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Western Basin- Excellent walleye fishing continued across the Western Basin during the past
week. Limit catches of 18 to 22" fish have been reported in the area around
the Toledo Shipping Channel Turnaround Buoy. Best methods included casting
gold weapons and trolling spoons or crawler harnesses. In the Bass Islands
area trophy fish and some limits continue to be caught east and northeast of
Kelley's Island. Fish from 14 to 29" are being caught in 12 to 45 feet of
water by trollers using dipsy divers with spoons or crawler harnesses and by
drifters casting weight forward spinners. Limit catches have also been
reported from the area west of Green Island and Rattlesnake Island by
trollers using spoons in 24 feet of water.
Yellow perch fishing has been best between Kelley's Island and the Canadian
border in 25 to 40 feet of water. Spreaders tipped with shiners have been
most productive for 8 to 13" fish.
Kelley's Island and the Bass Islands have produced the best smallmouth bass
catches. Tube jigs have been used to catch fish between 15 and 20". June is
the peak spawning period for smallmouth bass in Lake Erie. When practicing
catch-and-release please return fish to the water as quickly as possible so
that the bass may return to its nest to protect its eggs from goby
predation. Central Basin- Smallmouth bass are being caught on Ruggles Reef in 12 to 20 feet of water
and in nearshore breakwall and harbor areas from 15 to 30 feet of water
around Lorain, Conneaut, Ashtabula, Geneva, Fairport and Cleveland. 14 to 18
inch fish have been caught on tube jigs, jigs tipped with shiners and
crankbaits. June is the peak spawning period for smallmouth bass in Lake
Erie. When practicing catch-and-release please return fish to the water as
quickly as possible so that the bass may return to its nest to protect its
eggs from goby predation.
Yellow perch are being caught 1 to 3 miles N of Lorain in 25 to 40 feet of
water, 1.5 to 3 miles NW of Ashtabula in 35 to 45 feet of water, 1.5 to 3
miles NW of Fairport in 35 to 45 feet of water, less than 1.5 mile N of
Lakewood in 30 to 40 feet of water and less than 1 mile NW of Wildwood State
Park in 25 to 32 feet of water. Spreaders tipped with shiners are taking
fish from 7 to 12".
Walleye fishing in the Central Basin has been best near Ruggles Reef between
Cranberry Creek and Vermilion in 25 to 35 feet of water, 2 miles N of Beaver
Creek in 30 to 40 feet of water, 4 miles NW of Cleveland Edgewater Park in
50 to 55 feet of water, 2.5 to 4 miles N of Euclid in 39 to 52 feet of water
and 3 to 7 miles N of Geneva in 40 to 70 feet of water. Near Ruggles Reef
trolling crankbaits, spoons, or crawler harnesses and casting weight forward
spinners or mayfly rigs have been most productive for fish from 15 to 28".
Farther east anglers have been trolling dipsy divers with spoons or crawler
harnesses for fish from 16 to 29".
Steelhead have been caught by trollers using dipsy divers with spoons 3 to 7
miles N of Geneva in 40 to 70 feet of water. The steelhead have ranged in
size from 23 to 29".
Source: ODNR
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