Quote Originally Posted by Devils Horse View Post
Don't know that much about Gobys. They're an invasive species of prolific, small bottom dwelling fish that hitched a ride to the great lakes in ships' ballast tanks. The smallies chew on them rascals pretty regular.

I fished Erie a couple of years ago out of Buffalo, NY, and caught a ton of Gobys on spoons. Many casts in 20-35ft of water would result in either a Goby or a fat sassy brown fish. There are some beauties up there. They get bigger overall at places down here like Dale and Pickwick, but there's a heck of lot more of them up there. I ain't talkin minnows either, 2-4 pounders are run of the mill and 5+ fish often enough. 6 and over are not out of the question.

I used another web site to arrange a side trip with a local guy when I had to trek deep into Yankee territory for a wedding. Heck of nice guy with a 21 ft Triton. Had funny accent but the boy was a deadly smallhead hunter. We didn't have any over 5, but plenty between 2 and 3, and a couple over 4. He emailed me a week later and said he found the "good" fish 5-7 ft deeper than we'd fished.

Wife: "You're going out fishing with a guy you met on the internet? Are you crazy?"
Me: "Yep. Yep."
Wife: "Is it possible for you to do ANYTHING without going fishing?"
I give her 'the look'.
Wife rolling her eyes: "Nevermind."
Jim, I'm still laughing I think we are married to the same woman, why don't they think like we do, LOL....