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  11. Thermolcline and Eyes.

    in Open Lake Discussion

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    There are upwelling conditions where an off shore wind blows all the warm water away and cold bottom waters reach the surface. Some below thermocline waters become dissolved oxygen scarce as decay of organisms consume the oxygen. White capping wave action adds oxygen to warm surface waters as below thermocline waters become dead zones from the decaying organisms and a lack of surface activity is blocked by the thermocline barrier. You may expect to find fish devoid areas after the season extends and the mixture is surface water declines.

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  12. Thermolcline and Eyes.

    in Open Lake Discussion

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    Southwest winds stack warm water to the eastern end of the lake in the summer. Ohio is south of Pennsylvania and the warm air and sun conditions create a lot of warm surface water there and the SW wind blows it to NY waters. It piles up here all the way to the bottom of the lake. Sturgeon Point to Point Abino is nine miles across and the sixty mile breadth of PA and OH has a lot of warmer surface water that moves to NY where it piles up to the bottom especially east of Sturgeon Point. After July first the colder bottom water is found some years all the way west of Silver Creek. This cold water attracts the cold water seeking smelt, emerald shiners and forage for the walleye, trout and perch. Usually it is found around sixty to seventy foot depths and the fishing is fantastic out there from mid July to mid August.

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  21. Catt Perch Slow Today

    in Lake Erie Fishing Reports

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    Water temperature determines where the perch are. Sometimes they are near the surface and your boat spooks them away as your sonar does not pick them up. When the water temperature hits the mid fifties, they will be back down on the bottom. The gill nets harvest size specific perch and are regulated to limit over fishing yet keeping the perch population under safe limits. Too many times perch will be stunted down as in inland lakes as the forage base will be limited.The large perch we catch today are the result of proper harvest management. When New York state outlawed the gill nets the walleyes and perch were in good shape but by the year 2000 we could not catch a daily limit of walleyes. The failure to harvest enough perch at that time caused a collapse in the system. Today we have a lot of angler pressure on the perch populations and have a good population of larger sized perch and plenty of walleyes. My biggest fear is some do gooders will try to set lower catch limits thinking we will be better off. Lake Erie is a huge lake accessible for a limited time frame to small boat anglers. Then we will be back to the 1990's when our fishery collapsed.

  22. New Fishing Report for Perch

    in Lake Erie Fishing Reports

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    Yellow perch can be taken any time you can locate them. Under the ice, near shore at spawning time, 42 to 48 degree water temperature, after spawning in deeper water to 78 degree surface water temperature, where they are in 65 to 70 foot of water. When the water cools to 65 degrees they are returning to shallow water again.

    Emerald shiners are the preferred bait and the bottom is where you will find them. Before stopping your boat, find them on your fishfinder. If you see a group of boats, anchor near the boats that are catching perch, not near the guys doing nothing.

    The Niagara River below the Black Rock Lock in the slow current is good for shore fishing for them in the spring.

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