5-19=12 Today I'll give you some tips that have helped us put perch in the boat when the bite is slow. We always have Sabiki glow skins on at least one hook. Use 5 lb braided line on a medium action pole, this way ther is no stretch in your line and better to set the hook with the stiffer rod. We also have not set anchor and drifted using a drift sock. Those should help put more fish in the boat.
Walleye fishing around the condos is going to be one of the best areas to fish this time of year using small cookies on plainer boards with small stick baits. Years past we start at the Light House and troll towards Walnut creek between 30 and 45 fow. On the east side look around Shades Beach for dips in structure on the bottom and drift fishiing is a good bet or use the same set up as I just mentioned. We did mark some nice fish out in front of 7 Mile Creek in 20 to 35 fow.
5-17-12 Get your plainer boards ready for which should be a good weekend to try for walleye with some great weather for the whole weekend. Bass are in close on the east side and catching them on stick bait, crank bait, minnows and leeches. Perch reports are scattered light bites, no bites, out deep and in close.
5/912 We have confirmed reports of Walleye being caught after 11pm off of 20 Mile Creek caught on Challenger Rainbow Trout floating plugs. Will post pictures soon!
5-8-12 Got some great news to share today. Todd Young of Nazerth PA caught a new PA state record Lake Trout while fishing aboard Eyecon II fishing charter out of North East PA with Captain Scott Snyder. The fish was 39 inches long had a girth of 26 inches and the weight was 29.28 lbs. This was caught off the mountain. Hats off guys for a super great catch!
5/4/12 It's heating up in the lake right now. Got an excellent report on perch but you can't just drop anchor, you need to see fish on the sonar at 39 fow off the cribbs, lined up with the white ranch house on shore. 49 & 50 fow off the point, a hit n miss for perch behind Lampe Marina. Lampe Marina is now open for the season a better choise than East Ave. All the boats at East Ave have been hitting bottom with the props, it needs dredged bad. Lake trout on the inside of the Mountain off Ne Marina 55-68 fow. A few walleye reports are at night casting off shore on the west side at Trout Run. Here is one that is even better, pulling little cookies with a brown trout plug in front of 16 Mile creek in 45 fow. I know of a few that have been caught there all ready. Bass anglers should be in their glory on the east side with double digit catches daily in 15 fow from Shades Beach to 16 Mile Creek. Hook em n cook em! Guys we got some really nice emeralds for perch right now so it will be worth your while for that little extra trip.
5/1/12 Openeing day of walleye in Lake Erie today. Ok that came up quick! A perch report today from when we fished out on the lake Saturday, right off the point around 49 to 51 fow. It was a slow bite but I limited out and my friend went home with 24. It didn't seem to matter what your set up was either with a crappie rig or dropper line. Emerald shiners was the best bait.
4/24/12 We had quite a few guys in today telling us that 20 Mile was getting stocked today and we didn't see anything on their web site to indicate that. The one guy said it was not reported on there.
Not far from Walleye season either. We were able to start purchasing a 40 year fishermens collection. We started with line counter combos and currently have 11 here. They are all Okuma and Diawa Sealines on some super nice rods. All in very nice condition and some have braided line. Some hardly look used. Stop in and get first dibs!
4/18/11 The perch are starting to show up in shallow water off of Hammermill around 12 fow. We went and used Shades Beach boat launch the other day and it appears the dredge missed the opening so if you have a bigger boat, be carefull there is a ton of sand at the opening to the lake.
Here is a picture of Megan Fisher with her first steelhead caught at Cascade Creek over the weekend. We have been getting reports of plenty of Jacks being caught this past week.
4/14/12 Trout opens back up today at 8:00am. Good Luck fishing today!
4/12/12 Well the fish commission donated fish to the 3CU to stock 4,Mile on water street, 6 Mile at Whitford Park, and 7 Mile from rt 5 down for Kids 16 and under. We also have a special on meal worms, 250 count of golden for only $10.00. We also have real nice LIVE Certified Emerald Shiners that are good anywhere in the state and NY at the same price as our Lake Erie Emeralds.
4/11/12 Fishing in the bay over the past couple of days has turned into more of a scouting trip as the usual places for perch did not produce much untill late in the day Monday when we had to head in. Just before the time to call it quits we landed some real lunker perch while out on the boat. Stop in for your bait and where they are.
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Anglers are NOT permitted to utilize the foot bridge at the dam in order to cross the stream. Anglers must enter the stream from the footpath located on the stream's east side located between the Lawrence Park fishing club.(between the yellow ropes)
Please remember that the conditions can change from minute to minute or hour to hour. If we post a report that someone caught fish at some point in time or place, that they may have swam away by the time you get there or the conditions have changed & is no longer fishable, which does happen quite often.
