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Yes, the thermocline yesterday was at 59 foot. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United Mobile App

Burned up 12 gallons of gas on today's perch search. Found four small bottom hooks in sixty foot plus water. One boat had two small perch in sixty one foot of water. I guess the fall migration of perch is not happening yet. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United Mobile App

We stopped many Times yesterday looking for perch and trolled for four hours out deep. Never did we see any small hooks on the screen. Even in close to shore did we see anything on the screen indicating to what I think could be perch. Usually we would expect them to be close to the walleye schools but nothing happened out deep. I am taking some Goldie's and frozen salted emeralds out today but have no prospects expected. The narrow gap off Sturgeon Point to Canada may work. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United Mobile App

We fished 70 to 75 foot of water off Evangola. Another zero day. One boat reported four walleye, another three walleye. The screen was solid large fish everywhere but no action. Over twenty boats out there and never saw a net go out. Bluebird sky days suck but the. Weather was nice. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United Mobile App

One boat out today had a zero catch. Lots of fish on the screen off the Catt but none in the cooler. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United Mobile App

Ferry street dock had no minnows this morning but a few large ones were taken 3:00 to 4:00 AM. Small perch were being taken off the slip railing by a few anglers. They were using minnows taken at night. That was the only action I found. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United Mobile App

Ten foot waves on the upper lakes have ships tied to the docks. Till this blow passes and the lake settles down make other plans for going out on Lake Erie. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United Mobile App

55 boats out there today. Some boats boxed out with 18 or so they claim. Every boat seem to have a few. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United Mobile App

Going out this AM. Starting at 40/10 quadrangle, 70 foot of water. Yesterday there were solid large hooks continuously all the way out to Canada. The best catch was using Stick baits and spoons. Probably trolling at 2 mph or faster. Worm harnesses had slow action but some limits also. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United Mobile App

Before noon today 45 boats were working the walleye schools due North of the Catt to due North of Point breeze. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United Mobile App

Walleyes were solid schools in 70 to 75 foot of water today. Many limit catches the past two days there. Spoons were out producing worm harnesses now. Renosky and stick baits are also hot. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United Mobile App

3 perch, 1 walleye with a few sheep heads and white bass in 60 to 73 foot of water. Frozen salted emeralds worked. No emeralds at Ferry Street dock today or lately. I guess the perch are not in yet as the water temperature is still 74 degrees. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United Mobile App

Ten colors on a side planet with Renoskies, number 3 setting dipsey 180 foot out and worm harness and riggers with harnesses at 60 to 65 foot down. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United Mobile App

Seven boats out to 75 foot for walleye this morning at 9:15 AM off Evangola Park. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United Mobile App

Picked up 16 perch today, 64 to 63 foot of water. Ferry street emeralds and lost a lot of bait, Drifting in the light wind and doubling back over a hot spot worked. 4 miles off shore from Pt Breeze. Fished out to 75 foot where lots of big fish that would not hit. Perch were in closer. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United Mobile App

We fished the 39/12 area and out to the Canadian line. A lot of fish down 60 to 70 foot in 75 foot of water. Only picked up three but continuous solid schools everywhere. The other boat had four. Maybe with better winds and wave action things will pick up. It looked like schools of small fish like perch out there. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United Mobile App

Our bait dealers are getting too old and do not have the gumption any More to catch their own bait. They have become dependant on golden shiners delivered to their stores and they are longer lived in their tanks. If you have unused emeralds, keep them packaged in your freezer with a little salt that keeps them loose in the sandwich bags. Also keep them in a cooler with an ice pack to keep them fresh looking. Heat will cause them to become faded and mushy and hard to keep on your hook. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United Mobile App

Some nice emeralds were picked up at Ferry Street dock the other day. The report was they were there, just not heavy numbers. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United Mobile App

The migration of Lake Erie's perch to the shallow waters of eastern lake waters begins with the falling water temperatures. The gap of nine miles between Sturgeon Point and Point Abino in Canada concentrates the perch schools from the sixty mile width mid lake distances. Further note the perch feed mainly in the mud bottom rather than the shale rock bottom area further narrow travel lane. Start looking at your graph at fifty plus feet for them. The currents in the lake increase rapidly in the area so depressions on the bottom hold perch avoiding the currents. That is why some boats are catching while others crowd them and still are unsuccessful. Your anchor position shifts with wind changes and you Lose the fish. The lake is like a river through there as air pressure changes move a lot of water up and down the lake. good luck and remember perch filets are selling for twenty dollars a pound now. Take care of your catch using ice and those small ones are better "eaters" than the sixteen inchers you brag about Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United Mobile App

Today only three walleye out in 70 foot of water. Only a few fish scattered on the screen. Water temperature dropped four degrees out there. Near the south shore the water was down ten degrees from the offshore winds. Cold water upwelling there. Walleye were reported at 55 foot lately. One boat had six out deep though but the screens were mostly blank. There you go, the end of summer migration has begun. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United Mobile App

One boat had 55 out of the Catt using salted emeralds. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United Mobile App

One boat came in with fifteen today. 42/10 quadrangle. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United Mobile App

As the temperature of the lake drops to 65 degrees the emerald shiners will return to the Niagara River where they can be had at Ferry Street and Ontario Street docks. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United Mobile App

A Canadian commercial fisherman told me one time they suspend up there because the dissolved oxygen content is too Low but they drop down occasionally during the day to feed in the mud for the critters that are there. It is better to find them where the thermocline and bottom intersect. Should find some at 60 to 65 foot so start searching there. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United Mobile App