Lake Erie Bite 2024

[walleye hunter 101]

Any news out of Dunkirk to sturgeon point?

[Shorthanded]

Any walleye reports for NY water from Buffalo to Barcelona? Thanks in advance!

[Stillwater]

fyi... There was a really good report out of Dunkirk today on the LEU forum. 

[Gill-T]

Quick limits out of Barcelona this morning were reported. Worm burners. 

[Shorthanded]

Fished Catt … 2 mi west of port 85fow, thermocline at 65 ft,  can you say bait, bait, bait (smelt). Never left this depth, east-west troll 2-2.3mph. Storm deep Thunderstick Jrs and original Deep thundersticks, one 18lb ****head and Walter’s 18-24”

[walleye hunter 101]

How many did you manage? Taking the granddaughters out tomorrow and wondering if I should head pst Dunkirk or right in front of the catt.  Any info is greatly appreciated.

[Shorthanded]

1 hour ago, walleye hunter 101 said:

How many did you manage? Taking the granddaughters out tomorrow and wondering if I should head pst Dunkirk or right in front of the catt.  Any info is greatly appreciated.

Two man limit.  I like Hanover and Barcelona launches, personally. It was so calm today you could run anywhere you wanted. We had fish on the screen all day.

[TC108]

We fished out of Dunkirk Thursday and Friday. Two person limits both mornings. We fished straight out and in front of Purina. 65-80 ft. down over 80-95 feet of water. Most of the boats were fishing farther west. I try to stay away from the crowds. Our best lures were Warrior flutter spoons, Yaleye Moonshine Minnows and wormburners.

[walleye hunter 101]

Thanks for the info. I'll let you know how we do.

[Pequod1]

After a long three week break from Erie, I finally got back out of the Cat today.  Like everyone said, they are stacked from 85-95’

i went west to Dunkirk and found school after school of smelt. The eyes were in there eating heavily.  Harnesses on riggers set 66-70’, wire dipseys 150’ back setting 2 1/2 and lead out 9 and 10 colors..

Solid wall of fish out there. Get them while you can.

[walleye hunter 101]

Fished 77 feet starting on the Erie county line and headed west to the Purina plant . Two man limit by noon.  Sticks and harnesses.  10 color and riggers set at 68.  1.8-2.0 mph.  Bonus steelhead at the end.

[Pequod1]

Walleyes are still stacked over piles of smelt off the Cat.  Fish were 85-92 for us but I did see boats out further and assume they were doing well.  Most fish came on the riggers 63-66 down with harnesses. Also managed a few on wire dipseys set at 2 1/2 out 130-135. We did not bother with the lead line.

I did hear of some nice perch catches straight out too.

[tds840]

Anyone been out of the Catt. recently ?  

[dp]

Went out of Dunkirk today. Best screen in 70fow. Double limit by noon. Riggers n dipsys with stickbaits did the damage.

[Stillwater]

Went out of Catt today. 2 man limit. Started 11:30 finished at 6 pm. Harnesses in 70 to 80 fow. Very good screen all day.

[dp]

Went out of Dunkirk again with same results as yesterday, 2 man limit by noon on stickbaits. They wanted it little slower today and a few different colors. Same depth on the riggers 66 n 60 with dipsys firing too.

Interesting that yesterday they wanted it over 2.5mph and today from 2.2-2.3mph. Whatever they want...

[Gill-T]

Today we took a little inventory of the waters off the Catt to see where we are in the seasonal cycle. We hopped around and sampled five different bands of water. 
-Off the mouth - shoals 37’- 52’ have scattered resident walleye (eater size). 

-62-64’ - have schools of perch with eater sized walleye mixed in

-80’ + has remaining Ohio fish to play with. Bring your riggers, dipsys and longer junk lines

- 42’ slightly west of silver creek had some impressive schools of white perch if that is your thing. 
- 23’-36’ contours were devoid of walleye and bass west of port. 
 

fish tacos tonight 
 

[Stillwater]

Informative post. Thanks.

[Pequod1]

Yes. Very informative. I might add that in the last two  perch outings at the Cat I was marking what I thought were eyes but turned out to be big Cats. I landed three of them . One was 25+ lbs.  this was in 68’ straight out.

[Miss em]

Making our maiden voyage to Erie this Saturday.  Thanks for all the intel.  Hopefully we get a couple.

[TC108]

My wife and I fished out of Barcelona yesterday. We started at 9:00 and finished at 1:00 with a two person limit. We had 10 by 11:00 but struggled for the last 2. We also caught a couple of steehead. Spoons and wormburners worked the best. Sticks did not produce much for us.

[Miss em]

Our trip was a whopping success.  Went out of Barcelona.  3 man limit in 70 to 100 fow.  Everything we put in water took fish.  Stick baits, harnesses, spoons.  200 foot coppers did well and cheated spoons over the harnesses on the riggers.  You guys are lucky to have that fishery at your fingertips.  Amazing fishery.

[chowder]

Statistically speaking ( different from single anecdotal accounts) a lot of ‘western’ eyes have begun to move back towards their offseason migrational home base and away from NY waters. Presque Isle PA area (Walnut Creek launch) usually continues to produce good catches for us until mid to late September. 

[Gill-T]

Anyone know where a guy can find a source for limited edition bomber patterns like the one below called muscle car. 

[Gill-T]

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