August 9, 2018

Lake Erie: Yellow perch were caught out of Bolles Harbor in 16 feet and near the E-Buoy and the Dumping Grounds in 22 to 24 feet on spreader rigs with green spinners and crappie rigs with orange and chartreuse.  A few limit catches were taken along the Dumping Grounds and the E-Buoy with orange or chartreuse spoons with deep divers, wiggle warts, crank baits or hot-n-tots.  Walleye limits were taken in 25 feet off the River Raisin with fire-tiger crank baits or in 21 to 23 feet between Stony Point and Fermi with bandits or when trolling a green, purple or chartreuse crawler harness.  White bass, white perch, freshwater drum and large channel cats were also caught.  Those targeting the Hot Ponds were taking a good number of catfish on shrimp or crawlers.  Largemouth bass were hitting spinners and twister tails at the mouth of the River Raisin and the Hot Ponds.

Michigan DNR

August 22, 2018

Lake Erie: Local storms slowed the perch bite, but a few boats were still able to catch their limits. Fish were found in 22 to 25 feet near the E-Buoy and the Dumping Grounds, in 16 to 18 feet near the red buoy out of Bolles Harbor, in 14 to 16 feet in Brest Bay, and in 25 to 26 feet off Fermi. Most were using minnows on perch rigs with green, orange and chartreuse spinners and crappie rigs. The best fishing was found between 6 and 11 a.m. Walleye limits were reported near the Dumping Grounds on spoons and in 21 to 23 feet between Stony Point and Fermi with green, purple, blue or chartreuse crawler harnesses. While perch fishing anglers also caught white bass, white perch, freshwater drum and large channel catfish. The Hot Ponds produced good numbers of catfish for those using crawlers and those bow fishing the same area got moderately-sized common carp and various sized gar. Smallmouth bass were caught off the mouth of the River Raisin using green pumpkin tubes and drop-shot rigs, and around and within Bolles Harbor. 

Michigan DNR