Ive fished lake erie several times over the past few years, but towards the end of august im usually in hunting mode,

My plan this year is to come up and fish the 25-28 of this month.

Are the smallmouth up shallow and active at this time?

Usually not because the water is still too warm & they are still deep.

Thats not what i wanna hear, what time fo they start coming up shallow

They're kinda shallow by then Dwight. 25-30' is kinda shallow, right?

I was up there in late june and middle of july this year and was slammin 4-5 lb smallies in 6 or less fow, surely there will be good smallie fishing in the same area at the end of this month

I was up there in late june and middle of july this year and was slammin 4-5 lb smallies in 6 or less fow, surely there will be good smallie fishing in the same area at the end of this month

 

 

If you know the answer why ask the question?

Because i dont know the answer, ive never fished there that late in the year, i did however fish early april one year, and a 3 day trip we caught 4 fish.. im just trying to find out when they start moving up shallow there

I was up there in late june and middle of july this year and was slammin 4-5 lb smallies in 6 or less fow, surely there will be good smallie fishing in the same area at the end of this month

 

 

    In Mid-July 5 pound Lake Erie smallies in such skinny water is fairly unusual.

 

 That sounds like one heck of a magic spot. 

 

The spawn is done & over with by then & they generally don't even make beds that shallow there.

 

Why do you think they were up there ?

 

A-Jay

This has been an odd year. One day you catch 60 fish in 8', none over 3#. Go to the same spot the next day and catch a bunch of 4 and 5# fish.

If I told you how deep a buddy was catching them yesterday, some would call me crazy and some would say "I know where they were"!

z7master167 are you fishing the bay or the main lake?

Fishing in Erie out of the Buffalo area, and fishing it quite frequently, if you know where to go based on weather patterns, you can get 5-7lber's in 5 fow and down in 30-40 fow during that time frame you are looking to fish.

z7master167 are you fishing the bay or the main lake?

Both but i dont venture too far out in the mainlake. When i was catching them up there earlier in the year, i was catching them on 1.5 squarebills, we was probably catching 40-50 small mouth and probably 80-100 largemouth a day, i dont know why they were there, but that stretch is about a 1/2 mile and they were absolutely all over it, i just trolled up and down the bank all day

The smallie pattern in the bay in the spring is prespawn & spawn. Not much smallie action in the bay in the fall. You need to find them out in the lake.

Lol all speculations

Dwight message ----"So what suggestion does the disc jockey have to the man's question. To my knowledge you have never visited or fished this system in PA waters. You once suggested someone fish the rock piles in PIB. There are not any. All the rock structure is in the main lake. This is not Dale Hollo"

Step 1 quit speculating

2. It's not 1983 get your self a smart phone

3 download navionics invest the money it's worth it (even if u have a hds 10)

4. Find the rock pile u think don't exist

5. Quit thinking your educated guesses are facts

6. Be happy I brought u out your dippers

Here's a pic o obvious rock piles the don't exist in the bay lol just saying

LOL, I'm not sure I'm following you and it may just be the antagonist in me, but are you calling out Dwight Hottle?

LOL, I'm not sure I'm following you and it may just be the antagonist in me, but are you calling out Dwight Hottle?

 

 

I think he is trying but in a somewhat crude way.

Hey dwight are you fishing out of PA? And do you know the current water temp?

Hey dwight are you fishing out of PA? And do you know the current water temp?

 

 

Yes. Water is still at 72 degrees.

LOL, I'm not sure I'm following you and it may just be the antagonist in me, but are you calling out Dwight Hottle?

 

That is like calling out Michael Jordan concerning any basketball topic. 

Dwight message ----"So what suggestion does the disc jockey have to the man's question. To my knowledge you have never visited or fished this system in PA waters. You once suggested someone fish the rock piles in PIB. There are not any. All the rock structure is in the main lake. This is not Dale Hollo"

Step 1 quit speculating

2. It's not 1983 get your self a smart phone

3 download navionics invest the money it's worth it (even if u have a hds 10)

4. Find the rock pile u think don't exist

5. Quit thinking your educated guesses are facts

6. Be happy I brought u out your dippers

Here's a pic o obvious rock piles the don't exist in the bay lol just saying

 

 

LOL, I'm not sure I'm following you and it may just be the antagonist in me, but are you calling out Dwight Hottle?

 

 

That's a Classic ~  Should we frame this one ?

 

 So Dwight, I guess routinely catching 30 pound bags of brown bass gets you No Respect here At All.

 

Nice.

 

A-Jay

Dwight message ----"So what suggestion does the disc jockey have to the man's question. To my knowledge you have never visited or fished this system in PA waters. You once suggested someone fish the rock piles in PIB. There are not any. All the rock structure is in the main lake. This is not Dale Hollo"

Step 1 quit speculating

2. It's not 1983 get your self a smart phone

3 download navionics invest the money it's worth it (even if u have a hds 10)

4. Find the rock pile u think don't exist

5. Quit thinking your educated guesses are facts

6. Be happy I brought u out your dippers

Here's a pic o obvious rock piles the don't exist in the bay lol just saying

 

 

Since now I'm 100% sure you're calling him out....

 

Step 1 : Look at Dwight's smallie PB compared to yours (hell, look at his top 50 smallies compared to yours)

 

Step 2 : There is no step 2 when you lose at step 1

Pretty funny....Dwight, you're a class act, keep it up.

Since now I'm 100% sure you're calling him out....

 

Step 1 : Look at Dwight's smallie PB compared to yours (hell, look at his top 50 smallies compared to yours)

 

Step 2 : There is no step 2 when you lose at step 1

 

HAHAHAHA...this needs consideration for post of the year!!!