The inlaws live in Oak Harbor and I drag my bass boat up from down south to fish while we are there in July/August. IF the main lake is calm I hit the reefs by Davis-Besse and it has been good some years and not so much others. If it's way to rough for my bass boat I've tried the Portage River for largemouth because it fishes more like rivers down south. Any hints on Portage River spots worth hitting other than the really obvious bridges and deeper rock walls and culverts? I've caught some surprisingly decent bags doing the obvious stuff but I'd like to expand on that area as my back-up. The smallmouth can be amazing.... so can the damn wind and waves. My Phoenix is good in rough water, but not that good. Thanks for the very helpful videos and maybe I will hit you up when I'm up there fishing, trade some tips perhaps.
For sure you have to pick your days. I have a Ranger 619 and still pick my days. In the portage river, I focus on the marina entrances and dock posts. This is for summertime. I have never been in there in the spring.
I'm with you. It's in the Ohio revised code that as long as we aren't blocking a navigable channel we are good. The coast guard was fueling up in there and told me I couldn't fish. I didn't want to argue with them lol.
After watching your vids I drove from Alabama up here. Am up here now. Fished Kelly’s yesterday for 14 hrs and caught 1 walleye and about 20 sheepshead. Fished a drop shot, tube, keitech, CrankBait, dark sleeper. Targeted all of those areas you had mentioned, plus some. Any additional insight would help.
