Jimdski

With the warm Lake Erie water temperature the lake may not freeze over again. We have to move somewhere now.

After last years fiasco at the Sturgeon Point boat ramps the State needs to take over operation there. Yet nothing seems to be happening now. Will the woman Supervisor keep the men home painting and grass cutting again?

Perch are bottom feeders, they do not chase minnows much. They also feed on gobies and mayfly larva'. Shore fishing for perch begins now with 50 degree waters. You do not need to go out to 60 foot depths but 55 foot depths are where the shale bottom meets the mud bottom and the larva come out of the mud.

Kayak operators and canoe operators like stream access also.

We need a group for trailer boat operators in New York State. With all the boats, jet skis, sailboats using boat ramps an action group is needed on our lakes and rivers to make our governor and legislators aware of the economic influence and needs for improved waters access points. The marina docks seem to get their needs taken care of but boating trailer operators are forgotten. Please speak up!

A Kenmore Fish Market Store has Lake Erie Yellow Perch filets for $22.00 a pound now.

When you are gone you are reincarted into a seagull. Respect them.

The weight of a cool;er full of perch provides more meals than a limit of walleye.

Friday one boat off Evangola  set there from 7AM to past 4pm without moving. Another boat off Fox Point came in with 73 perch in 73 foot of water, all large perch.

One perch rod in your hand  out fishes three watched rods. This is due that the watched rods lose too much bait and you waste too much time reeling, rebaiting and resetting the other rods. Keep your pole in your hand and quickly set the hook as the fish has it in his mouth. Your catch numbers pile up faster.

As lake waters cool, the eastern basin will have the perch and walleyes move back. Fishing will resume to typical June fishing now and there will be no need to travel farther to the SW for good action.

With the lake surface water temperature drop to below 65 degrees, the walleyes will be nearer the surface. With plankton and bait now near the surface waters also due higher dissolved oxygen content of surface water due to wave actions, you will not see them on your sonar as your boat spooks them away. Side planers with lures on top along with jets to keep your lures higher on turns work now. Just because they do not show on your sonar screen, be aware the sonar signal is straight down below, not off to the side and on top of the water column.

Angola, NY

The best secret to catch perch is to have an emerald shiner minnow laying on the mud bottom. Perch will feed off a dead minnow before chasing a suspended minnow above the lake bottom. Always have a snelled hook tied  to the sinker and let the sinker rest on the bottom. Occasionally lift the line and be aware although no bite has been felt, the extra weight indicates a perch can be hanging on.

Fishing the Allegany River and Kinzua Dam areas should be determined to the high rainfalls especially in Pennsylvania due to muddy waters.

Starting from Point Breeze yesterday with my son and nephew aboard, we stopped several times after spotting small hooks on the bottom with our sonar resulting ln occasional perch,  with a call from a neighbor, we went off Silver Creek  70 foot of water. Several boats out there were pulling a few perch out and we let out our anchor with 200 foot of scope. Suddenly about 11:30 AM, the bite turned on. With a bluebird sky and high sunlight the perch schools were moving to deeper water tp avoid the sun. Continuous catched of larger 12 to almost 15 inch perch were taken to about 3:30 PM, Things slowed down then and we pulled the anchor about 4:00 PM, The caych was 93 jumbo perch with 70 perch between 12 and 15 inches.  Small emerald shiner minnows obtained frpm  Ferry Street Bait store woked best, The noon hour tips were important,

God article, you got it. The eastern basin is only affected off Dunkirk and Barcelona deeper waters.

23 hours ago, ciscokid said:

JIMDSKI YOU ARE QUITE CORRECT THERE IS A DEAD ZONE IN LAKE ERIE IT OCCURS MOSTLY IN THE CENTRAL BASIN BECAUSE OF THE IDEAL WATER DEPTH. THE WESTERN BASIN IS TO SHALLOW THE EASTERN BASIN  IS TO DEEP. READ THE LINK BELOW IT'S AN EXCELLENT ARTICLE TITLED "WHAT THE HECK IS LAKE ERIE'S DEAD ZONE?" THE SPARROW AND I DID SEE SOME SORT OF BAIT FISH ON THE BOTTOM SO I DON'T BELIEVE A DEAD ZONE EXISTED OR WAS THE ISSUE. THX FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION IT MADE ME RESEARCH THE DEAD ZONE. I BET IT DOES INFLUENCE THE MOVEMENT OF WALLEYES WEST TO EAST. 

http://www.rockthelake.com/buzz/2017/11/heck-lake-eries-dead-zone/

 

A "dead zone" has been documented for years now as organic materials decay on the deeper waters and consume oxygen from the waters,

The coldest bottom waters can be oxygen deficient due to decay of planktons and  other organic substances.That is why fish stack up off the bottom waters.

NE winds change the thermocline levels. When you have them stay home and cut the grass or do some painting.

The fisherman who claimed the fish was caught at a smaller lake was checked earlier in the day fishing in the reservoir by Seneca Conservation officer.

A lot of muddy water from higher rainfalls lately,

Kinzua walleye are Ohio River strain fish which grow larger than Great Lakes strain walleyes. That is why the New York State walleye record walleyes are from. The Ontario record walleye was caught in Thompson's Hole of the Niagara River by a shore fisherman. It was over 22 pounds and the catch was monitored by many observers. this was over eighty years ago though.

Point Breeze RV Resort. Two bedroom mobile home, 18 foot Polar Craft boat/ 115 HP Yamaha, golf cart, private boat ramp on site, nearby golf, Casino, 30 minutes west of Buffalo. $47,000. Call Bob, 716-807-9831. Great Walleye, Perch and Bass Fishing. Between the Cattaraugus Creek and Sturgeon Point Marina. Swimming Pool and Recreation Hall.