The water temp is starting to warm a little and getting the walleye in a biting mood. Fishing has need good from Toledo Beach Marina north to Bolles Harbor in 12 to 16 feet of water. Most of us are pulling body baits very slow 50 to 60 feet back. The fish never really picked […]
Jerry Romanowski watched thousands of 6-inch Atlantic salmon dance across the water Tuesday, minutes after they dove into Lexington State Harbor. Romanowski, a director of the Flint River Valley Steelheaders, drove from Lapeer to set off small fireworks to scare cormorants hoping to make an easy meal of the young fish. “It’s important for the […]
Underwater explorer Barry Clifford said he found sunken off Haiti what he thinks is the wreck of Santa Maria, Christopher Columbus’ long lost flagship from his first journey to the Americas. Clifford, working for an operation funded by the History Channel, claims he led a team that found and investigated the wreck in the exact […]
While walleyes and yellow perch fill the needs of Lake Erie anglers most interested in the culinary aspect of the activity, those seeking smallmouth bass tend to be concerned with the sport end of things. Few fish possess the fighting ability of the smallmouth bass; few places offer bronzebacks in the numbers and size as […]
Super windy conditions have shut Lake Erie Western Basin down this past week around Monroe, Brest Bay and the Toledo Light due to high winds mainly from the North East. As of yesterday the lake was a mud pit as far as I could see from shore at Toledo Beach Marina where the wind was […]
As Chris Vandergoot lowered a portable receiver into the water above one of western Lake Erie’s many reefs, he listened intently through his headphones as the sophisticated electronics searched the depths for that reassuring tone. It comes quickly. That distinct “ping, ping, ping” is the sound of success. “It’s wow, they’re back,” Vandergoot said this […]