Need a little help for a rookie

[cantgetenough]

The Metropark is a good launch. The fishing just to the south at the banana dike is good right now. There is a shack on the south side of the dike. Trust me - Fish in front of it. Just need to find the depth that is good for that day. Crankbaits work in 8 - 14 foot and bottom bouncers work good there also. The best launch is Sterling St park with Bolles a close second. I have fished Lk Erie for over 30 years. So has Little Dandy! We fish together often. All of the launches have channels and you need to stay in them or you will bust your prop. Lake Erie Metropark - same. Sterling is in the middle and you can go North or South easiest. Bolles is to the south and if the better fishing is north, going north can be a hike. By the same reasoning Lake Erie metro is to the north and if the fish are biting better in the south - it's a long way to the south! Best bet is Sterling. Right in the middle! I agree with Little Dandy - dipsys and spoons are best followed by crankbaits like wiggle warts, hot n tots, Thundersticks, shad raps, these are best off planar boards. Planar boards increase the number of lines in the water and the trolling spread. You can cover 200 ft of spread. Speed is 2 - 2.5 mph. Then bottom bouncers with crawlers. If you want to spread lines with bottom bouncers you pretty much have to use inline planar boards and removing these to reel in fish can be a pain and result in a lot of missed fish. Speed here is .9 - 1.5 mph. You want a good bounce! Crawlers can be messy especially if spilled in the boat and they tend to catch all of the junk fish. They do work. I've fished them all! They all catch fish! Another great site: WWW.Educatedangler.com

[beerman]

Thanks all,

I'm going to go out of Sterling on Sunday. Hope we all do well!

[Manxfishing]

Thanks all,

I'm going to go out of Sterling on Sunday. Hope we all do well!

I fished out of Sterling on Monday
Took a one man limit on the first pass pulling Reef Runners
Big fish was 29" and 8 pounds the other 4 were 21-22"

The fish haven't been in the bay for a couple weeks now
There in front of Stoney point and Fermi about a mile or 2 out in 23-24 FOW

Good luck