Page 4 - Fishing Report | 09-28-16

ERIE COUNTY

Lake Erie & Tributaries
Jeff @ Poor Richards; filed 9-26: Recent reports have good walleyes coming from 58 to 68
feet of water both East and West of Walnut Creek. Key depth over the weekend was 62 to
65 feet. Top colors in both plugs and harnesses were purple & black, and green. After a
couple good weeks of perch fishing, they are spotty again; since the big wind of a week
ago, very few anglers are getting limits. There are some steelheads in the mouths of the
streams. Single eggs and minnows are best.

Dan @ Elk Creek Sports; filed 9-26: Perch fishing in the lake has been spotty. I understand
the walleye charter boats running west out of Erie on Sunday the 25th had a banner day!
Looks like we are in for another week of high winds according to the forecast; therefore
there will be little boat fishing on the lake. But as far as the approaching steelhead season,
we are at a critical juncture. We desperately need several days of light steady rain to bring
the creeks up and sustain them for a period of time. With rain in the forecast for several
days this coming week, we can only hope for the best. There are a few steelheads in the
lower creeks, perhaps as far south as Rt. 5 on Elk. A freshet will bring a lot of fish in from
the lake. Walnut Creek is a mess right now with the Wall closed due to construction in the
Access area; people are crowding into the Manchester Hole like never before! Also, on
lower Elk we have a problem with muddy water. They took out the pillars from the old Rt.
20 bridge this summer, but left piles of dirt – now every time it rains a little bit, the creek
gets muddy. Could be we will lose good steelhead fishing from Rt. 20 to the mouth due to
muddy water. But we still need days of cold rain to trigger what could be a dramatic start
to the steelhead season.

John @ Uncle John’s Elk Creek Campground reports steelhead in
the stream at least up to the campground. He attached two photos
of recent catches.

Pictures from Uncle John’s Elk Creek
Campground this past week.
Many steelhead waiting to move up if it rains.

Dave Horvath (Edinboro); filed 9-25: We fished the big Lake on September 14th and 21st.
The perch bite was slow. No limits but fun to be out on this great lake. Bait is still a prob-
lem. Golden shiners are available, but no emerald shiners to be had. We also had to con-