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May 31, 1999
Lorain Harbor area
Fished out of Lorain Harbor Saturday May 29,
1999
Pulled 10 walleyes 2 to 5 lbs. on dipsies,
great weather but hard day
fishing.
Lots and lots of marks, but fish hanging closes
to bottom.
Plenty of fish out there, will really be great
when things pick up.
Ez Go-n.
May 30, 1999
Rocky River area
Went out 5/29/99 from Rocky River. In 36' of water, near the
first
marker buoy east, caught plenty of perch with several jumbos (12").
Caught about as many gobies and a couple of sheephead. I never
thought
I'd see the day when a sheephead was welcome, but they sure beat those
ugly little gobies. Let's all be sure to crush those suckers
before we
throw them back in the water. They are a nuisance fish, they
are not
indigenous to Lake Erie and they compete with the prized gamefish of
Lake Erie (perch, walleye) for habitat and food. SHOW THE GOBIES
NO
MERCY !
Who has all the Lake Erie shiners ? All the bait shops are calling
the
larger "river chubs", "shiners" and it ain't so. The larger minnows
(chubs) give the perch a chance to pull them off without taking the
hook. Word of advice to you perch fishermen forced to use chubs:
The
larger minnows also make the "bite" harder to detect requiring you
to
wait for several "taps" before trying for a hook set.
May 30, 1999
Lorain/Crib area
Sunday May 30th. Fished North of the crib in
53 to 57 ft. of water, caught 5
nice walleyes. All fish were caught early. The
most productive aproach was a
fire tiger Thunder stick with 3 oz. weight. Picked
a few off the Dipsies with
a blueberry muffin Stinger, the downriggers were
quiet. Hope for a better
report tomorrow.
TEAM INSANITY
May 30, 1999
Rocky River area
Slow fishing this morning off of Rocky River
in 38 ft. Some perch but no
walleyes. Did some drifting and anchored
for perch also. Nice day on lake.
May go out tonight.
Captain Mike
The Green Mo
May 30, 1999
Rocky River area
Thanks for the tip on Rocky River. Went perch
fishing Sunday about mile off
mouth of river in 36' of water. Caught limit
of perch, three large sheephead,
large amount of gobbies, and for a bonus, a 32"
walley all on minnows and
spreder off bottom. Tried trolling for about
hour with small spoons,
wormharness, as well as plugs and only got some
sheephead. Great outing.The
only problem was cleaning all those perch. Such
problems should happen all
the time. Am going out to Lake Ontario for Salmon
this weekend. Thanks again
May 26, 1999
Lorain area
Fished out of Lorain harbor Sunday May 23, 1999
17 Walleyes caught trolling Stingers and worm
harnesses on dipsies.
Marked fish all day, fish are just turning on.
Six of them were fish ohio's
or better
Largest 9 lbs.
May 26, 1999
Walnut Creek, PA area
night time walleye fishing have been good. many
guys are getting lots of hits
but not hooking up. Last tuesday my buddie landed
2 and lost 1 and i
lost/missed 4 and landed 1 off walnut creek.
The weather really hasnt been
good enought to get back out.
May 20, 1999
Central Basin area
In the Central Basin, smallmouth bass fishing
is reported excellent off Cleveland's East 72nd street pier in 5-15 feet
of water, Conneaut Harbor in 15-25 of water and off the Perry Power PLant
discharge in 15-25 feet of water. Smallmouth have been 14-18 inches.
Central basin anglers are taking waters by trolling spoons north of Cleveland in 48' of water. Shore anglers are also taking walleyes at night from Cleveland piers at night. Anglers are reporting white perch catches from Fairport Harbor Pier and the Grand River using worms.
May 17, 1999
Central Basin area
Fished of mouth of Rocky River in 36ft. three
of us pulled limit of perch,
nice size. one 4lb eye on spreader. another friend
caught limit in one hour
by himself and one 8lb eye on spreader. boat
next to us limited out with
three aboard also.May 16. May 17, two of us pulled
limit in 2 hours same
place. fish stacked tight and right on bottom.
Soon as drop, reeling in nice
perch and double headers. South wind blowing
good but only 1-3 waves and alot
of fish and eyes down there.
Jeff (Lacey J)
May 16, 1999
Central Basin area
Sunday, May 16 Off Perry Twp. Park. Slower fishing
today ,but excellent conditions for setting a northerly
drift to deeper water. Caught 5 trophy size smallies
on crayfish and jig and 1 on tube( oil color)and jig. Water
clarity best i have ever seen fishing 35 plus
years on lake from a boat. Fish were in 17 to 26 feet of water.
May 15, 1999
Central Basin area
" WetnWild"
from Grand River Marine rack storage
May 14 arrived at the Ruggles
reef for some smallmouth fishing but found the lake to be in pretty
bad
condition. After some good advice from
some locals we
headed down to Lorain to fish behind the break
walls. We took 15 smallmouth from 12 to 18 inches on tubes
and crankbaits. Most were caught in 13
to 18 feet of water. Despite getting a good soakin we had a good
day.
PS I appreciate the reports.
ASTRO
May 14, 1999
Central Basin area
In the central basin, smallmouth bass fishing
is reported excellent off Conneaut, Ashtabula, Geneva and off the Perry
Nuclear
plant discharge area in 15-25 feet of
water. Fish are measuring 12-18 inches. Anglers are drifting with
jigs and tube-jigs trolling crankbaits.
Some anglers are taking walleye from the Cleveland Piers at night using jigs. Some white perch in th 7-9 inch range have been reported off the Fairport Harbor pier and Grand river using minnows and worms.
May 12, 1999
Central Basin area
The lighthouse on the mouth of the Cuyahoga River
has produced the nicest
perch I have seen in years at a consistant rate.
Pulled limits of 11"-14"
steadily. 99% were males or already spawned females.
35ft. of water all
around area on the bottom with spreader and minnows.
Patience needed? Alot of
gobies.
The late night after dark walleye fishing of
the rocks and trolling slow or
casting stick baites and cranks. Large eyes in
ther feeding from 72nd to
Edgewater.
May 10, 1999
Central Basin area
In the Central Basin, smallmouth bass fishing is just heating up with catches reported around the Perry Plant water discharge in 15-25 feet of water.. Anglers are drifting jigs and tube jigs and trolling crankbaits. Anglers were also trolling for walleyes off Cleveland off 52' of water using worm harnesses off the bottom. No success rates were reported. Shore anglers are also reported some walleyes at night off of the Cleveland pier.
Steelhead fishing is still hanging on in the Grand River from the mouth of the river to the 535 bridge. Anglers are trolling small spinners. Some reports of white perch in the Grand River using minnows and worms.
May 10, 1999
Central Basin, Vermilion Area
Went Walleye fishing Saterday May 9th about one
mile North, Nortwest of
Vermilion River, had a good SW wind in the A.M.
Cought one fish with gold
Erie Derie, could only fish for two hours but
there are fish in the area now!
Water was clear but had engine trouble,
cut
the day very short. I'm
confident fishing will pick up in this area this
week and my engine shall be
fixed! I'll let ya know how I do this week.
BAMBAM
May 3, 1999
Central Basin, Lorain Avon Area
My daughter and I went off of Lorain on May 1,
1999. The wind had blown
hard from the N.E. for 3 or 4 days, so fishing
was slow. But, we saw many
medium and large walleye on the finder north
of the harbor in 50 feet of
water. Just outside the harbor, we
caught many Gobis and only 4 perch --
but of those four, three were 12 inches long,
so I think the jumbo perch
are in and just waiting for weather they like
better. The lake was clear
about 1/2 mile out of the harbor, but muddy further
in.
Spencer Myer
Spencer S. Myer, Jr.
Cleveland, Ohio
April 24, 1999
Central Basin, Lorain Avon Area
Perch are biting off Lorain and Avon from 33'
to 55' water. Crappie rigs with emeralds are banging limits of
fish. Bonus walleyes, big eyes are in this school.
Hit 2 over 8 pounds on perch rigs, and missed 4 others.
After limiting on perch went to vertical jigging
tactics. A cecada 3/4 oz gold/org triggered a monster after 2
jerks. Water was looking great this past wed.
and should be good this weekend. Look for bait, you'll find the
fish.
Good Luck:
Captain Dave Hibjan
Natural Strike Fishing Charters
North Ridgeville, Ohio
April 19, 1999
Central Basin Streams
Steelhead are still being caught in the Chagrin
and Grand Rivers. High river conditions from the rains have slowed
the steelhead fishing. Anglers are catching steelies with spawn sacs,
jigs and maggots, jigs and minnows and also powerbaits. Anglers are
also catching walleye in the grand river on jigs. Historically, this
is the time when fishing for steelheads will begin to slow down in the
rivers.
April 9, 1999
Central Basin Streams
Central basin rivers (Chagrin, Rocky River, and
Grand) are in good condition for steelhead fishing. Waters have cleared
up
from 1 inch of rain. Anglers are
catching steelhead with spawn sacs, jigs with minnows, jigs and maggots,
and power baits.
April 3, 1999
Central Basin Streams
Steelhead trout fishing on central basin tributaries
has been great the past two weeks with many spawning steelhead in the streams.
Anglers have been successful on the Chagrin, Rocky River, Grand Rivers,
as well as Conneaut Creek. Anglers are using spawn sacks, jigs tippedwith
maggots and jigs tipped with minnows.
February 4th, 1999
Central Basin Area
Continued warm weather and rains have have all but finished what
little ice-fishing there was this year on Erie. There were only
a few good days of it earlier this winter.
In the central basin, continuted high water as a result of heavy
rains have prevented steelhead fishing activity on eastern LakeErie tributaries.
Why not take in a Sport Show or two, while we patiently wait for better
weather.
Upcoming Sport Shows
http://www.expoinc.com/othershw.html
** Eastlake Fishing Symposium on Feb. 13-14. Call Lake County Visitors bureau 1 800 368-5253 for more information
** Pittsburgh/Monroeville, PA Sport & Travel Show, February 17th-21st
** Sportsmen's Show of Chicago, February 25th-February 28th. Chicago, IL
** Spring Fever Outdoors show, Feb. 27th-28th, Porter County Fairgrounds Expo Center in Valparaiso, IN.
** North Coast Fly Fishers Conclave Sat. Feb. 27th 9am-4pm at Lake County Metroparks Penitentuary Glen
** Detroit/Auburn Hills, MI Sport & Travel Show. March 4th-March 7th, Detroit, MI.
** Southtowns Sports Show, March 11-14th Hamburg, NY Fairgrounds
** Cleveland Sports show March 13-21 at IX Center in Cleveland, OH
January 28th, 1999
Central Basin Area
Ice fisherman only got in a few days of
good fishing before the recent rains warm weather shutdown the ice-fishing.
However
there are still several weeks of winter to follow. Just have to see
what the weather does.
In the central basin, ice-jams and high
water have prevented steelhead fishing activity on eastern Lake Erie tributaries.
This
should change in the next few days as
some of the smaller tributaries should be fishable. The steelhead
will be moving into
shallower runs for spawning.
Up-coming Sports shows:
** Columbus sportfishing and travel show is Thursday-Sunday,
Jan 28th - 31st at Veterans Memorial exhibit hall. 300 W. Broad
street in Columbus.
** Eastlake Fishing Symposium on Feb. 13-14. Call Lake County Visitors bureau 1 800 368-5253 for more information
** Spring Fever Outdoors show, Feb. 27th-28th, Porter County Fairgrounds Expo Center in Valparaiso, IN.
** North Coast Fly Fishers Conclave Sat. Feb. 27th 9am-4pm at Lake County Metroparks Penitentuary Glen
** Southtowns Sports Show, March 11-14th Hamburg, NY Fairgrounds
** Cleveland Sports show March 13-21 at IX Center in Cleveland
The 1999 Central Basin Fishing Reports Will Begin This Spring