Mayflies brighten Lake Erie shorelines and fishing outlook
A Lake Erie mayfly emergence signals a healthy ecosystem and better fishing opportunities. Hexagenia limbata, or hexes, appear for a few days each year on lakefront towns, with anglers enjoying perch, white bass, and walleye feeding on the insects.
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Minnesota woman trains for Extreme Huntress title in Texas contest
Meadow Kouffeld, 34, of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, trains to compete in the 10th annual Extreme Huntress in Texas near San Antonio starting July 29. She will be tested in fitness, shooting and tracking against two European rivals and a Washington state finalist, with the winner announced at a Dallas Safari Club event in January.
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Lake Erie fishing report notes solid walleye near West Sister Island
Water temperatures 73 off Toledo and 70 off Cleveland. Walleye fishing slowed by mayfly hatch but remains above average with many 17 to 18 inch fish. Best around West Sister Island, War buoy, Gull Island Shoal in 25 to 35 feet. Trolling worm harnesses or bottom bouncer drifting yield most fish. Purple and gold best. Perch fair to good with shiners near bottom in 20 to 30 feet around Little Cedar Point and West Sister Island. Largemouths thriving in Portage River mouth and Sandusky Bay. smallmouth tougher but present near islands and reefs. Largemouth respond to Texas rigged plastics. smallmouth to tubes and drop-shot. crankbaits also productive. Catfish strong in Sandusky and Maumee bays. shore spots at Sandusky’s Shoreline Park, Battery Park, Meigs Street Pier, and Sandusky Bay Bridge. Shrimp, shiners, nightcrawlers, stink bait used with Carolina rig or bobber.
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Gull Island
Little Cedar Point
Toledo
Portage River
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West
Sandusky Bay
Catawba
Sandusky
Maumee
Shoreline Park
Battery Park
Meigs Street
Ohio fishing report from Lake Erie shores and harbors
Central Basin reports good to excellent fishing from Huron to Lorain in 32 to 50 feet and Avon Point in 25 to 40 feet with many limits. Walleye are caught trolling crankbaits spoons worm harnesses and by divers or flatline trolling with colors purple green white orange pink and chartreuse. Shore anglers do best evenings with spinners and stick baits. Smallmouth bass fishing is excellent in 10 to 20 feet around Cleveland Fairport Harbor Ashtabula and Conneaut with crankbaits tube jigs and small spoons. Channel catfish are good on Grand River locations and nearby piers with night crawlers leeches and shrimp. Compiled by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
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Huron
Lorain
Avon Point
Edgewater Park
Gordon Park
Fairport Harbor
Geneva
Ashtabula
Cleveland
Conneaut
Grand River
Fairport
Route 535
Grand River Landing
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