsworth<\/b> of Kenmore and
\nJim Navis<\/b> of Grand Island took eight places with
\n4.32 pounds. Angola anglers Dennis Alguire<\/b> and
\nGene Strianese<\/b> weighed in 46.83 pounds to finish
\nninth among the 63 teams entered.<\/p>\n

MWC competitors fished from directly off Dunkirk
\nHarbor to Pennsylvania state line and International
\nborder waters.<\/p>\n

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