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Right outside the bay. there is a rocky shoreline east of the east street launch. aka the stacks jerkbaits.

caught a nice sheepshead on a bungeehawg monday on the allegheny pool 4

Spitn image is a good choice too.

Early spring Id watch your graph in the 25 to 35 fow. then drop your shiny friends. you can always check in shallower as the day goes on.

LOL cold and rainy....for a long time. but thats what the rain gear is for. thank god for the BPS 100mph Gear worth every penny.

It really flares up my tendonitis.

I thought it was another wiper,but he was hugging the bottom pretty good.

This week we ended up at Moraine State Park fishing Lake Arthur. Took a while to figure them out,but finally managed a few dinks on cranks. I did land this cat on a silver buddy.

Great start Dwight!! I cant wait to put my shiney friends into action. The fall bite on Erie is my favorite time, I can just hope we get a few good wind days cause its pretty much if you can get on the water, the smallies are waiting and very willing. Last fall the last trip we made was November 30th and It was cold, raining and very windy. We got out there and It was borderline unfishable. I caught like 25 in less than a hour fishing time. After that we came to our senses and made the run into east street. If you want to simulate the ride on lake Erie in the spring or fall, sit in you boat, in your driveway, and have someone throw buckets if ice water in your face. ( that of course dosent simulate the bend in the rod those brown fish give ya) but it will save you some gas money. see ya on the lake........

We saw some carp hanging around the shallows as we were trolling and casting. When my line starting taking off like I hooked a tarpon, I figured I had a carp. When I first got a glance at it, I thought that it didnt look like a carp. the water was stained and alI we could see was the black back of the fish. My partner says, "that a huge striper not a carp". When we got it in the net, we both were laughing hard at how huge it was. We knew they were in the lake and caught them here and there, but they were like two to three pounds.

12.5 pounds. thanks for the replies.

This bad boy ate my crawfish crank.

tubes are always a good choice. here are a few others to try. 1/8th ounce cavatron buzzbaits with trailer hook installed white skirt or white and chart. white 3.5 inch flukes texas rigged or scrounger head smaller spooks or a spitin image topwater poppers small jigs like a bitsy bug with a craw or fluke trailer bomber craw cranks or white or shad colored drop shot robo worm or those berkley minnows these are proven baits in my book. good luck and let us know how you do. e

Thanks for all the comments, My partner landed a muskie bigger than that the day before, on a small crank. He also had two more on that came unbuttoned. Now if we were trying to target them we probaly would of got skunked. We caught a mixed bag of smallies and largies but the cold and wind made it tough going. The lake was loaded with all types of weeds,pads and docks galore. Just somthing different to fish untill its Heavy Metal time on Erie.

My first time at this lake. We were pretty limited to fishing places out of the wind. We did run down to the south end of the lake with the south wind and rain, needless to say the ride back was like being pressure washed. I will be back.