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Whitefish were the main target of commercial Lake Erie fish landings. The Irish Canal builders disassmbled their wives table linens to use the fine threads to assemble the gill net meshes into a size to target the whitefish when they schooled up to spawn in late fall on hard bottom waters. The linen threads were dried up to prevent rot 0n damp threads. Large spools were wrapped up to dry in the sun and breezes, Nylon plastic threads were unavailable then. Damp nets were stored in the trays since net rot did not happen now. Trap nets were chicken wire mesh weignted with rocks to hold the bottom and the wall of meshes directed the fish into the holding traps. Today traps nets are weighted with led weights to the bottom and anchored with steel anchors to lead the fish into the trapped areas. They are used to the Barcelona shore line as unwanted or protected species can be released alive. Shallow waters in the western Lake Areas are used after the meshes are dipped in asphalt to enlarge the mesh to direct the fish to the hearts of the trap. The nets are raised over the open stern deck areas to remove the catch. Trap nets were used in Alaskan waters where a 122 pound King Salmon was taken They were held in place by lines of pilings were placed from shore lines to deeper depths where migrating salmon were traveling to spawn. Nearby canneries were placed where the salmon are cooked in steam and cans which you find on your grocers shelves and do not need refrigeration.

The disappearance of the Blue Pike from the sport fishing catches was the result of the uncontrolled numbers of smelt in Lake Erie. Stocked by the Michigan Fish Agency in a lake Michigan waters as a food source for the Lake Trout fishery. They migrated to Lake Erie and decimated most Blue Pike reproduction around the year 1955. The smelt numbers consumed all the Blue Pike until the mid 1960"s when the Ontario Fish Agency opened trawler fishery for smelt control and Lake Erie was termed a dead lake for sport fishing. The smelt were packed up in iced containers and shipped to China by Kalitta Air at Detroit 747 air freighters. Although the bass, perch and walleyes returned by the mid 1960's, the blue pike were gone forever. Nightime fishing for blue pike was from small boats equipped with a couple of Coleman white gas lanterns that attracted schools of emerald shiners around the lights. The minnows attracted the blue pike and supplied the emeralds as bait where the blues were attracted by the bait that folllowed the bait odors under the anchored boats. After dark cities of boats were offshore in 55 foot of cold waters when dozens of blue pike were taken to feed the local families. Commercial tugs were used with gill nets to harvest the Blue pike and perch. Dunkirk harbor had two hundred tugs working there then. The Erie Railroad built a line to Dunkirk to ship the catch to the East Coast Cities An ice house was constructed there to ship box cars out and local men were contracted to cut Lake Erie ice in the winter. Today the yellow Perch numbers are high enough to land several hundred perch daily but the processing of the catch is a chore at the end of the day. Packing coolers of ice to protect the perch does not happen today.

Finding a port-side passenger windshield for a 1996 StarCraft Master Fisherman 190 can be quite a challenge, but windshield replacement specialists might be able to assist. You can explore options through marine salvage yards or custom windshield manufacturers who cater to older boat models. If anyone has this specific part available, it would be a fantastic help for getting back on the water and enjoying some fishing. Keep checking forums and contacting marine part experts for leads on the replacement.

While I was filming on Lake Erie this past fall I came across a bluegill with some severe damage to its dorsal area. I'm curious on your thoughts of what may have caused it. Short video of damaged bluegill underwater

I know we have had this question before for what is the craziest thing you have seen on the water. This question is for just this year. What is the oddest or craziest thing you witnessed while fishing this year? Mine was late summer while fishing with my channel partner Jim. We went out of Port Clinton Ohio on Lake Erie. The first one that caught us by surprise was a lady coming out of her home as we were fishing the bank. She had a well fitted bikini on and we tried not to make it obvious as we took a look her way. The next thing you know she walks down to the beach and out in the water coming towards us. We were only in about 3 foot of water so first thought was is she going to walk all the way to our boat? Was she made because we were fishing in front of her beach front home? Nope! Instead she gives us big smile and drags some kind of core digger for taking samples. She walks about 15 feet from our boat and bends over giving a full shot of the cleavage as she turned the core around and around. I know I should have just turned the GoPro right in her direction, but I didn’t . Lol. It was pretty apparent she did it on purpose. You can see her in the intro part of the video in the link below. It was a distant shot as we were moving away. The next thing that happened was just a couple hours later. We were fishing the Portage River mouth where it enters Lake Erie. There is heavy boat traffic that is constantly going in and out of the river. Including the giant ferry boats that go to the islands. People line the rock pier and fish all the way up and down for catfish. This young man was fishing when a yacht got a little too close to his catfish line. The next thing you know the boat’s intake sucked his line up ,and his rod took off from shore as it was sucked in the intake. He was furious he lost his fishing pole. That is around the 3:55 minute mark I think in this video. What was your craziest thing you seen in 2024? https://rumble.com/v5o6vnb-port-clinton-ohio-bass-fishing.html?mref=66lt3&mc=9e0fe

Other fall season spawning fish returning to stream flows are King and Coho, Silver salmon and fall spawning Lake Trout with a forked tail. Red salmon are also a possibility but they are not Lake Ontario stocked. This year in Bristol Bay, Alaska is expected another boom run with they are prized as the best smoked salmon again and you can purchase them direct from Alaskan salmon processors who will air freight them to your home address.

The annual spawning run for Brown Trout in Tributaries such as Oak Orchard Creek and Burt Dam Creek has entered in tremendous returns of fall spawning Brown Trout and Spring spawning Rainbow (Steelhead } trout has begun . Get out there now!. With increased water flows from the Barge Canal drainage and Power turbine flows at Burt Dam the returns shows hundreds of trout visible in the stream flows. These are trophy mounted sizes fish visible for you. A 38 pounder Brown Trout was taken in the past. Log onto "You Tube" and pod casts are available demonstrating the methods that are successful for "green horns" to take your lifetime trophy sized trout. Also the lower Niagara River is producing in Lewiston and Youngstown shore or drift boats. Parking is is tough unless you arrive at 4:00 AM. Small flies, eggs and spinners work well also. Waders and landing nets are best.

Great opportunity for someone wanting to open a tackle shop or for an existing tackle shop to add to their existing inventory. Entire inventory plus much more from the Warren's Hook Line & Sinker tackle shop that was located in Sodus Point NY. Please see the attached zip file (hopefully it will work this way for viewing) If not I'm sure someone will assist in the proper loading of the inventory file. I would guess 90% of the tackle is new and the remainder is anywhere from slightly used to heavily used. There is also some old and discontinued tackle included in this inventory. There is a general asking price but may vary due to the many variables that may exist in this sale. For serious inquiries buying in full, asking 70K for the tackle and miscellaneous material and an additional 30K for the boats There is much more to this list that could be discussed with serious buyer. I am not looking to sell 1 or 2 or 10 items at a time right now. I already do that and I'm ready to move on with this liquidation Large portion or sell in full at this time Please contact me directly with serious inquiries Troy Warren 305-509-2922 [email protected] ZIP.zip

First of all the deer hunter population is dwindling. Young kids are involved in other activities. The ones that do hunt, are because their siblings hunt. For young adults to who want to hunt are the gun laws in N Y S. Difficult in purchasing a weapon and especially ammunition Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United

Any idea where to grab some emeralds?

We found some perch last weekend just out of sturgeon point in 54fow

If by boat I'd go to Sturgeon Point.

Has anyone been getting into them lately. Looking to get the wife and daughter out. Thanks you