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Conneaut Lake
Tom @ Myers Sportsmen’s Connection; filed 4/9: Not much happening right now with French
Creek high and muddy, and trout season opening this coming weekend. Most of my customers
are heading to Pymatuning or to Conneaut Lake. Reports continue of BIG bluegills being taken
at Conneaut.

Loby @ Loby’s Premier Entertainment: Don’t forget about the annual “Bluegill Bev” Fishing
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Tournament on June 9 . Contact me for an application at www.conneautlakedjloby.com.

ERIE COUNTY

Lynne @ East End Angler; filed 4/7: All creeks on the East side have steelhead in them – 4 Mile,

7 Mile, 12 Mile, 16 Mile and 20 Mile. Water level currently is low, but some rain is expected this
week. Creek fishing must cease by Thursday 10 PM, and creeks remain closed until opening
hour of trout season on Saturday. Anglers are also catching steelhead in North East Marina ba-
sin. Getting reports of good perch bite off Liberty Park in PIB.

Mike @ Lake Erie Bait & Tackle; filed 4/7: This is one of the best perch springs in some time for
good size fish. Apparently the revolving cold weather pattern is keeping the perch deeper in the
Bay. Shore anglers are not doing real good, but boat anglers off the shore are – try off Liberty
Park, Don John, and Yacht Club. If we get the anticipated warm up, we hope to see everything

starting to hit in the shallows – perch, crappies and bluegills.

Brittney @ Poor Richards; filed 4/7: Stream anglers are still catching steelheads Perch in the
Bay. Not much else to report.

Dan @ Elk Creek Sports; filed 4/7: Sum it up in three words - cold,

cold and cold. We sure could use a warm-up. Streams are fishing
OK – not fantastic. High water last week brought in a fresh run of 8 to
9 pound chromers. Not seen any browns. There should be plenty of
steelhead still in the streams for opening day of trout.

Rebecca @ Uncle John’s Elk Creek Campground; filed 4/5: Our
guests continue to catch steelhead from Elk Creek. Here is a picture
on a recent catch from right at the mouth of Elk Creek Tubes.
Photo from Uncle John’s

Tom Watral (Erie); filed 4/4: Presque Isle Bay has been producing
lots of perch at certain hotspots including Border Pier and Liberty Park. Best bait has been min-
nows on crappie rigs. Perch are running between 9” to 14” on days when the wind isn’t blow