Hey guys I am going to Erie at the end of the month to fish a small club tourney with my 14 year son. I have fished the lake only once last year for the weekend and did ok. I fished the cribs and the W's and caught fish but not the right size. I was wondering if anyone knew of a few spots that I could check out when we get up there? We will be prefishing for two days before so I have a little time to run around. We will mainly be using drop shot. We are going out of presque isle bay. Any help would be greatly appreciated. You can PM me if you would like! Thanks again...Phil

the best and most constant fishing there I ever found was always inside the bay. usually the big schools of smallies move all around the bay but they are there. I always fish around rock piles and anything different on the bottom. and after 20 or so fish the big ones show up somewhere. I don't waste my time on the main lake anymore. had too many days of getting caught out there in the wind and had a good many days of inconstant fishing.

I always thought that the bigger smallies left the bay after the spawn? Thank you for the tip!

In my opinion the fish their are residential and never leave the bay. Though true giants like 6lbers are super rare in the bay. But I catch good numbers of 3 pounders there year round