Been around Lake Erie most of my 70 plus years, east winds, especially northeast winds kill the bite. There have been a few exceptions of course, but for the majority of the time, fishing is poor. Perch seem more affected than walleye in my opinion. I have not been out in two weeks and the few times before that I was wasting fuel. This summer was hot for the perch bite, but mid summer turned to weeks of easterly winds, full moons which make minnow harvesting fail...hasn't been worth going out. I do see some westerly wind forecasts comming next week. Hopefully that will spark the bite again before the season ends....and that time is comming quickly !!