Night time pier fishing usually starts mid oct & runs until freeze up, starting from west end try luna pier, its best with a slight east wind anything out of the west its to shallow. i've never seen a fish caught at maumee bay step walls but lots of guys fish it, ccyc pier at bono curve, camp perry pier, catawba state park, some nights lots of action at lakeside pier have been there with a hundred caught in a few hours. anywhere around marblehead shoreline all the way to huron pier...... try throwing rattle traps or any jointed cranks.. if you have a pick up or suv you could be very creative fishing out of a kayak