October 2009 Western Lake Erie Fishing Reports

Walleye_Rick · #1 10-12-2009, 11:28 AM

Post OCTOBER 2009 WESTERN LAKE ERIE (Far Western Lake Erie, Reefs, Bass Islands, Sandusky Bay etc.) fishing reports here. Be sure to include fishing location, time of day , lake conditions, Depth, depth that fish were caught and of course what you caught. GOOD Fishing to all in 2009!!

jiginitis69 · #2 10-14-2009, 11:26 PM

The perch bite has been excellent. the weather? Well? Less than cooperative. NE winds the next few days will stir it up. If ya get a chance don't wonder whether you;ll catch em or not, You will.

Good Luck and Good Fishing

powrguy · #3 10-16-2009, 04:39 PM

Those are some real nice lookin' perch. Many guys claim limiting out, but their fish cleaning requires sacrificing your fingers when they're that small. Yours are GREAT !

NICE JOB !

jiginitis69 · #4 10-16-2009, 11:25 PM

Bolles Harbor for some reason has cleaner water that out of Luna Pier. I think the current comes down from the detroit river through there. We are only going out to 16 FOW. We dont keep anything under 8 1/2". If ya get a chance (weather permitting) ya might wanna trailer over there. The limit is 50 a man/person/child(ahahahahah). Bring something to entertain them. The weather will clear and lower units can handle overnight cold. It's worth the trip.

Again, Thanks

Good Luck and Good Fishing.

I am pulling my 77 33' Bertram out tomorrow. I fish a 20' CC Aquasport w/ 200 Johnson w/ 15 HP Mercury tiller. Hail Jiginitis on 69

rscotfish · #5 10-17-2009, 10:47 PM

pulled my 27 ft but going on buddys 22 ft thompson

jiginitis69 · #6 10-18-2009, 09:53 PM

The bite was off today. We picked up 51 between 3 of us and we had to work. Softest bite of the year and cheater poles did'nt do a thing. They were there but would'nt bite. We only had 5 throw backs so the size was decent but it was too much work. Supposed to WNW winds bit they were wrong again. We had e/se winds and the lake was flat. Alittle chop started to build around 1:00 but did'nt change the fishes attitude. Just an honest report.

FYI the water cleaner in shallow vs. deeper. Exceptional clean water out 12 fow. Stained in 16 fow

Rusty · #7 10-19-2009, 04:03 PM

Started our day at the Marblehead Lighthouse, then on to the Airport, then on to Gull, then to the Stone Dock. Now I'm no expert, but my last 3 perch trips ended in limits with the last one having fairly decent size too (most over 8, 5 over 10, one 12, good bit of sorting too though). We fished 5 hours yesterday and NEVER GOT A BITE. 3 guys on the boat we didn't use a dozen minnies. No matter where I went we had muddy, very muddy water. Bummer of a day but hey we were fishin and the day actually was pretty nice. Did anyone have luck anywhere around Kelly's? Lemme have it I aint proud....

rsfrail · #8 10-21-2009, 02:14 PM

Rusty
Last trip for me was like that (10-10-09) $100 fuel, 5 dozen minnies, 5 hrs of fishing/ 2 anchor moves and actually had to check lines to make sure bait was still on. Actually re-baited about 6-8times and 1 perch at 3.5 hrs into it. Actually released it after 45 minutes of nothing else, and it swam off. Used the can of corn trick - brought 1 sheep and 3 w bass. See your from Johnstown, how often do you head up to lake? - Going to head up this weekend, always looking for back-up people to make it worth while.

rsfrail · #9 11-01-2009, 09:48 AM

Hey Russ, got your message but had a problem replying. Send me a hit on rsfrail@hotmail.com and I can contact you. I fish out of Bass Haven(E Harbor)

jiginitis69 · #10 11-02-2009, 08:43 PM

Sunday was a slow day. 3 of us caught 68. Size was variable. We did get lucky and catch a couple dandies. Biggest was 13" and 4-12". The rest were just normal perch. Today was horrible. I caught 5 gobies and a few perch. Marked allot of fish but they were tight lipped. This weekend should be prime time.