Page 6 - Fishing Report 5-4-15

ERIE COUNTY

Jeff Reichel and son Jacob on PIB for smallmouth & largemouth bass.

Presque Isle Bay
Jim @ Lake Erie Bait & Tackle; filed 5/4: “They are catching nice perch off the North Pier.
Smallmouth bass are moving into the Bay.”

Jeff Reichel (Meadville); filed 5/4: “My son Jacob and I fished PIB from 7 am to 1 pm on
Saturday the 2nd. We caught 11 smallmouth bass and one largemouth bass between 2
and 4 pounds. Most fish were taken on a Hopkins Spoon; others were caught on a
smoke tube jig. All fish were in 14 to 18 feet of water. There were a lot of boats but not
many were catching fish. We returned to PIB on Sunday from 8 am to 3 pm. The places
were fished on Saturday only produced one smallmouth and one nice perch. After
spending the morning on the usual spots, we went looking for something new in some
unmolested water. After 45 minutes of motoring around with eyes glued to the Garmin
Sonar we stumbled on a patch of hard bottom that came up from 20 feet and topped off
at 14 feet. It was the size of a large station wagon and had fish all over it. We proceeded
to boat ten nice smallies and long line release several more. All fish were taken on
spoons or blade baits except for two caught on a smoke tube. We were using the 6-
pound Gamma Edge line we won last fall – good stuff! Thank you Black Knight Indus-
tries.”

Ben Lipiec; filed 5/2: “I went out for a few hours to PIB on Monday the 27th and Thurs-
day the 30th. The smallmouth are in and biting. It not fast and furious but I caught 14 or
15, I think. The biggest was 5.1 pounds. Not tons of fish but now is the time to catch a
big one. Also, largemouths are biting all over. Finally, life is good again!”

Paul Stewart’s PIB Perch Report
- April 22: “Went perch fishing to PIB on Saturday the 18th with
Mike LeDonne. Got 45 keepers between the two of us. Finally
starting to get some bigger perch. All caught on Sabiki rigs
with emerald shiners.”