Current Angler Reports Before you go fishing in the Erie area, check here for recent reports from other anglers! Please share your recent fishing experience and Submit a Report. To discuss fishing in the Erie area, or to post a question, please use the FishUSA Forums. Additional sources of reports are linked below. Date Fished: 07-02-2009 Location: Edward-John Water Conditions: Rough 4 to 6 Posted By:  "thebear1021@yah" thebear1021@yahoo.com      7/3/2009 8:49:11 AM   Report ID: 24190 Report: Thursday evening onboard the Edward-John was a mixed bag. 32 anglers caught approx 130 Perch. A few nice Jumbos, some dinks, and a very nice Walleye and Silver Bass. A few Gobies, White Perch and some Large Sheepshead. Capt. John and crew did a great job under tough lake conditions.

Date Fished: yesterday Location: n/a Water Conditions: good Posted By:  "CUZZZZZZZZZZ"      7/2/2009 3:52:33 PM   Report ID: 24189 Report: fished 48-52fow, riggers took 3 and dipsey took 15. hot lure was wonderbread sticks 110 on 3 setting,riggers was spoons in rainbow pattern. nice action after the rain. moved the eyes out a bit and the bite picked up. anythings better than boards IMO.looks like a good weekend if you can find a quiet place without 10 boats mowing the lawn over and over.

Date Fished: 7/2/09 Location: 62ft-off lighthouse Water Conditions: nice Posted By:  "chrome dome" dudacm@adelphia.net      7/2/2009 3:48:54 PM   Report ID: 24188 Report: started at 11 am boat back on trailer at east ave at 230pm 120 perch only 8 other boats out there all slamming them

Date Fished: 6-24 thru 6-28 Location: West of the nut 30 feet Water Conditions: Nice Posted By:  "Big Fathead" paintingbywayne@msn.com      7/2/2009 2:32:05 PM   Report ID: 24187 Report: Weds. proved to be an okay bite 130' back off the boards with reef runners and bagleys boated 11 eyes and lost about 6 or 8 Thursday bite was slow only managed to boat 4 eyes and alot of sheephead same program the fish had lockjaw! Did try deep aolt of marks with one taker and one knockoff on the dipsy program. Friday only fished a couple hours early morning north of the nut in 35 fow. Same bagley program. Saturday the walleye bite was pretty good, managed to boat 15 eyes and dropped quite a few. The sheephead were hitting good! Same shallow program with the bagley's and reef runners. Sunday the walleye bite was great with non stop action! Boated 13 eyes and 150 perch by noon. Dropped at least 5 more eyes with two at the net. Shallow bagley program for the eyes and 35 fow north of condos for the perch. Will be fishing from 7-3 through 7-12 boat is available some of those days and may have space for 1 or 2 walk on fisherman. Captain Wayne Hawg Wild Charters www.hawgwildfishing.com PA License# 538

Date Fished: 07-01-2009 Location: Edward-John Water Conditions: 2 or less Posted By:  "thebear1021@yah" thebear1021@yahoo.com      7/2/2009 8:15:14 AM   Report ID: 24186 Report: Wednesday evening onboard the Edward-John. Capt.John "The Ole Perchhound" and JP " The Junior Perchhound" moved the boat 5 times and tried different water depths but the Perch just were not biting very good. 36 anglers caught approx. 90 Perch. A few anglers caught some large Sheepshead and had a good time with that. A lot of Gobies and a few White Perch rounded out the evening. That why it's called fishing.

Date Fished: 7/1/09 Location: 62ft off lighthouse Water Conditions: 1-2 Posted By:  "chrome dome" dudacm@adelphia.net      7/1/2009 4:08:27 PM   Report ID: 24184 Report: started at 8am done 11am 120 perch

Date Fished: 6/26-6/28 Location: Lake Erie Water Conditions: Posted By:  "Buckets Charter" dbuckets@comcast.net      6/30/2009 3:40:53 PM   Report ID: 24182 Report: Wow! From one extreme to the other...one day, you were hard pressed to get a few bites from Lake Erie's infamous walleye. The next day, you could drop a hot dog over the side of the boat and catch one! This past weekend(6/27-28) proved to be the best of the year when it came to the perch and walleye fishing! 6/27 Capt. Mike on Buckets 5 reports fantastic perch fishing off the Condos in 55FOW. The usual bait, emerald shiners on the bottom, did the trick with customers taking home a 6-man limit(180) of perch. 6/28 Capt. Dan(Buckets 5) and Capt. Ken(Buckets 3) report fantastic walleye fishing from Elk Creek to the Condos in 25-35FOW. Bangos and Reef Runners off the boards took the fish. Both boats finished up their day with 4-man limits each. 6/29 Capt Dan ran a morning and evening trip today on Buckets 5. Identical report from 6/28...same areas, same lures. The only thing different...36 walleyes were boxed in the morning and 17 were iced during the evening! He got chased off the lake Sunday evening by howling westerly winds! ~Buckets Charters Fishing Team Buckets Charters - Offering professional Lake Erie charters aboard a fully rigged 27 foot Sportcraft for walleye, steelhead and smallmouth bass.

Date Fished: 6/29 Location: bayfront Water Conditions: Posted By:  "kastmasterpro" matthewbball03@aim.com      6/29/2009 7:53:44 PM   Report ID: 24181 Report: fished bayfront today after work from 1-6:30 and caught 12 largemouths biggest was 19 inches caught all of them on Yum Dingers

Date Fished: june 27 Location: Water Conditions: bumby Posted By:  "club 22" eyemaxtackle@aol.com      6/29/2009 12:16:21 PM   Report ID: 24180 Report: Fished this saturday the 27th from 10:30 - 2:30 & got 9 eyes in 28 to 32 foot of water near the ohio line. Went back out from 8:00 to 10:00 & got 6 more. Fished both meat & plugs meat did a lttle better Large dipsy seemed to do the best.

Date Fished: 6/27-28 Location: Lake E Water Conditions: Calm to 3-4's WCAP Posted By:  "udontknowme"      6/28/2009 10:32:15 PM   Report ID: 24179 Report: Water is finally warm enough for the walleye's to become more active. 2 Days worth of hammering them. Boards and Plugs did the trick for us. Limits both days (18 and 24).

Date Fished: June 28, 2009 Location: Walnut Water Conditions: 1-2 ft waves Posted By:  "outforfun"      6/28/2009 8:58:59 PM   Report ID: 24177 Report: We went out on Tell No Tales charter and just caught walleyes. All of the fish were in the nice with one trophy fish coming in at just under 9 lbs. We had several in the 4 to 6 lb range. We even caught 2 spotted muskeye. It was a great day to fish.

Date Fished: 6/27 Location: bayfront Water Conditions: calm Posted By:  "kastmasterpro" matthewbball03@aim.com      6/28/2009 8:43:55 PM   Report ID: 24176 Report: Fished bayfront from 2-8 yesterday with my new baitcaster ( Quantum Code reel, Berkley AMP rod) and caught 17 bass. Tried several things but Yum Dingers were getting a constant bite. Used a shacky head jig and let it sink to the bottom along the weed beds, if no bite re-casted

Date Fished: sun. 6/28/09 Location: walnut Water Conditions: 2 to 4 white caps Posted By:  "millerstym" captainltm@hotmail.com      6/28/2009 8:22:48 PM   Report ID: 24175 Report: fished 40+ ft. 2 hr.(10:00-12:00)7 eyes then it was all the white caps I needed. The wife and I could have limited easy. The 7 were plenty. When Guys only want to keep jumpo perch They kill all the ones that are released. That is not ethical.

Date Fished: 6-27-09 Location: wallnut Water Conditions: 1to3 Posted By:  "The little boat" miktrace@verizon.net      6/28/2009 2:34:08 PM   Report ID: 24174 Report: on water at 7:oo went slite west to 42 ft. 3 of us had limit by 1:oo. nice fat ones.one 14" 2lb great day of fishing!!

Date Fished: 06-27-09 Saturday Location: 42 ft Water Conditions: excellent Posted By:  "loaftech" limerickjeremy@yahoo.com      6/28/2009 1:40:05 PM   Report ID: 24173 Report: Went out perching saturday evening with Capt Matt of Chasin Steel Charters. WOW we dropped anchor at about 5:00pm and had 120 perch in the boat in 2 hours, we were being very very picky toward then end only keeping jumbos. He is first class and you cant beat the price we were catching them on just about every drop lots of doubles and a few triples but the quaility of fish was unreal. Matt runs a first class operation.

Date Fished: 06-27-3009 Location: Edward-John Water Conditions: 1 to 3 Bumpy Posted By:  "thebear1021@yah" thebear1021@yahoo.com      6/28/2009 8:41:25 AM   Report ID: 24172 Report: Saturday evening onboard the Edward-John. Nice and sunny but the big pond was a little bumpy and the Perch were hard to find. Capt. John and first mate "Slammer" tried everything they could think of but the Perch would not co-operate. 39 anglers caught approx. 75 Perch. A few nice Jumbos and some dinks. Even tho the catching was slow all onboard seemed to have a good time.

Date Fished: 6/20 - 6/27 Location: big lake Water Conditions: 1-3's and clear Posted By:  "Bomber Charters"      6/27/2009 10:34:35 PM   Report ID: 24171 Report: Well, the lake has finally warmed up to a balmy 70 degrees on the surface. The walleyes are bitin' good from PI to the OH line. Fish are hitting 30 feet down in various depths of 30, 45 and 55 fow. Bomber long-a's are working well. Getting good reports of dipsys w/meat at the same depths. Boards are working best. Took 24 nice fish all from 24-29 inches today. Capt. Tim Bomber Charters - Fish aboard the 36 foot "Bomber" with Capt. Tim Small on the PA waters of Lake Erie

Date Fished: 6/27/9 Location: 54ft off point Water Conditions: nice Posted By:  "chrome dome" dudacm@adelphia.net      6/27/2009 12:08:09 PM   Report ID: 24170 Report: started at 7 am done at 10 am 3 limts of nice perch

Date Fished: 5-26 Location: mouth elk Water Conditions: stained stagnant Posted By:  "runtgetter" foldinducks@verizon.net      6/27/2009 11:47:04 AM   Report ID: 24169 Report: quite a few larger cat fish at the mouth of elk creek.They arent much to look at but boy do they fight.Most of what was caught was 12-15 lbs range.Nightcrawlers and chicken gizzards are the best with one caught on "catfish stinger" paste bait.With the wind blowing into shore it was nice to be protected by higher shore.Does anyone know if they are still trolling for walleyes in the evening there?Last night was rough and i dont make it there often.

Date Fished: 06-24-2009 Location: Edward-John Water Conditions: Rough 3-5' Waves Posted By:  "thebear1021@yah" thebear1021@yahoo.com      6/26/2009 9:01:36 AM   Report ID: 24168 Report: Thursday evening onboard the Edward-John. Started out O.K. but got rough with the approaching thunderstorms. Anchored the boat at 5:15 PM and pulled anchor at 7:00 PM and headed back to dock. Capt. John decided for the safety and comfort of all onboard it would be best to avoid the storms. Good steady bite. 10 anglers caught approx. 140 Perch in 1 hour 45 min of fishing. Some nice Jumbos and some dinks. Capt. and crew did a great job under tough conditions. Thanks guys.

Date Fished: june 19 2009 Location: elk creek near lake Water Conditions: calm Posted By:  "overkill10" slowsti1@yahoo.com      6/25/2009 5:45:29 PM   Report ID: 24166 Report: fished 10 hours caught 3 smallmouth, 2 brown trout, 8 smelt, 2 sheepshead , and 17lb11oz channel catfish on 4lb trout set-up. broke one off just minutes before 10 mins into the fight. saw 20 or so steelhead but wouldent bite

Date Fished: 6-23 Location: walnut Water Conditions: good Posted By:  "fishoncomindown"      6/25/2009 1:51:16 PM   Report ID: 24165 Report: Yehaw, hit the nut up just after sundown trying to hook me a few eyes. Managed to get one on one of them f14 rainbow rapalas. Figured I would try a lil live bait, and man was I surprised, caught a nice brown trout! great night, 2 beauty fish. Good luck all! Tight lines

Date Fished: 6-24 Location: Edward John Water Conditions: almost flat Posted By:  "Liverache" jowmac@yahoo.com      6/24/2009 11:22:52 PM   Report ID: 24163 Report: Great night on the water and fantastic fishing, first 2 stops produced very little, 3rd stop as soon as the first line went in it was non-stop from there till all on board limited out, many jumbos, (I had 8 of my 30 over 12")they bit anything dropped on them, live, dead, salted, Tonite was CATCHING not fishing, almost 800 perch caught, thanks to the Capt and crew nice job as always. Bye the way someone on the morning trip caught a 37" sturgeon

Date Fished: 6/24/09 Location: Elk Creek Water Conditions: Smooth like a mirror Posted By:  "Full Strut" habelsr@zoominternet.net      6/24/2009 10:48:43 PM   Report ID: 24162 Report: My son-in-law and I started at 4;30 PM at 42 feet and caught 10 Perch. Moved to 48 and caught about 20 more. Moved to 52 feet and had a lot of traffic on the screen but only caught 3. Ended the evening with 35. Will not complain. At times there was no noise out on that lake. Wow!

Date Fished: Wed. 06-24-09 Location: Lake Erie Water Conditions: nice--6 inch ripples Posted By:  "mountain-worm" jgrzelka@neo.rr.com      6/24/2009 8:36:51 PM   Report ID: 24161 Report: Went straight north of East Ave and P.I. Angler bait store to 48 ft. Put 44 nice sized perch in the cooler, had a few small throw backs for next year. Sparkplug was teaching his buddy how to fish, but no goatheads to be had,oh well, next time. They had, correction, we all had a good time :)

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