Lake Erie Western Basin

[Fishing Report]

Walleye fishing continues to be excellent with many limits being caught. Fishing has been best around West Sister Island, “D†can of the Camp Perry firing range, NW of the Catawba State Park ramp, Gull Island Shoal, American Eagle Shoal SW of Kelleys Island, and E of Kelleys Island. Drifters are using mayfly rigs or worm harnesses with bottom bouncers, while trollers are using worm harnesses with inline weights or bottom bouncers and jet or dipsy divers with spoons.

The best yellow perch fishing in the western basin has been around the Toledo water intake, Lucy’s point of Middle Bass Island, and Gull Island Shoal. Perch spreaders with shiners fished near the bottom produce the most fish.