Lake Erie Smallmouth Bass Fishing
by Jack Mitchell
Smallmouth bass fishing at Lake Erie especially during summer is
certainly too much fun.
Although when it comes
to Smallmouth bass
fishing in Lake Erie,
there is no such thing
as too much fun.
Lake
Erie is also known as
the Great Lake. It
nourishes the best
smallmouth bass fishes
in the United States.
Many anglers who do
regular smallmouth bass
fishing at Lake Erie
have already made a
minimum catch of fifty
smallmouth bass fishes
averaging over four
pounds each on a
weekend! These are great
numbers that would
surely attract the
attention of any bass
fishing enthusiast.
What can be the reason
why smallmouth bass
fishing at Lake Erie
yields so much of the
good catches? Well Lake
Erie aside from its
being so large a lake
offers an excellent
habitat and forage. The
massiveness of the lake
has given the smallmouth
bass the ease of
pressure usually given
by small lakes thus
making this great lake a
Mecca of small mouth
bass fishes.
But when
you're up for a bass
fishing at Lake Erie,
you must be very
vigilant with the
weather. Although it is
a lake, the waters often
resemble that of the
ocean. A clear bright
day may suddenly turn
into a bad one
accompanied by forceful
winds just like what
happened to some ten
bass boats fishing the
lake sometime in
September of 1992.
Certainly Lake Erie is
one of the most diverse
fishing grounds in the
country. In this lake
you will not only find
the most famous
smallmouth bass fishes
but also large quantity
of yellow perch, the
largemouth bass, the
northern pike, white
bass, the walleye and
many other bass fish
species.
 While bass
fishing at Lake Erie you
must remember some
standard regulations
which are imposed in
some states such as in
Pennsylvania, if you are
to catch the walleye, it
must already be at least
18 inches, smaller than
this is not allowed.
In Ohio, which covers
about 262 miles of
shoreline, smallmouth
bass fishing at Lake
Erie during summer have
limits as to number the
of bags. You are allowed
to have three bags only
instead of four and
during any other time,
you can catch up to a
maximum of six bags.
During spawning period
that is from March to
April you are not
allowed to catch using
the treble hooks. These
are new regulations you
have to remember.
So
if you are bass fishing
at Lake Erie and want to
share with the typical
smallmouth catch of
80,000 smallmouths
during a six week period
starting end of June,
just after the spawning
period, you can come to
Long point Bay. The
smallmouth swims through
this bay as they travel
back to the main lake
after the spawning
period. The Presque
Island area is also a
good ground for fishing
smallmouth. You may do
deep water jigging and
catch so much fish.
Offshore smallmouth bass
fishing at Lake Erie is
highly variable. Walleye
anglers often have to
travel more than a dozen
miles to find fish, but
this is normal in most
of Lake Erie.
While
off-shore fishing may
not come very attractive
particularly to
beginners or amateur
fishers, there is also a
big chance to a good
shore-fishing,
especially for white
bass, from the short
pier. Channel catfish
can be caught here, but
to maximize catch in the
shore fishing, you must
fish in the night or
when the water is
discolored.
In recent
years, it was noted that
there is a phenomenon of
increasing clear water
in the lake which can be
attributed to the so
called "zebra water
infestation" which has
been driving the
smallmouth species to
the deep waters even
during spawning thus
trolling is still the
number one way of
catching the smallies.
When you are along the
42 mile shoreline Lake
Erie in the State of
Pennsylvania you may
launch at the harbor of
Presque Isle Bay at the
city of Erie. Here you
will have an easy way to
catch the abundant
yellow perch, walleye,
steelhead and the
smallmouth bass. Perch
and walleye fishing is
generally excellent at
north point of Presque
Isle while smallmouth
bass fishing is best in
east of Erie.
Presque
Isle Bay provides
relatively calm water
that is suitable for
smaller boats. It also
offers good fishing for
largemouth bass,
northern pike, crappies
and bluegills along with
smallmouth bass and
yellow perch.
 Well if
you think this summer is
the season for you to go
smallmouth bass fishing
at Lake Erie, and your
jumping point is
Pennsylvania, worry not
where to stay because
there are numerous
campsites and hotels
there just along the
shorelines of Lake Erie. About the Author
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