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Sport fishing regulations in New York outlaw the sale of walleyes. Perch may be sold and hook and line methods along with a trap net license that may be obtained. The bigger problem is finding a local processor to handle the perch.

Last years dredge project was completed by apprentice operating engineers union . Union Concrete-donated the equipment . For a year with no
Ice on the lake and the walleye season open for two weeks it was frustrating for boaters here in the Southtown area. The town should give the marina to the County or State Parks for operation. They received all our registration fees and sales taxes that they used nothing here. Think how much sales and fuel taxes that disappeared. The money for the operation is stolen from the boating community.


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The sand is a valuable product for construction jobs. After all the Pyramids were built on sand.

Check out "TCS Outdoors" web site for videos of last winters walleye fishing in Lake Erie, Ohio waters. You will see hours of TV shows of a couple "Good Ole Boys" catching limits of walleyes.

Last year Lake Erie remained ice free and conditions appear to be similar this year. A You Tube Video showed fishermen from West Virginia taking walleye all winter long. Fishing out of Huron, Ohio every weekend all winter long they took a lot of large walleye regularly with stickbait plugs and side planers . Will we be be able to start a similar  year?

YouTube Huron, Ohio winter walleye fishing

Search out "Buffalo Perch Killer You Tube"for videos of shore fishing. Streaming TV on You Tube  provides thousands of local fishing stories. A ROKU enabled TV is best or just your computer searchong on Google for "You Tube", there you go.

50 mph winds here this weekend. Shoreline residents be aware.

Jim Stedke 2020 Walleye Seminar

"Jim Stedke Walleye seminar 2020". search this out, 20 pages of the latest developements for Lake Erie.

If you can not find a charter here on your time off, try shorefishing in either the upper and lower river. Walleyes, Brown Trout, Lake Trout and Rainbows are taken all fall and winter times. Dozens of videoes are available on You Tube showing where and how to get you out of the house, all within a short drive from home.

Google up "You Tube" and you will find hundreds of local fishing opportunitiy shows that you do not have a clue "how , where, and the methods you need to find world class fishing here in Lakes Erie and Ontario with upper and lower Niagara River methods.Oak Orchard River  has methods and 18 pound Brown Trout there. All this is within a couple hour drive from your home. Being restricted with the Pandemic home captured, your computer  and wi fi will pen up a new world for you sitting in your soft chair. Winter is a long season so avoid the network TV junk and watch what you desire.

Shoreline fishing in the gorge can be as effective . Check out "you Tube" sites for information and methods.

Search out Port Clinton and Ohio boat Ramps. New York State should be ashamed as to how deficient we are here. Late summer fishing in the western basin is poor with the higher water temperatures.

The State of Ohio spent a lot of money for the ramps at Port Clinton.

The Hamburg Sun newspaper reported the Evans Town Supervisor in her proposed 2021 budget had funding for dredging the The Sturgeon Point Marina. Perhaps they realized the loss of funding from marina users and travel costs for resident's travel to access the lake in their town is worth the maintenance costs.

Hamburg Sun news reported that the town budget has money in the proposed budget for 2021 for dredging the Marina.

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The Black Rock Lock Lake water level reports that the water rose up six feet by 11:00 PM Sunday night, That is not indicating wave heights caused by the high winds.

The water temperature is around 50 degrees F. now. Walleyes suspend near the surface now. Your boat spooks them away so your screen is empty. Use side planers to reach away from your boat. Deep diving plugs, jet planers will keep your lures up and not sink too deep with harnesses. Anything in the top 24 foot of the surface is where they feed on bait near the surface.


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Search out "Google You Tube" for November New York Brown Trout stream spawning run fishing stories. Not just rainbow trout but browns up to 18 pounds are taken here.

A flat based sinker jig that stands up on the bottom with a small 4 inch worm standing up. Generally used with a medium spinning rod with ten pound test braid and a mono leader. Check out the drop shot knot on the internet.

For bass the nerd rig that imitates a gobie and a drop shot are the most productive lately.


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There is a bypass road over the track at Hanford Bay road, next road west.


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The calm water from storms dumps the sediment to the bottom at the marina. That is the problem except the management fails to prepare for the shoaling on the entrance. An extension  marina to a deeper water exit could solve the problem but this will never happen. Look on Google Earth for the Crystal Beach Marina in Ontario to see how it works.

The Town unfortunately is unable to operate the marina and the operation should go to the State Parks or County Parks. They receive the sales taxes and registration fees that the boating industry generates and are responsible for the neglect our boating public has to endure. Driving from Buffalo to Chautauqua County for access to Lake Erie fishing is a terrible expense and a waste of travel time. Come on now, wake up and contact your legislators for better access here in Erie County. Last year Sturgeon Point was shut down till June 20th with no ice on Lake Erie all winter. We must thank the Operating Engineers apprentice training program and Union Concrete equipment for bailing us out for a few months but next year here we go again.

Your GPS Chart may have a Lake Erie Chart that did not pay for the Canadian fee to print it on your chart.