Page 5 - Fishing Report 6-15-15

Lake Erie
Ric @ Trout Run Bait & Tackle; filed 6/15: “Wind has been blowing in every direction for
past week or so. The Lake is stirred up. Perch are scattered, although some anglers are
getting some in 40 to 50 feet on the west side – but they are here one day and gone the
next. All the walleye charters are in search mode. The best ‘eye catches were on West
Side in 22 to 25 feet of water with worm harnesses, trolling 1 to 1.5 mph. I caught them
good on Thursday pulling Ghost Blade Spinners from Dutch Fork Tackle. The Blue Ghost
blade was the best. I have Ghost Blade Harnesses in stock; it is so easy to change out
Ghost Blade colors with the changeable clevis.”

Rich Weber @ Erie Sports Store; filed 6/15: “Fishing on Erie has been spotty. One day the
bite is very slow, the next day anglers are catching full limits of perch. If you were able to
dodge the storms this weekend the perch were hitting between Walnut and Godfrey in
40 to 45 feet. That seems to be the depth over the last few weeks. Some walleyes have
been taken in the Walnut Creek area fishing near the perch pack with stickbaits like Bag-
ley and Bay Rat in 40 to 55 feet of water. Also, there have been walleyes caught in 20 to
40 feet between Trout and Elk using willow leaf crawler harnesses.
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Tim Truitt @ North East Marina; filed 6/15: “The Lake is setting back up with surface
temperature in the low 60s. As of 6/11 the walleye bite is back on with limit catches in
42 to 58 fow (feet of water). Most fish came off boards using lead core 3-5 colors on
deep diving Reef Runners, Bay Rats and Renoskys, trolling from west of marina to Shore-
wood. Some bottom chuggers did well off Boat Houses in 28 fow. Perch bite is incon-
sistent – yet good at times in 52 fow off 20 Mile Creek and 42 fow off Green Fields. Bite is
very soft; Fireline on rods is a must. Lake trout bite is winding down in 80 to 100 fow
with spoons trolled 75-85 feet down.”

Jason Hagg; filed 6/4: “After an excellent trip with friends out of Walnut Creek on 5/28,
the boys and I launched out of Shades Beach the following Saturday morning on the
hunt for walleyes. Struggling early with only three in the box and a half-dozen non-target
species, we made a run west to the Cans and stayed upwind of the launch with the on-
coming storm activity. Turned out that 36 to 41 feet of water within five foot of bottom
was on fire late morning – from the Cans almost all the way back to the launch. In little
over an hour we put 11 in the box along with one jumbo perch, a nice smallmouth and
four white bass. Then the storms came and we headed for shore. All walleye were
caught using worm harnesses from Dutch Fork Custom Lures. All non-target species hit