Archive for August, 2009

I will be making my first trip in the next 7-10 days. With the cool temps this weekend in Erie and rain there may be a few fish moving in….and by that I mean a few. But if you’re in the right place at the right time you can put a few fish on the bank before anyone else is even thinking of fishing the streams. Early morning hours are a must, and you may even find a few early runners well past the lower areas of the streams that have sought out cool oxygen rich water under waterfalls and fast riffles. An early trip may include spoons and spinners in the lake at the mouths, jigs and Flatfish lures to fish that have run into the wider estuary type areas, and even float fishing in quicker water further upstream. You never really know how you will be fishing and where until you get there. Even 1 fish landed or a couple near misses will be enough to count the trip as a success, and get you ready for the upcoming season.

I am now guiding full time and I am available 7 days a week from September through April. Please contact me for possible dates!

Just a few weeks. Fish will be staging and a few will come in early in the mornings and be gone in a few hours. Spoons and spinners tossed at the creek mouths may get a few in the coming weeks. The first fish in the creeks will hit Flatfish lures and jigs, and if you can find them upstream in cooler and more oxygenated water they will take a variety of offerings drifted on a float setup.

Standing in Lake Erie throwing spoons halfway to Canada, on a crisp September morning, feeling your heart explode, hearing your drag sing and burn….. is euphoric and paralyzing. It’s a narcotic. With no rehab, no detox, no interventions.

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