Walleye fishing has been very productive along the dumping grounds, and near Bolles Harbor in 20ft of water. Wiggle warts and hot & tots have been helpful keeping the White Bass and White perch fended off. If the water is stained painted baits seemed to have an edge over plated baits. 70 and 80 ft […]
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 […]
State biologists in Ohio say Lake Erie anglers should have a variety of sport fishing opportunities this year. Biologists with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources say the lake’s population of walleye, yellow perch, black bass, white bass and steelhead remains stable. They say there is a broad distribution of sizes for each species. Lake […]
A Farm Bill update and cover crops meeting will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 23, at the Knabusch Mathematics and Science Center, 6670 Waters Edge Drive in Monroe. A presentation of Lake Erie water treatment issues will be given by Tim Murphy of the Toledo Environmental Services. Tim Kwiatkowski of […]
4-2-2014 – Good news for Lake Erie boaters and fishermen! The Regional Science Consortium has secured a grant to float a high-tech weather buoy in local Lake Erie waters as early as this May. The weather buoy will provide safety data to help boaters and fishermen determine the lake water temperature, the size of the […]
WINDSOR, Ontario – There will be no changes in the Ohio bag limits for Lake Erie walleye or yellow perch for 2014 after the Lake Erie Committee (LEC) of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission reported at its annual meeting that the walleye population is healthier than expected, while schools of yellow perch are in a […]
PORT CLINTON, Ohio — Ohio’s wildlife agency is looking into bringing back a sport fish that disappeared from Lake Erie several decades ago. The state’s natural resources department wants to find out if it would possible to restore the sauger to the lake and rivers in northern Ohio. Sauger disappeared from northern Ohio in the […]
A United States-Canadian agency called on Wednesday for swift and sweeping limits on the use of fertilizer around Lake Erie to reduce the amount of phosphorus entering the water and creating a vast blanket of algae each summer, threatening fisheries, tourism and even drinking water. In a report on the algae problem, the agency, the […]
Walleye Fishing: There maybe fewer walleye in Lake Erie than in the 1980s, but the lake is still one of the best walleye fisheries in the world, according to wildlife official’s. Good healthy numbers of walleye in the lake indicate good fishing for the 2014 season, said Chris Vandergoot, fisheries biologist supervisor at the Ohio […]