May 2009 Western Lake Erie Fishing Reports

[PZeiler]

Saturday between 9:00 and 1:30. Caught 20 walleye 1 1/2 miles northwest of west sister. Almost no wind. Casting gold blades on weapons or perch colored weight forwards. A lot of boats and a lot of trollers. Stay away from the boats and we caught fish.

[BigWally]

fished flat rock.no wind so we pulled worm harnesses with bottom bouncers with the kicker motor.caught a three man limit plus some by noon.had 4 over 5 lbs.one 29 and 1/2 inch 9.2 lbs.you gotta love lake erie

[fishman]

Fished the 24th. Good action 3 man limit. Fished in 26-27 fow trolling spoons with jet divers. All fish over 20 inches. Gold spoons with some spots most productive.

[goldenboy0524]

Fished the 23rd out of Toledo Beach Marina 1 Walleye 22inches and 3 white bass. But only fished 1.5 hrs. Very windy and choppy 24th and the 25th.

[Jeep Guy]

It's been awhile since I caught a limit - so I'm happy to share it here as I check here often for tips and hints. My 9 old son and I were fishing Sunday (May 24) - we headed to Kelly Sholes on tip from Highway Bait - there were only about 15 boats in the area - with about 1/2 trolling (we were drifting). We caught two limits on 1 oz bottom bouncers, with crawler harnesses - mostly on orange, a few on silver and yellow. Fish started biting once the wind picked up that morning - we eventually had to through out the drift sock to slow down - but none the less and awesome day fishing with my son!!

[waterdog]

This weekends wind and waves made lake erie cloudy!
I went out Saturday and fished near Niagara, but the wind kicked up and we moved to put-in bay to fish on the east side. No eyes on Saturday, just sheephead and white bass.
On Sunday I fished from my boat dock and caught; catfish, bullhead, sheephead, yellow perch, bulegill, crapie, rock bass,& largemouth bass. I was listening to the cb channel and I heard that you had to go out to the shipping channel to get clear water.
Anyways, my set up for the dock fishing was a spreader in 4 fow with no "bling" and just two crapie hooks with minows.

[Eyezcrazy]

Fished Saturday just Norhteast of Niagra. 3 men threw everything but the kitchen sink at the eyes from 8:00 am till 2:00 and didn't catch any eyes. My buddy lost one at the boat. Moved closer to Catawba tried a couple more hours and called it a day. Tossed weapons, harnesses, weight forwards and even trolled for a while with jets and stingers. Second trip this year and skunked both times. Can't figure it out, another buddy said they caught 20 between 6 guys casting and drifting fishing closer to Besse in 20 FOW but worked 10 hours to get them. Is the population getting that low or am I just off to a slow start? Been fishing Western basin since 1988 and am concerned about the walleye future.