2025 Walleye University Details

School Seminars are to be held on Saturday, March 8th

Walleye School Hours 8:30am - 5:00 pm. Doors open at 7:30am for Students

Address: Erie Yacht Club, 1 Ravine Drive, Erie PA 16505

Walleye School seating is limited to the first 200 student registrations. First come, first serve. Once we hit 200, the registration process will be closed.

Cost of attending the School is $125.00 and you receive the following:

Registrations for the 2025 Lake Erie Walleye School will ONLY be accepted though our online registration process down below...

Mark Haffley, Pa Fish Commission Biologist is back with "Project i-Tag" migration results from season 2024

Back by popular demand, Erie's own Mark Haffley is our head Biologist with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission as well as the captain of the R/V Perca. He has been with the Commission for 13 years serving in many different capacities. He has been spearheading the agencies Walleye "Project i-Tag" telemetry work in Pennsylvania started in the Spring of 2018 to provide insight into local spawning. He is also a charter boat captain out of Erie with his business TLB Sportfishing Charters. He has been working on Lake Erie in the charter fishing industry since 1999 and brings a vast amount of knowledge from both the recreational and sport fishing side of our fishery as well as the biological side. Hearing Mark talk about the internal tracking devices and how the fish migrate throughout the year is jaw dropping! Now we will have the tracking data from 2024 available for you to see at this years walleye school based on a full year of i-tag studies!

Rigged for Success

Captain Joe Nemet will be simplifying the millions of options of what to put on your reels, line options, terminal tackle, leaders, weights, leadcore and more! What size rods and reels suit your needs? He'll have your tackle ready to kill fish! Poor Richards Bait and Tackle will have everything you need at the Expo.

New "forward facing" sonar

Captain Mike Lamberson will be discussing the latest Tournament winning trick in forward facing sonar such as Live Scope, etc. Locate schools of fish at high speed. Pinpoint accurate depths to target. Due for an upgrade? Get the scoop on how to make it work and catch more walleyes!

Shop till you Drop

We've heard your requests....more time to shop. We'll be adding extra time to browse the expo during school hours so you can buy what you want, get orders filled, tackle made up, etc.

Jets... Easy to run, deadly on walleyes

Captain Carter Ryback shows you how to correctly set up and troll for walleyes to include new , proven lure techniques that will outperform your normal ways of fishing both shallow and deep water. The downrigger segment will teach advanced techniques on setting up your downriggers and properly deploy new lure presentations, maximizing your catch rates. The deep water walleye fishing is some of the most exciting of the season, we are excited to shares these details with you.

Deep fish? Attack em with Leadcore

Erie's Charter Boat Association local First Mate Jackson Jones shows you how to correctly set up and troll for walleyes to include new , proven lure techniques that will outperform your normal ways of fishing in deep water by using leadcore. The deep water walleye fishing is some of the most exciting of the season, we are excited to shares these details with you.

Crankbaits...when, where, why.

Captain Steve Small goes over details of the many cranks out there to buy and what works where, when and why. Open your tackle box and pick the right lures for today's fishing trip without guessing.