Kayak fishing erie

[SteelEyes]

Some other thoughts:

At least here in the Central Basin we have a good summer near shore Smallmouth fishery. Might be a good situation for using the kayak.
Another idea is using the kayak to fish around river mouths and up in the rivers during the steelhead runs.

[POPEYE]

The wave action is different in the ocean and Lake Michigan. Erie has a different type of wave and can get you in a jackpot in a heart beat . There are plenty of inland lakes around to fish for walleye . I know you didn't put out all that money with out researching this and your mind is made up . Be carefull and have a safe season .

[jon1962]

A safe area is all the wetlands behind sterling state park, just south of there which can be accessed by a channel between the detroit edison plant and sterling state park. Google map it and you can get a better idea of the area. This is Brest Bay area... but you are really not out in lake erie.

[slashbait]

Troll with kayak out of rocky river all the time. Run single rod with cranks down to gold coast. Get good numbers of eyes, smallmouth and huge sheephead witch turn the yak around! Also took kayak across on ferry to kellys on memorial weekend and did pretty good doing the same in north bay . Had to wate till saturday on that one till wind let up.I always wear life vest and bright clothing. Haveing a pare of those buda plastic fishing pliars really makes handleing those fish at the boat nice. You wont need net if you have those. Most boaters are cool when they see you. If i am unshure if they have seen me I raise my yellow blade paddle. My kayak is a 12 foot axis dagger. In bigger waves the drop skag on this yak staightens the boat for more controlled trolling. As far as speed I can pretty well tell by rod bend but I do carry hand held GPS witch also has Lake Map witch is great for following a depth line.