Weekly Ohio fishing report
Weekly Ohio fishing report
COLUMBUS — The weekly fishing report provided by the Division of Wildlife of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
NORTHEAST OHIO
Long Lake (Summit County) — Largemouth bass fishing has proven to be excellent. With shad densities high in the summer largemouths focus on these prevalent prey items. Anglers should try to imitate a dying shad in distress. Look for largemouth bass feeding on the surface and throw an unweighted, soft jerk bait where the bass are feeding. The best times are dusk and dawn when bass typically feed. Channel catfishing is excellent also. Please observe the 400 horsepower limit.
Little Beaver Creek (Columbiana County) — Once water levels return to normal, anglers should focus on deeper pools and runs where smallies typically hang out. Traditional baits include soft craws, poppers, and crank baits, but anglers can also try using shad-type baits since there is an abnormally high number of gizzard shad in the creek this year.
LAKE ERIE
Western Basin — The best walleye fishing has been from North Bass Island to “G” can on the Canadian border, and around Gull Island Shoal. Fish have been caught by casting worm harnesses or weight forward spinners, and trollers have had success with spoons on jet divers or dipsys.
The best yellow perch fishing has been around Niagara Reef, Green Island, off of the airport reef on the east side of Kelleys Island, and southeast of Kelleys Island. Perch spreaders with shiners fished near the bottom produce the most fish that have averaged around 8 inches with a few up to 10 and 11 inches.
Central Basin — Walleye fishing has been very good on the south end of the sandbar between Vermilion and Lorain, northeast of Ashtabula in 65 to 72 feet, and north-northwest of Conneaut in 63 to 72 feet. Anglers are trolling dipsy divers and down riggers with spoons and stick baits ranging in black/purple, gold, silver/silver, superman, wonder bread, antifreeze and chartreuse. Trolling worm harnesses (same colors) have also been successful.
Steelhead are being caught from Geneva to Conneaut in 65 to 72 feet. Anglers are catching steelhead on red/white, black/purple, chartreuse, and silver/blue spoons while trolling for walleye.
Yellow perch fishing has been good three miles north of Edgewater State Park in 43 to 51 feet, three miles north of Eastlake in 47 feet, three to five miles northwest of Fairport Harbor in 48 to 55 feet, and five to six miles north-northeast of Conneaut in 48 to 65 feet. Perch spreaders with shiners or worm harnesses fished near the bottom produce the most fish.
Smallmouth bass fishing has been excellent in harbor areas, and in 20 to 25 feet along the shoreline in Conneaut, Ashtabula, Geneva and Fairport Harbor. Fish were caught on goby- colored tube jigs, crank baits, and jigs tipped with minnows, night crawlers, or leeches.
White bass are being caught by anglers trolling for walleye. Shore anglers are catching white bass at the Lorain Ore Dock, Eastlake CEI pier, Fairport Harbor pier, and Conneaut breakwall; early mornings and evenings have been the best. Anglers are using agitators and small yellow or white jigs or small spinners.
The Lake Erie surface temperature is 70 degrees off of Toledo and 73 degrees off of Cleveland.
OHIO RIVER
Greenup Dam (Scioto County) — Angler success for hybrid striped bass as well as white bass has been fair; most anglers have been fishing the concrete walkway on the Ohio side of the dam. For hybrid stripers, try skipjack, both live and cut as well as white three and a half inch twister tails on a jig. Anglers are having success fishing on the bottom at night for catfish using cut baits and chicken livers.
Gallia County — Fish for catfish in deep, slow pools using cut bait or chicken livers. Hybrid striped bass have been caught at the K.H. Butler Ramp in the early mornings using any minnow-type diving lures or live baits fished along the bottom.
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