Lake Erie In The Fall 2024
z7master167 reply :
Ive fished lake erie several times over the past few years, but towards the end of august im usually in hunting mode,
My plan this year is to come up and fish the 25-28 of this month.
Are the smallmouth up shallow and active at this time?
Dwight Hottle reply :
Usually not because the water is still too warm & they are still deep.
z7master167 reply :
Thats not what i wanna hear, what time fo they start coming up shallow
S Hovanec reply :
They're kinda shallow by then Dwight. 25-30' is kinda shallow, right?
z7master167 reply :
I was up there in late june and middle of july this year and was slammin 4-5 lb smallies in 6 or less fow, surely there will be good smallie fishing in the same area at the end of this month
Dwight Hottle reply :
On 9/9/2014 at 2:54 AM, z7master167 said:I was up there in late june and middle of july this year and was slammin 4-5 lb smallies in 6 or less fow, surely there will be good smallie fishing in the same area at the end of this month
If you know the answer why ask the question?
z7master167 reply :
Because i dont know the answer, ive never fished there that late in the year, i did however fish early april one year, and a 3 day trip we caught 4 fish.. im just trying to find out when they start moving up shallow there
A-Jay reply :
On 9/9/2014 at 2:54 AM, z7master167 said:I was up there in late june and middle of july this year and was slammin 4-5 lb smallies in 6 or less fow, surely there will be good smallie fishing in the same area at the end of this month
In Mid-July 5 pound Lake Erie smallies in such skinny water is fairly unusual.
That sounds like one heck of a magic spot.
The spawn is done & over with by then & they generally don't even make beds that shallow there.
Why do you think they were up there ?
A-Jay
S Hovanec reply :
This has been an odd year. One day you catch 60 fish in 8', none over 3#. Go to the same spot the next day and catch a bunch of 4 and 5# fish.
S Hovanec reply :
If I told you how deep a buddy was catching them yesterday, some would call me crazy and some would say "I know where they were"!
Dwight Hottle reply :
z7master167 are you fishing the bay or the main lake?
bradc36 reply :
Fishing in Erie out of the Buffalo area, and fishing it quite frequently, if you know where to go based on weather patterns, you can get 5-7lber's in 5 fow and down in 30-40 fow during that time frame you are looking to fish.
z7master167 reply :
On 9/9/2014 at 3:15 AM, Dwight Hottle said:z7master167 are you fishing the bay or the main lake?
Both but i dont venture too far out in the mainlake. When i was catching them up there earlier in the year, i was catching them on 1.5 squarebills, we was probably catching 40-50 small mouth and probably 80-100 largemouth a day, i dont know why they were there, but that stretch is about a 1/2 mile and they were absolutely all over it, i just trolled up and down the bank all day
Dwight Hottle reply :
The smallie pattern in the bay in the spring is prespawn & spawn. Not much smallie action in the bay in the fall. You need to find them out in the lake.
tytay89 reply :
Lol all speculations
tytay89 reply :
Dwight message ----"So what suggestion does the disc jockey have to the man's question. To my knowledge you have never visited or fished this system in PA waters. You once suggested someone fish the rock piles in PIB. There are not any. All the rock structure is in the main lake. This is not Dale Hollo"
Step 1 quit speculating
2. It's not 1983 get your self a smart phone
3 download navionics invest the money it's worth it (even if u have a hds 10)
4. Find the rock pile u think don't exist
5. Quit thinking your educated guesses are facts
6. Be happy I brought u out your dippers
Here's a pic o obvious rock piles the don't exist in the bay lol just saying
SPEEDBEAD. reply :
LOL, I'm not sure I'm following you and it may just be the antagonist in me, but are you calling out Dwight Hottle?
Dwight Hottle reply :
On 9/10/2014 at 1:41 AM, SPEEDBEAD. said:LOL, I'm not sure I'm following you and it may just be the antagonist in me, but are you calling out Dwight Hottle?
I think he is trying but in a somewhat crude way.
z7master167 reply :
Hey dwight are you fishing out of PA? And do you know the current water temp?
Dwight Hottle reply :
On 9/13/2014 at 12:24 AM, z7master167 said:Hey dwight are you fishing out of PA? And do you know the current water temp?
Yes. Water is still at 72 degrees.
Lucky Craft Man reply :
On 9/10/2014 at 1:41 AM, SPEEDBEAD. said:LOL, I'm not sure I'm following you and it may just be the antagonist in me, but are you calling out Dwight Hottle?
That is like calling out Michael Jordan concerning any basketball topic.
A-Jay reply :
On 9/10/2014 at 1:38 AM, tytay89 said:Dwight message ----"So what suggestion does the disc jockey have to the man's question. To my knowledge you have never visited or fished this system in PA waters. You once suggested someone fish the rock piles in PIB. There are not any. All the rock structure is in the main lake. This is not Dale Hollo"
Step 1 quit speculating
2. It's not 1983 get your self a smart phone
3 download navionics invest the money it's worth it (even if u have a hds 10)
4. Find the rock pile u think don't exist
5. Quit thinking your educated guesses are facts
6. Be happy I brought u out your dippers
Here's a pic o obvious rock piles the don't exist in the bay lol just saying
On 9/10/2014 at 1:41 AM, SPEEDBEAD. said:LOL, I'm not sure I'm following you and it may just be the antagonist in me, but are you calling out Dwight Hottle?
That's a Classic ~ Should we frame this one ?
So Dwight, I guess routinely catching 30 pound bags of brown bass gets you No Respect here At All.
Nice.
A-Jay
SPEEDBEAD. reply :
On 9/10/2014 at 1:38 AM, tytay89 said:Dwight message ----"So what suggestion does the disc jockey have to the man's question. To my knowledge you have never visited or fished this system in PA waters. You once suggested someone fish the rock piles in PIB. There are not any. All the rock structure is in the main lake. This is not Dale Hollo"
Step 1 quit speculating
2. It's not 1983 get your self a smart phone
3 download navionics invest the money it's worth it (even if u have a hds 10)
4. Find the rock pile u think don't exist
5. Quit thinking your educated guesses are facts
6. Be happy I brought u out your dippers
Here's a pic o obvious rock piles the don't exist in the bay lol just saying
Since now I'm 100% sure you're calling him out....
Step 1 : Look at Dwight's smallie PB compared to yours (hell, look at his top 50 smallies compared to yours)
Step 2 : There is no step 2 when you lose at step 1
J Francho reply :
Pretty funny....Dwight, you're a class act, keep it up. 
Lucky Craft Man reply :
On 9/13/2014 at 4:14 AM, SPEEDBEAD. said:Since now I'm 100% sure you're calling him out....
Step 1 : Look at Dwight's smallie PB compared to yours (hell, look at his top 50 smallies compared to yours)
Step 2 : There is no step 2 when you lose at step 1
HAHAHAHA...this needs consideration for post of the year!!!
tytay89 reply :
Lol He called me out but it looks like he deleted the thread ... y'all are hilarious! I just had to back my self with some quality facts. (Rock piles that exist)..
S Hovanec reply :
Just cause they're on your smart phone app doesn't mean they're there. There's stuff on my both my Navionics chip and MapSource program that isn't actually on the lake.
SPEEDBEAD. reply :
On 9/13/2014 at 6:08 AM, tytay89 said:Lol He called me out but it looks like he deleted the thread ... y'all are hilarious! I just had to back my self with some quality facts. (Rock piles that exist)..
Bud, you can tell me there are piles of gold on your Navionics chip and I won't go searching for them. Dwight could tell me there are purple 15lb smallmouth on the moon and I'd be trying to book a flight.
When it comes to smallmouth around here, if you want to BE the man you gotta BEAT the man. Wooooooooo!
isaiahjwimbley reply :
Do any of you guys fish near huron? Or bass islands?
Lucky Craft Man reply :
On 9/15/2014 at 8:06 PM, SPEEDBEAD. said:Bud, you can tell me there are piles of gold on your Navionics chip and I won't go searching for them. Dwight could tell me there are purple 15lb smallmouth on the moon and I'd be trying to book a flight.
When it comes to smallmouth around here, if you want to BE the man you gotta BEAT the man. Wooooooooo!
Alright, I am convinced that SPEEDBEAD needs his own Topic. It can be simply called "SPEEDBEAD Speaks" and instead of a sponcer logo to the right, there would be a head shot of SPEEDBEAD with his beard in full effect. Glenn, what do you think?
Jolly Green reply :
On 9/15/2014 at 8:06 PM, SPEEDBEAD. said:Dwight could tell me there are purple 15lb smallmouth on the moon and I'd be trying to book a flight.
He must be keeping that spot to himself.
GANGGREEN reply :
I got a chuckle out of this thread too. I will try to bring the topic back to fall smallies on Lake Erie and suggest that I was out on Sunday afternoon and water temps were 68-69 (Pennsylvania waters) so they're falling and things will be changing.
z7master167 reply :
Did u do any good ganggreen
z7master167 reply :
Leaving the day after tomorrow, somebody tell me some good news
z7master167 reply :
Well we cqught probably 100 smallies over the past 3 days the average was around 3.5 lb probably, most of them came on tubes..
A-Jay reply :
On 9/28/2014 at 11:37 PM, z7master167 said:Well we cqught probably 100 smallies over the past 3 days the average was around 3.5 lb probably, most of them came on tubes..
Nice Job ~ Congrats.
Two question if you don't mind;
At what depth were the bigger fish coming from & what was the surface water temps during your best bites?
Thanks in advance
A-Jay
z7master167 reply :
Bigger ones was coming in 11 fow during the middle of the day, when surface temps were around 65, they were biting on wind blown pointsOn 9/29/2014 at 12:09 AM, A-Jay said:Nice Job ~ Congrats.
Two question if you don't mind;
At what depth were the bigger fish coming from & what was the surface water temps during your best bites?
Thanks in advance
A-Jay
A-Jay reply :
On 9/29/2014 at 12:15 AM, z7master167 said:Bigger ones was coming in 11 fow during the middle of the day, when surface temps were around 65, they were biting on wind blown points
Good to Know -
Hoping to get down there in the next couple of weeks.
Waiting for the water temps to drop a bit more.
The ones we're looking for routinely come from cooler water.
Thanks again.
A-Jay
z7master167 reply :
My dad kept a few bass to eat, 3 had eggs in them?? Anybody know why?
Dwight Hottle reply :
Some fish hold their eggs & eventually they get reabsorbed. Normal occurance.
Rangerphil reply :
All I will say is Dwight, A-jay and speed bead have always been very helpful and repectful to myself and everyone on here! Quick thought though, I can't believe how warm the water is still! Went to my local lake and it was still 68-70! Thought the water would be cooler by now! I am thinking about going up to Erie at the end of October but we will see!
ChrisAW reply :
I have a question pertaining to this topic a bit as well.
Tuesday, we have a small tournament going on, kind of a for fun thing, but theres still a $240 pot up for grabs so I will take any advice I can. I have a general idea of what kind of lures I will be fishing already. Main question I have, is that this is kind of a Border War tournament MI vs. Ohio, and us Michigan anglers have very little water available to us.
Have they been moving up more shallow by now? Or because there is not much water deeper than 20ft for MI waters, would it be a good idea to get an Ohio license to take advantage of more water?
Dwight Hottle reply :
I have been catching them from 35 to 15. They are just starting to move based on my experience. Since you are so shallow your water will be cooling a little quicker between now & Tuesday. The license thing with more water would be your call based on your experience. Are canadian waters an option?
ChrisAW reply :
Its all open if we want to buy the licenses, some will some wont. If its worth it I would probably get it, but I would have to discuss it with my boater as well.
Is fishing still usually pretty decent in Michigan waters? Im not expecting 25lb bags but if even 15 is unlikely I would probably try to get out MI waters.
z7master167 reply :
I caught 5 4lb smallies in 5 consecutive casts, on tubes in 11 fow
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