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mouth and smallmouth bass. Check out the new arrivals of long minnow lures including
Bay Rats, Bandits and Renowsky lures at Erie Sports Store.”

Presque Isle Bay
Jeff Reichel (Meadville); filed 5/1: “Jake and I fished Presque Isle Bay on Sunday, May 1
from 10 am to 2:30 pm. First fish in the boat was nice 12-inch perch at our first stop. But
we remained skunked for the next 1-1/2 hours – part of time was spent cleaning a mouse
nest out of the engine compartment and repairing a wire the little buggers chewed
through – it’s a wonder the engine started at all! So we moved to a small spot we found
last year in about 24 feet of water that came up to 14 feet on top with what looked like a
mangled station wagon on the Garmin! We spent the rest of the day there as the fog
rolled in and we could not see land in any direction! The bite was steady and we caught
between 15 and 20 nice smallies from that spot…and could have caught more but we
were getting wet and cold from the misty north wind – so we called it a day.” (See photos
below)

Elk Creek

Becky @ Elk Creek Sports; filed 5/2: “On Saturday we had a young lad
named Alex (age 12) with his father stop by to show us a beautiful steel-
head; see photo. Other than that steelhead, anglers have been catching
smallmouth and suckers in Elk Creek on Thursday - Saturday. Sunday the
rains came and the stream is high and muddy for rest of week. Everyone
is so tired of this miserable spring weather.”

Rick @ Trout Run Bait; filed 5/2: “Well, we should be casting the surf from shore for
smallmouth and walleyes – it’s that time of the year. But the cursed NW winds have
messed up fishing for weeks, and I do not see an improvement this coming week. Some
smallies in Elk but that’s about it.”

Jeff @ Poor Richard’s Bait; filed 5/2: “There are a few steelheads left in the lower part of
Elk. And of course the stocked trout in Elk and the Gravel Pit are drawing attention. Not
hearing a lot about bass. But some guys are catching perch out in 37 to 52 feet off Wal-
nut – that’s deeper than usual for early in the year.”