Lake Erie Fishing Report

Lake Erie anglers can expect the 2024 fishing season to again offer world- renowned opportunities, according to the DNR. Following years of strong walleye hatches, Lake Erie continues to affirm that it is The Walleye Capital of the World. Additionally, a stable yellow perch population [Read More]

Ann Arbor, MI— Lake Erie fishery managers from Michigan, New York, Ohio, Ontario and Pennsylvania—meeting as the binational Lake Erie Committee (LEC)—agreed to a total allowable catch (TAC) for 2022 of 14.533 million walleye and 7.185 million pounds of yellow perch. Walleye are allocated by [Read More]

Approximately 4,900 adult trout were stocked by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in the Clinton River (Auburn Hills), Huron River (Proud Lake Recreation Area) and Spring Mill Pond (Island Lake Recreation Area) in southeast Michigan. These fish are retired broodstock from Michigan’s state fish [Read More]

Lake Erie walleye fishing in the Western Basin is almost as good as it was in June. Weather seems to mess up the fishing for a day or two after a storm or large rain event. Not as many shorts but sometimes a few more [Read More]

Fishing picked back up around #1 buoy most are using bandits but I switched over to disc’s and spoons. Out front of Luna Pier was good until the Maumee dumped a bunch of debris from East winds right in the fishing grounds and turned the [Read More]

The 2020 Perch fishing season is in full swing with many limit catch’s near #1 Buoy, off of Stoney Point in 23 ft to 27 feet of water and straight out from Bowles Harbor from 17 to 22 feet of water. C Buoy between Bolles [Read More]

The 2020 Perch fishing season is 10 times better than the 2019 season so far! Many limit catch’s near #1 Buoy, off of Stoney Point in 23 ft of water. C Buoy between Bolles Harbor and Toledo Beach Marina produced some limit catch’s this week. [Read More]

Walleye fishing on the Western Basin has been very productive during the Mayfly hatch especially early morning and late afternoon. Best bets are off Stoney Point near the restriction buoys at Fermi in 22 to 24 ft. of water. Either side on #1 buoy for [Read More]

Walleye fishing off Stoney Point near the Michigan Ohio boarder, many limit catches using spoons and divers 70 to 90 back, spoon color didn’t matter. Bandits produced well 70 to 90 back. E buoy  and the Michigan dump always has walleyes on it but they [Read More]

“The totals are astonishing,” said Hale. “We had high numbers in the 1980s, but we’ve made adjustments to our methods of counting walleye numbers, and believe this year’s population one the best we’ve seen. “We have estimated today’s population of walleye that are two years [Read More]