I have been fishing lake Erie for over 30 years and have never seen the changes needed to catch fish like this past summer. The perch bite between Cleveland and Ashtabula (for us) is non existent so we decided to take advantage of a great weather window Saturday and Sunday knowing there would be some steelhead in the area, so off we went.
Trolling between Arcola and Cowles creek we blasted them in 12 to 14 FOW, Crazy! Running summer color spoons Confusion (Kranx) also some lime and white 2.8 to 3.0 mph with 100 ft leads-3/4oz slider weight in front of 8ft leader.
This was a fantastic fun fishing trip for all, so bring some light trolling gear and give it a try if your going to be in the area this weekend.