August 2009 Wester Lake Erie Fishing Reports

[PZeiler]

I usually fish every weekend a well as Tuesday after work. Did so today(8/25). I fish the western basin (usually west of west sister). The perch at this end of the lake are numurous but small. They require a lot of sorting. As I mention in an earlier post, we measure every fish. Tonight fished off little cedar point and mark a lot of fish. Caught a lot of fish. Every 3rd fish was a sheephead. Caught a lot of perch but only 1 out of 4 went into the cooler. Went out to the first bouy past the light house and did not mark very many fish. Went out to the second and third set of bouys past the light house and marked a few fish. Decided to drop anchor and fished for 2 hours. Ended up with 43 keepers

[PZeiler]

Fished today in 20' of water in front of Crane Creek. Kept 110 with 5 people. Fished 4 hours 8:45 - 12:45. Ran out of bait - perch were good theives today.

[rscotfish]

22 ft of water off wards 14 pounds 7-9 inch fish right on the bottom slow lift very light bite lots of small fish sorted for 6 hours fished from 10 - 4 we got limit and was fun fishing and was getting doubles and around 4 they just shut off

[PZeiler]

Was out last night. Same spot north of Crane Creek. 4 man limit in 3 hours. A lot of sorting of fish still. More white perch showing up as well as sheephead. Red hooks with no beads or blades seemed to be the best. Keep your hooks sharp because the fish are just sucking on the bait and when you try to set the hook, it must be sharp to dig in at the first point of contact. Dull hooks equal bits but no fish on the end of the line.