June 2009 Western Lake Erie Fishing Reports

[HUNTER]

Got there around 8am and was pulling everything in by 11.30am. It started to get warm but it felt allot better the Saturday when it was cold. (If you are wondering how we did Sat. 3 eyes 1/2 day late start)

[Eyezcrazy]

Fished Sunday morning Norhtwest of Rattlesnake from 8:00 am till 2:00 pm 2 guys caught 9 walleye with 6 keepers and tossed back 3 that were just under at 14 1/2 inches. c. Trolled stinger spoons on jet 30's back 130 to 70 and found most action around 80 feet back. Caught a ton of sheephead and white bass when we fished 100 feet back. Best color was copper green puke and a couple on watermelon. Left to fish an hour for smallmouth around the islands using softcraws. Caught and released 3 with one 5 pounder. Water was finally looking good! Didn't slay the fish but what a great day on the lake considering East wind, low waves and mayfly hatch.

[MoonDog]

went out last night with 2 buddies from cooley canal, tried in close and worked our way out to the island

SKUNKED SKUNKED SKUNKED

Begining to be a natural occurance.... And i used to do great on the lake...


Tried trolling, drifting, casting, bottom bouncers, inlines, dipseys, jets, spoons, harnesses, mayfly rigs, nuggets, erie dearies, and NOTHING. Listend to guys on the radio catchin in 17 FOW, but i couldnt snag a weed if my life depended on it. Apparently I suck at this big time! Walleye capital and I cant get ONE... I should just go buy some and end the heartache and money I'm throwin down the drain to feed the family. Begining to hate Walleye. As you can probably tell, I'm pretty bummed to say the least!

MD AKA No Fish AKA No Help

[rkwalleye]

Fished Sunday morning/afternoon 9 - 2 just north of the airport at Kellys.

Two of us trolled #40 Jets 100 to 125 ft back with monkey puke stinger spoons and caught 0 walleyes. Caught 4 white bass and 6 sheep head (two of the biggest sheep head I've ever seen.) Hope next weekend things will get better.

[mitch4570]

Fished east and then south of West Sister. I did not have much luck only sheep heads. Used bb and worms., Jet divers and dipsy divers with spoons. Moved to the dumping grounds in Ohio water same results. Mayflies thick thick at dumping grounds not as bad at West Sister.

[michiganmarv]

Fished east of Sputnik (the green and white bouy), about 2 miles drifted west dragging BB and spoons. No Bites until I crossed the shipping channel. picked up a few perch in the channel. I looped back across the channel and hit a small eye. Called it a day about 21:30, picked up 3 eyes (24") bring in the rods. I put a couple of rods back out, no hits.

[PZeiler]

Fished (Casting again) 4 miles north of the turn around bouy. Casting gold and silver blades to a 10 count. Caught 20 fish as well as many throw backs. Fished for 4 hours. A lot of white perch trying to steal bait.

[Jfish]

Friday night 6/26 caught 4 eyes on the reefs. Saturday caught a couple of Smallies on Crib and Sunday caught 5 Smallies and 1 Eye on Crib.

It was some superfast drifting action today (6/28). The wind switched from South to West. It's always a great time though.

[MBLMIKE]

Most of the reports I have seen are pretty consistant with your results it is going to be slow for a while yet but dont give up , during the may fly hatch there is always a slow period while they gorge on may fly larvae and thats ok because it makes them big and fat in the fall so just hang in there.

[mdrury]

ahh yes. the same goes here. tried everthing in the arsenal to no avail. was blown away at the lack of boats on the lake. you would think that fathers day would be a busy one.
we will let the eyes digest those nasty mayflies then go after them later!