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ERIE COUNTY

Presque Isle Bay
Dominic @ Lake Erie Bait & Tackle; filed 11-6: Fishing was okay before the big storm. But I am
uncertain how it will be the rest of week. Our customers had been catching decent size crap-
pies and small perch from Marina Lake and the dock at Waterworks. No report from any action

in Misery Bay. Lots of steelhead in the Bay.

Presque Isle Angler; filed 11-6: Prior to the storm, anglers had been catching perch and steel-
head from city-side docks and E/W Pier and N/S Pier, moving from one dock to another to find
active fish. They were also getting steelhead from shore at East Ave Launch.

Lynne @ East End Angler; filed 11-6: Well, before we
got 3.5 inches of rain on Sunday evening, anglers were
enjoying one of the best steelhead seasons in many
years. The numbers of steelhead in the streams has
been incredible. They were catching fish in every
stream. Now it’s going to be a day or two before anglers
can get back on the streams. In the Bay, reports were
good for panfish and steelhead. South pier was produc-
ing some nice perch. The baits for steelhead have been East End Angler photo

nightcrawlers, egg sacks and single eggs. Our lake min-
nows have some small gizzard shad mixed in with them, and anglers
have reported those steelheads are hitting the gizzards shad as soon
as they hit the water. (See photo)

Jeff @ Poor Richards; filed 11-6: We had a great Saturday of steel-

head fishing. Lots of fish have been caught all fall. Then the storms
arrived Sunday evening. Everything is blown out. Some may be fisha-
ble by Tuesday, others by Wednesday. All the high water should have
brought in fresh fish and moved more fish upstream. The boat basin
at Walnut Creek is now open, which is a good option when the lake
Poor Richard photo
shore is too rough to fish. (See photo)

Becky @ Elk Creek Sports; filed 11-6: Steelhead fishing has been phenomenal this season. Fish

are in all streams and the weekend storm with all the high water will being more steelhead into
the streams and move them upstream. We needed big waves and wind to change the access at
the mouth of Elk. The prevailing wind for a period of time had changed the flow and made it