Forecast

I have a trip planned for this week Thursday to Sunday out of Catawba Island, staying at beach Cliff Lodge.. The weather looks to be warming up, but winds are coming too. I have fished lake Michigan a lot and know how to play the winds. I have only fished Lake Erie once before and dealt with stiff NE winds and got some fishing in, but concerned for this weeks forecast If boat size helps at all... I have 2250 Crestliner

Any help on winds in general for Lake Erie and opinions of cancelling for this week would be helpful.

Check out Windsurf.com for Marblehead. If you in the reef complex you might be ok Fri. Sunday looks great. Remember one thing... this IS Ohio. Good luck and report back if you go.

I am assuming that Southwinds will be beneficial and a little bit more easy to deal with then north west or north winds.

I am a big fan of the sailflow website / app. I've been using it to help predict forecast for Lake Michigan

You would be correct. Any MPH of north winds can make for a crappy day when it's still this cold, plus the waves have a lot of room to build.

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Originally Posted by Bggeary

You would be correct. Any MPH of north winds can make for a crappy day when it's still this cold, plus the waves have a lot of room to build.

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Any NE or E winds are no good S,SW,W,NW are the best winds I'm coming out may 2nd for a week just praying for no blow days

Too bad you are not fishing today,light winds.I use iwindsurf for erie wind forcast.You have a 22.5ft boat.Does not look so good for Thursday right now and for the remaining 3 days,forcast changes too much to make plans.Keep your eye on the Iwindsurf erie west location to make your plans.

Thanks for the responses...

If we are not fishing, what else is there to do on Catawba Island?

If the winds are too bad you can always smallmouth fish in the protected shorelines South of the Catawba Ramp. We used to catch some nice smallmouth in that area.

Thanks, it'll work out one way or another...at least I wont be work'n. Hell yeah brother!

We see a lot of boats casting for bass in the channel in West harbor.Think also good time to catch crappie,but I'm not sure where you would fish for them.

go out of turtle creek left or right close in shore...jig bite is going good...they got them today in 9 fow.

Thanks alot...i will fish for anything possible. I love to crappie fish, but not much of a bass fishermans. I prefer to catch fish ro eat.

We were able to get out today. Fished out front of Wild Wings. We only bagged 8, but most others were getting limits

Are you guys jigging right in the dirty water?

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Originally Posted by Meat Wagon

Are you guys jigging right in the dirty water?

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Yes, right in front of Wild Wings or Turtle Creek, in close.

You can also try Sandusky Bay. Launch in Sandusky. Fish the shore docks for bass, crappie, and panfish. You can also try out west of the channel breakwall, it may be calm enough there. There is a small reef there, who knows, it may hold a few walleye. Also fish the breakwall.

The Maumee River is also an option. Launch in Perrysburg (Orleans Park or Maple Street ramp). Stop in to Maumee Tackle in Maumee ( https://www.maumeetackle.net/ ) for info or ask someone at the boat ramp. With a larger boat you can't go up into the rapids areas but you can get up near Orleans Park and over near the island. It's all rocky bottom there so there will be walleye there.

On the Lake the entire south shore, the reef complex, is going to get hammered with NE gale force winds starting today so nobody in a right mind will be fishing the Lake. Minimum 6 footers in the AM building to 8-10. Higher out in deeper water.

Put my boat in last night for the year at Turtle Creek. Ran out to the boats straight out. About 15 fow. My son and I caught 6. 3 each. Not much size. 16 to 20 inches. Was 74 degrees when we left home, 45 on the lake. 5 on purple one on orange . 3:30 to 6:30,