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blue moon. With other commitments, I will not be back on Conneaut until the 16th or
17th of September.”

ERIE COUNTY

Lake Erie

Dave Horvath (Mercer); filed 9/12: “Darl, we had a banner day on

perch in Lake Erie near the Ohio line in 58 feet of water, fishing

from 7 am to 11 am. Bait is still a problem. It has been a strange

summer. We ended the day with 78 perch with lots of jumbo fish.

Storm chased us off the lake early. See photo of the crew

(Grumpy Old Men – Ken and Lee) at the cleaning table.” Dave Horvath photo

Paul Stewart (Butler); filed 9/6: “Went out Saturday evening on the Danny O. Slow start
but then the perch schools moved in and the bite got going. We ended up with 30 perch
between the two of us. See Livewell photo.”

Keith Eshbaugh @ Dutch Fork Custom Lures; filed 9/3: “On September 3, we fished Lake
Erie out of Lampe Marina Ramp. We headed out to the Canadian Line in 105’ of water.
Lots of smelt and shiners out there. All the walleyes and steelhead we caught were big
and fat. Renosky and Reef Runner plugs in Blue Green Sunfish color were hot in the
morning. But later the fish preferred our #5 Ghost Willow Blade Worm Harness behind a
Dipsey tolled at 1.9 to 2.2 mph. Best colors were Pink/Purple, Antifreeze, and Pink Skunk.
We did an experiment by adding a rubber squid skirt to a bigger profile harness – worked
well, too.” (See Livewell photos)

Lake Erie Shoreline
Ric @ Trout Run Bait and Tackle; filed 9/13: “We had 4 to 5 inches of rain from Friday
evening through Saturday night with waves of 7 feet on the 12th and 5 feet today.
Streams are high and muddy, and it will likely be Tuesday before they are fishable. Prior
to the storm, a few anglers were catching a few steelhead and brown trout – about
50/50 – in the early morning and late evening along the shore or in the mouths of the
creeks. On calm mornings, you can see steelhead jumping off shore about 100 yards.
With the rain, I expect some steelhead to move into the streams – but it may be too
warm for them to stay in the stream. Fish on the shoreline have been hitting spoons,
power bait or just about anything.”

Michelle @ Elk Creek Sports; filed 9/13: “Today Elk is muddy but not so high you cannot
fish it – but no catches reported. Some anglers report steelhead up to the boat ramp pri-
or to the storm.”