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time. Good news for the future. As for the big ‘eyes, here at the store we have the hot
plugs: Bay Rat, Renosky and Rapala.

Lake Erie
Rich Weber @ Erie Sports Store; filed 8/8: This past week has been rugged for fishing.
Those of us that went perch fishing this past weekend found the bite almost non-
existent. On Sunday my crew caught one perch. We fished off Walnut anywhere from 38
to 58 feet and couldn’t locate any perch. Earlier in the week we did catch 44 perch and
about 15 walleyes. The walleyes were all 9 to 10 inches – with only one keeper. All
caught off Walnut in about 45 feet. Other perch anglers were also catching small wall-
eyes. From what I hear, walleye fishing has been better than perch fishing. There are
many reports of walleyes being caught in the Trenches in 60 to 80 FOW. Fish appear to
be deeper now than a few weeks ago. Use equipment that will get you down to 40 feet.
Either Dipsey’s or leadcore line with deep divers are both working. Best colors are Purple
and Firetiger.
At the store we have just reduced our Daiwa and Okuma line counter reels…now up to
30% off. Lure and rods are 20% off, and our custom fly selection deal is buy 5 get 5 free.

Jeff @ Poor Richards; filed 8/8: Nothing much has changed in recent weeks. Perch are in
47 to 52 feet on the West Side, but catching them is a hit and miss proposition. The big-
ger walleyes are being caught around 65 feet of water between the First and Second
Trench. Worm harnesses are doing better than plugs. Best colors are Purple & Pink, and
Purple & Black.

Dan @ Elk Creek Sports; filed 8/8: Walleye catches seem okay with many of the schooled
fish off the Peninsula – that’s where the charter boats are working, getting limits in 3 to 4
hours. Perch remain a mystery – catch like crazy one day and gone the next. Anglers have
been remarking about long commercial traps set about 40 feet; some anglers are tan-
gling lines in them; looking for answers to why they are there.

Keith @ Dutch Fork Custom Lures; filed 8/8: Recently I fished with a couple friends from
Erie. We caught walleye on Dutch Fork Custom Painted Cranks and Ghost Blades. Cranks
were out five color of leadcore line. Blades were on inline weights 150 feet back on plan-
er boards. Melissa Rogwoski showed how it’s done! (See additional photos in Livewell)

Thomas Watral (Erie); filed 8/4: On August 1, we fished 58 to 60 feet of water near Har-
bor Creek Water Tower; we caught 3 big perch and one silver bass. We moved to where
the perch boats were fishing, but nothing. On the 4th, we started fishing at 6 am and
fished until 10 am at 48 feet of water off Gull Point, drifting crawler harnesses out to 60
feet – no perch caught. Over around the state line, I hear lots of smaller walleyes in the