T_boy
10-23-2009, 02:39 PM
Lake Erie Yellow perch fishing has been outstanding off Cleveland, with 38- to 44-foot depths the best bet most of the week. Anglers have focused on the areas off Bratenahl, Wildwood Park and Avon Point, with lots of jumbo perch mixed in and limit catches of 30 perch possible.
Perch are also being caught
Walleye fishing has been slow, although night fishermen have begun to troll off Cleveland's breakwall in earnest with spoons and diving plugs. The daytime fishing has been good from Huron to Cedar Point in 30 to 45 feet of water.
Expect bad weather and perhaps a small craft advisory today and Saturday, with calmer fishing weather forecast for early next week.
Inland Lakes Rainbow trout are still being caught at Ohio and Erie Canal fishing area on brightly-colored Power Bait in bright colors and kernels of corn worked on the bottom, as well as small spinners. Channel catfish are also being caught on worms and chicken livers.
Crappie fishing at Mosquito Lake and Clearfork Reservoir has been outstanding. Good numbers of crappies have been caught from Mosquito Lake in 16 to 24 feet of water around the southern portion of the lake. Focus on the drop-offs. Find the schools of crappies and work jigs and minnows, jigging Rapalas, or small spoons.
The fall saugeye bite is heading up at Leesville, Atwood, Piedmont and Clendening lakes. Cast jig-minnow rigs and Vi-Bee blade baits to the riprap shoreline, and main lake points.
Muskies are being caught at Leesville Lake on shallow-running diving plugs and spinnerbaits worked around the weed beds.
Bass fishing has been slow everywhere. Look for school shad and cast diving plugs or jerk baits on the flats and around the creek mouths.
Rivers and streams Steelhead trout fishermen are doing best on Conneaut Creek, casting a wide range of baits. Small spinners and spoons have been working, as well as jig-maggot and spawn bag rigs worked under a float. Fly fishers are casting small streams, wooly buggers, stone flies and egg patterns.
Steelhead are also being caught from the deeper pools on the lower stretches of the Grand, Chagrin and Rocky rivers.
Today's rains, if as heavy as forecast, should bring a fresh run of steelhead trout into the rivers.
Perch are also being caught
Walleye fishing has been slow, although night fishermen have begun to troll off Cleveland's breakwall in earnest with spoons and diving plugs. The daytime fishing has been good from Huron to Cedar Point in 30 to 45 feet of water.
Expect bad weather and perhaps a small craft advisory today and Saturday, with calmer fishing weather forecast for early next week.
Inland Lakes Rainbow trout are still being caught at Ohio and Erie Canal fishing area on brightly-colored Power Bait in bright colors and kernels of corn worked on the bottom, as well as small spinners. Channel catfish are also being caught on worms and chicken livers.
Crappie fishing at Mosquito Lake and Clearfork Reservoir has been outstanding. Good numbers of crappies have been caught from Mosquito Lake in 16 to 24 feet of water around the southern portion of the lake. Focus on the drop-offs. Find the schools of crappies and work jigs and minnows, jigging Rapalas, or small spoons.
The fall saugeye bite is heading up at Leesville, Atwood, Piedmont and Clendening lakes. Cast jig-minnow rigs and Vi-Bee blade baits to the riprap shoreline, and main lake points.
Muskies are being caught at Leesville Lake on shallow-running diving plugs and spinnerbaits worked around the weed beds.
Bass fishing has been slow everywhere. Look for school shad and cast diving plugs or jerk baits on the flats and around the creek mouths.
Rivers and streams Steelhead trout fishermen are doing best on Conneaut Creek, casting a wide range of baits. Small spinners and spoons have been working, as well as jig-maggot and spawn bag rigs worked under a float. Fly fishers are casting small streams, wooly buggers, stone flies and egg patterns.
Steelhead are also being caught from the deeper pools on the lower stretches of the Grand, Chagrin and Rocky rivers.
Today's rains, if as heavy as forecast, should bring a fresh run of steelhead trout into the rivers.