Lake Erie Fishing Report: July 11, 2002 Western Basin - Lake Erie water temperature off Toledo is 74* F. Good walleye action continued through the past week until very strong winds kept anglers off the lake Wednesday. Fishing should now pick up again as wind and waves stabilize. The Toledo Shipping Channel near the Michigan line and from Middle Sister Island to West Sister Island continue to provide the best action in the Western Basin. Anglers are trolling with deep diving crank baits, spoons and drifting with weight-forward spinners, mayfly rigs, and bottom bouncers with worm harnesses tipped with nightcrawlers. Trollers are doing best. Most fish are 18 to 22 inches with some larger fish. The legal bag limit for walleyes on Lake Erie and its tributaries is six fish from May through February. Yellow perch fishing continues to be good at many locations with some limit catches. Some good perch fishing locations include C-can, Kelleys Island Shoal, Gull Island Shoal, Rattlesnake Island, Ballast Island, and Starve Island. Perch catches are in the 8- to 11-inch range. Anglers are using perch spreaders tipped with minnows. The yellow perch bag limit is 30 perch per angler per day.
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