Derek Remitz appears to be walking on water in the rolling waves of Lake Erie.
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He’s down one minute and up the next.
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Like most of the anglers, Remitz kept a steady eye on his electronics.
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And would occasionally set the hook.
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Sometimes the hoped for smallmouth would turn into a drum.
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Grant Goldbeck focuses on his electronics while a spectator boat idles by.
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Brandon Card casts as he makes a drift along a reef on Lake Erie.
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This rock bass bit in the same place he had caught his limit.
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A well-known landmark in the Pelee Island area is a lighthouse and helicopter pad.
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Nate Wellman fishes near the lighthouse while waves nearly obscure his boat.
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The waves were troublesome even on short runs like this one by Kotaro Kiriyama.
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After going up, you would have to come back down.
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And sometimes you would go even further down.
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Takahiro Omori fished from his back deck, while his Marshal sat on the front.
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Around the Pelee Island area several anglers shared the same drifts.
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Timmy Horton fishes with his Power Poles down and Drift Paddles attached.
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Nearby Jeremy Starks hooks up with a keeper.
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That sends him down on the deck to land.
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He pulls the fish in...
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...and licks his lips at his fortune.
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The fish allows him to cull.
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And within a few minutes, he’s hooked up again.
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This one sends him to the back deck.
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Again he hits the deck to cradle another keeper.
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After culling the fish, Starks fights the waves back to the top of his drift.
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And passes Horton on the way.
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Omori tosses out a drift sock to slow his drift.
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Like all the anglers, Starks continually fought the waves.
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They were such a constant theme….
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Starks didn’t seem to mind as he waves through the flush of water.
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Nearby, Wellman and J Todd Tucker fish near the helicopter pad.
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Fletcher Shryock leans over to get a better look at his electronics.
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