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Lake Erie HOT to go
2007-03-16 07:23:19
Lake Erie, Ohio - Freshwater Fishing Report
Lake Erie Western Basin
Lake Erie's Western Basin is mostly ice free and millions of pre-spawn walleyes are crowding in for the annual a spawning run to the reef complex near the Davis Besse Power Plant area.
Walleyes are showing up in the Maumee River and a few hardy souls have slid small boats over the shore ice to jig up limits of active eyes.
Marinas are working to install docks and open the channels to the lake. We are scrambling to launch the boats for the season and make sure the tackle is set to go.
Fish seem to be poised around the reefs in slightly deeper water and will quickly be moving into shallow water areas.
The jig and blade bit will heat up over the next few weeks and the hog females will move through the area.Hair jigs and blade baits are usually the hot bait on and near the reefs with trollers working the deeper water areas with a variety of stick baits run in the upper levels of the water column.
Fish Species: walleye, perch, smallmouth bass
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About The Author: Captain Bob Hesse
Company: Rod Bender Charters
Area Reporting: Lake Erie Western Basin
Bio: I have fished Lake Erie since the 50s and started running charters for walleye, perch and smallmouth bass when I formed Rod Bender Charters in 1999. Come join me, Captain Bob Hesse, aboard Rod Bender for an absolutely awesome angling adventure charter fishing for walleye on Lake Erie, the world's premier walleye lake. We are a AAA charter service that specializes in drift fishing, but we will blade, jig, drift or troll, whatever the lake conditions dictate. Call us for a walleye, perch, smallmouth bass charter experience of a lifetime on the walleye capital of the world -- Lake Erie.
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