T_boy
04-25-2008, 07:21 PM
Lake Erie and the Northern Ohio's inland lakes have been outstanding this week.
The night bite is heating up along the Cleveland shoreline of Lake Erie, with surprising numbers of trophy walleye being caught on minnow-style plugs. The daytime yellow perch fishing has been good in 30 to 40 feet of water, with some anglers using jigging spoons to catch perch and walleye.
Western Lake Erie's walleye fishing has been outstanding along the Ohio shoreline and around the reefs, where fishermen are still catching walleye on purple and green hair jigs with stinger hooks cast to the rocky areas. Taking their cue from last week's FLW tournament fishermen, anglers also are trolling plugs and spinner rigs tipped with nightcrawlers to catch walleye.
The perch bite has been hot from Avon Lake to Huron in 36 to 46 feet of water. The Huron area - off Cranberry Creek and Ruggles Beach - has been outstanding for large smallmouth bass, with tube jigs and drop-shot rigs a good choice.
Footlong rainbow trout have been released recently at Shadow Lake in the Cleveland Metroparks, Little Turtle Pond and Silver Creek Lake in Summit County. Rainbow trout are being made on a regular basis in the East Branch of the Rocky River by the Cleveland Metroparks. Stocked trout are still being caught from Wallace Lake in Berea, Forest Hill Pond in East Cleveland, Westlake Recreation Center and Hinckley Lake in northern Medina County.
A big trout transfusion will be made May 3-4 for the annual Cleveland Metroparks Children's Spring Fishing Derbies at the Ohio & Erie Canal pond in Cuyahoga Heights and Wallace Lake in Berea. Kids 4-8 will cast for trout and prizes from 9 a.m.-noon, with kids 9-15 fishing from 1-4 p.m.
The walleye bag limit on Lake Erie and its tributaries is four, jumping to six May 1. The steelhead trout bag limit of two fish increases to five on May 16.
Steelhead trout stockings of 6- to 8-inch smolts have been made on the Rocky, Chagrin and Grand rivers and Conneaut Creek. A special stocking today of 55,000 yearling trout from Castalia State Hatchery will have kids cheering at the Vermilion City Boat Launch on the Vermilion River at 10 a.m. The 6- to 8-inch trout are off-limits to anglers.
The steelhead trout fishing has slowed, but some trout are being caught from the deep pools on nymphs and egg patterns. A big rain is needed to lure more trout into the Lake Erie streams for a late surge in the steelhead trout fishing.
All of the inland lakes have warmed up, and the bluegill and crappie fishing has been outstanding, especially around the Portage Lakes and on Mosquito, Berlin and Pymatuning lakes. The panfish have moved into 3 to 5 feet of water and are suspending around woody structure and shoreline cover. The bluegills are hitting small hair jigs and maggots, while the crappies prefer a jig-minnow combination.
Fishermen are wading the Pymatuning shoreline at night and catching walleye on jigs and plastic twister tails. Largemouth bass are out on the main lakes, hanging around the points and moving to brushy shoreline cover where a rubber-legged jig and plastic trailer has been a good choice for catching bass.
The walleye runs are winding down on the Sandusky and Maumee rivers, and the annual white bass run is starting on both rivers. Cast small jigs tipped with minnows and suspended under a float to catch white bass.
The night bite is heating up along the Cleveland shoreline of Lake Erie, with surprising numbers of trophy walleye being caught on minnow-style plugs. The daytime yellow perch fishing has been good in 30 to 40 feet of water, with some anglers using jigging spoons to catch perch and walleye.
Western Lake Erie's walleye fishing has been outstanding along the Ohio shoreline and around the reefs, where fishermen are still catching walleye on purple and green hair jigs with stinger hooks cast to the rocky areas. Taking their cue from last week's FLW tournament fishermen, anglers also are trolling plugs and spinner rigs tipped with nightcrawlers to catch walleye.
The perch bite has been hot from Avon Lake to Huron in 36 to 46 feet of water. The Huron area - off Cranberry Creek and Ruggles Beach - has been outstanding for large smallmouth bass, with tube jigs and drop-shot rigs a good choice.
Footlong rainbow trout have been released recently at Shadow Lake in the Cleveland Metroparks, Little Turtle Pond and Silver Creek Lake in Summit County. Rainbow trout are being made on a regular basis in the East Branch of the Rocky River by the Cleveland Metroparks. Stocked trout are still being caught from Wallace Lake in Berea, Forest Hill Pond in East Cleveland, Westlake Recreation Center and Hinckley Lake in northern Medina County.
A big trout transfusion will be made May 3-4 for the annual Cleveland Metroparks Children's Spring Fishing Derbies at the Ohio & Erie Canal pond in Cuyahoga Heights and Wallace Lake in Berea. Kids 4-8 will cast for trout and prizes from 9 a.m.-noon, with kids 9-15 fishing from 1-4 p.m.
The walleye bag limit on Lake Erie and its tributaries is four, jumping to six May 1. The steelhead trout bag limit of two fish increases to five on May 16.
Steelhead trout stockings of 6- to 8-inch smolts have been made on the Rocky, Chagrin and Grand rivers and Conneaut Creek. A special stocking today of 55,000 yearling trout from Castalia State Hatchery will have kids cheering at the Vermilion City Boat Launch on the Vermilion River at 10 a.m. The 6- to 8-inch trout are off-limits to anglers.
The steelhead trout fishing has slowed, but some trout are being caught from the deep pools on nymphs and egg patterns. A big rain is needed to lure more trout into the Lake Erie streams for a late surge in the steelhead trout fishing.
All of the inland lakes have warmed up, and the bluegill and crappie fishing has been outstanding, especially around the Portage Lakes and on Mosquito, Berlin and Pymatuning lakes. The panfish have moved into 3 to 5 feet of water and are suspending around woody structure and shoreline cover. The bluegills are hitting small hair jigs and maggots, while the crappies prefer a jig-minnow combination.
Fishermen are wading the Pymatuning shoreline at night and catching walleye on jigs and plastic twister tails. Largemouth bass are out on the main lakes, hanging around the points and moving to brushy shoreline cover where a rubber-legged jig and plastic trailer has been a good choice for catching bass.
The walleye runs are winding down on the Sandusky and Maumee rivers, and the annual white bass run is starting on both rivers. Cast small jigs tipped with minnows and suspended under a float to catch white bass.