Friday, July 06, 2018

Central Lake Erie


The Lake Erie walleye fishing has been best from the Grand River area to the waters off Ashtabula and Conneaut. Trolling early in the day has been a key. Fishing off the mouth of the Grand River has been consistent in 35 to 50 feet of water. Fishermen are heading to the 50- and 60-foot depths off Ashtabula and Conneaut.
Tru-Trip diving planers and spoons in purple, pink and chartreuse have been most popular, but diving plugs and tandem spinner rigs and nightcrawlers are catching walleye. Unfortunately, a lot  of those fish are jumbo white perch, and some suspended yellow perch.
Fishermen are using on-line planer boards to take lures and line away from the trolling boat, or large planer boards supporting lines on release clips.
A few drift-and-cast walleye fishermen are scoring, usually closer to shore where schools of smaller walleye are feeding. 

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