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.