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Based on steelhead being caught by walleye trollers out deep, this should be a good year
– if we get a cool down and water in the streams.

Dan @ Elk Creek Sports; filed 9-12: Over the weekend, one of my customers caught two
steelheads in Elk Creek near the mouth – that was before the heavy rain. A couple guys
are out there today checking to see if more fish moved in with the high water. Don’t
think they will move upstream yet, but there are steelhead already waiting! Some people
say we need cooler temps AND higher water in the tribs. But I say give me flow over
temp anytime to get the steelheads coming in!

Rebecca @ Uncle Johns Campground; filed 9-12: I have a

number of calls asking when the steelhead will be in so

they can make reservations. Anglers are anxious! When

will the steelies be in? (Editor’s reply – Likely there are a

few steelies already in the mouth. If the streams maintain

flow, some will be moving up your way soon, but if don’t

continue to have rain and the water level drops, any up-

stream advance will be halted.) Won’t be long until Erie tribs are full!

Dave Horvath (Edinboro); filed 9-11: Hi Darl, here is an Erie West report…we fished the
big water on 9-6-16. Landed 10 walleyes but only six were keepers. We also got one
steelhead and many white bass. All fish came from 58-62 feet of water. Spoons took
most of the catch, except white bass pounced on worm harnesses. Perch bite is picking
up but lake emerald shiners are not to be had. Golden shiners are all the bait shops have.
Best depth for perch is 52-62 feet. With the rain the other night, steelhead should be
starting to come in.

Zack Schlosser; filed 9-8-16: We fished Lake Erie on Labor Day, September 5th. We

launched out of Walnut Creek at 5:30 am. The waves were 2 to 3

footers with a SSW wind. We went out to 55 FOW and once the

perch started biting (around 6 am) it didn’t stop until we ran out of

bait! We were using minnows from Poor Richards on double perch

rigs. We would set the rig on the bottom, slowly bring the rig up a

Erie perch are biting foot or two, and then perch hammered them. We also caught a few
on nightcrawlers. We were off the water by 11:00 am. Overall, we

caught 135 perch ranging from 7” to 14”. We even caught a few small walleyes. If we

hadn’t run out of bait, we would have easily limited out. See the attached pic as part of

our bounty. God Bless.