7-22-10 Fishing Report

   Fishing has been really good for this time of year. Many fish are still in the river with good catches coming on BBs deep in the river. Read the last article for bb use. The surprising fish this year is the catfish. Many shore anglers are hooking into these like never before. The river supports so many fish it’s nice to see a new species take off.




   A couple of years ago it was the shad that went crazy. Not many were caught by hook and line but the walleye gorged themselves on them. That was bad because in parts of the river the walleye bite stopped, they were all eating the shad. Some of the fish from that year actually tasted like shad, not to my liking. When the walleye go crazy no body notices because they’re so happy catching fish. If you remember the year that a lot of 13” and 14” fish were caught that was the start of some wonderful walleye years. Then there’s the silver scourge, silver bass. Two years ago I was jigging in the river late in the season when my depth finder jumped from the usual 27’ to 20’ and stayed there. I thought the depth finder had bit the dust but no it was a giant school of silvers. It felt like they were playing volleyball with my jig. Needless to say walleye fishing was done for that year.



   From all accounts people are catching fish everywhere. In the lake Lil’ Bill says bell bouy from 23’ to 27’, watch the state lines so you don’t go into Ohio. He’s really pushing the Kelly worms for bass. There’s a big bite from these fish closer to shore on Lake Erie. You just have to fight the weeds. There are many reports of muskies also, they’re making quite a comeback. Very fun to catch but the smell turns some people off. Hopefully I’ll get some huge sheephead soon so I can try a new recipe. Good luck fishing…



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