LAKE ERIE FISHING REPORT

June 29th, 2009
Most of the Smallmouth Bass are finished spawning and
starting to set up on their typical summer hideouts; offshore humps,
rock piles, drop offs and roaming some of the deeper flats. You may
have to do a little running and gunning to find some fish as their
scattered just about everywhere from the Buffalo Break Walls to
Dunkirk. Minnows and Crawfish (Crabs) are the best live bait for the
Smallies while you can entice them into hitting Tubes, Drop Shot
Baits, Blades and Spoons.
The Walleye fishing is picking up nicely everywhere from Buffalo to
Barcelona. The migrating school of bigger Walleye seems to be off
Northeast, PA and moving east towards Barcelona. They look to be right
on schedule in their annual migration to their summer area off Buffalo
and should be here in a week or two to make the fishing a whole lot
easier. But, there are a bunch of 2-4# eater sized Eyes and few Pigs
in the 5-8# class being caught by the one willing to work a little for
them. Once you find a school of Eyes, their preferring a worm
harness whether it's drifted or trolled but a few will hit a trolled
spoon, stickbait or crankbait.

June 15th, 2009
The temperature is about 60-62 degrees depending where
you go and the majority of the Smallmouth Bass have spawned all ready
or are spawning right now. The fishing has been fair to good for
Smallmouths depending on the day but should starting getting better as
more Smallies start to come out of there post-spawn blues and head
into their traditional summer patterns. Minnows, Shiners, Tubes and
Dropshot Goby & Minnow imitators are catching fish but crawfish/crabs
or leeches should start taking some fish as well. The deeper flat
between Seneca Shoal and Myers Reef should start holding some fish as
well as any little rock pile, offshore hump or sharp drop off to deep
water.
The Perch fishing is still excellent, they seem to be everywhere from
20-40' and you can't get away from them while Bass fishing. Minnows
are working best but small jigging spoons and Gulp Alive 2 1/2"
minnows are producing a few Hogs (11-14") as well.
The Walleye fishing is starting to pick up, the night trollers are
catching limits some nights while most of the day trollers are hooking
into 3-6 Eyes. This should improve as the summer goes on and the
bigger migrating Walleyes start to show up in a week or two to go
along with the great 2001, 2003 and 2005 year classes of Eyes that we
have around all ready. At night stickbaits rule while during the day,
worm harnesses are the hot bait most days off Jet Divers & Leadcore
Line off planner boards, Dipsey Divers and occasionally off
downriggers. But, a few also fall for stickbaits, crankbaits or
spoons.

June 6th, 2009
The water temperature dropped backed 54 degrees from
the high winds last weekend but has rebounded back to 58-60 degrees
again. With the full moon, the Smallies are spawning right now pretty
heavily even with the water temperature just tinkling 60. We are
catching them in all phases of the spawn, some are still big pre-spawn
females as well as post spawners that a are very skinny and lots of
aggressive 2 - 2 1/2# males. Please don't target the fish that are on
beds, they are guarding our future Smallies and there are still plenty
of fish just off the first drop off 17-25' and in the deeper flat
areas 28-30' to be caught. Minnows & Shiners are working well but you
can get them to hit a tube or drop shot bait.
The Yellow Perch fishing continues to be very good to excellent
most days, with 4 hot spots; Between Seneca Shoal & the Departure
Buoy, just west of Wavorly Shoal (Canada), Off Sturgeon Point and the
Cat (Cattaraugus Creek) mainly in 40-50'. But, you can find schools
scattered all over in that depth range if you work a little to get on
your own bunch of fish and stealthily work them over. Small
minnows are the hot bait worked on the bottom.
The Walleye fishing is just starting to pick up with the Guys trolling
stickbaits at night in 7-12' are doing better than the Day Drifters
and Trollers. The day fishing should start getting better as the month
progress's with worm harnesses drifted on the bottom or trolled off
divers (Jet & Dipsey) or leadcore line.

May 25th, 2009
With the warm air temperatures
and low winds, the water temperature has jumped up to 58-60 degrees
over the last 3 days. The Smallie fishing has continued to be very
good to excellent when you any breeze as it gets a little tough when
it' dead flat. But, you just have to work a little harder to get bit
then. The Smallies are still scattered, with a few just about
everywhere from 35 into 5 foot of water with a bunch starting to
congregate in 20-25'. Stealth and getting away from all the
boats definitely makes for better catches most days. Nothing is more
annoying, rude and unprofessional; than to get a few fish going all by
yourself away from everybody, Then to have someone see you catch them,
come over, set up on the fish your working and short drift you. There
are fish all over and if you use your electronics, put to in a little
time scanning to find your own pod of fish away from everybody. You'll
have a much better day. That way everyone will benefit if we can get
out of the Pack Mentality that seems to getting worse every year and
shuts off the Smallies! Most people don't realize how much this extra
pressure turns off the fish. Try it for yourself, go poke around, find
a little spot off the beaten path. You'll catch more fish and see what
I mean!
The tip of the week: Try to be covert and inconspicuous when your
catching fish! Don't go waving your net around every time you catch a
fish, lip the smaller fish and Don't Hoot & Holler every time you
catch a Big One! Unless you want the company and your fish to get
turned off!
See some of the Monster Fish caught on Lake Erie!
Lake Erie Near-Shore Marine Forecast
NIAGARA RIVER FISHING REPORT

June 29th, 2009
The floating
moss has started hampering the fishing on the Niagara River coming
down for Lake Erie. This will probably continue for about a month. If
your going to attempt to fish down there, try fishing current breaks
off the main river current or out on the Niagara Bar or Lake Ontario.
Where you can get a way from the moss that coats your bait or lure.
See some of the Monster Fish caught on the Niagara River!
Lake Ontario Near-Shore Marine Forecast
Lake Ontario Daily Fishing Report