2025 Fishing Reports

Lake Erie walleye fishing reports Port Clinton
June 1 2025
Limit catches today and pretty much daily for the last month out of Wild Wings marina drift fishing bottom bouncers one to two cranks up and casting gold spinners low and slow. Trolling limits running 40 jets and spoons. Gravel pits. Keep a eye on the nearshore waters there is a healthy algae bloom from L can shore ward. Walleye will be found there soon from The Toledo intake shoreward, K can and the firing range when accessable. We have been running north of West Sister island and catching daily. We are forced north by dirty water. This we hope will change soon. The water tempature in the mid sixtys we should be A, B, C, D can areas and west of A can.

Sept 22, 2024
Limit catches of walleye on the western basin reef complex, West Reef, Gull Island Shoal, Kellys Island Shoal, King George, Mill Point. Best depts 6 to 16 foot casting spinners. The fall bite is on Walleye, Perch and Bass
Pictured below Sept 22

May 7 2024
Spinner bite is on, bottom bouncers 1 to 2 cranks up and casting gold weapons low and slow, stop and go. Trolling 40 jets and spoons and bandits. The western basin is lit up with snapping walleye. 24 feet to 30 foot of water from Toledo Intake the camel humps, A, L, D Cans West Reef, The firing range, The sock below toussiant Reef, The deeper water between the reefs, Big Pickeral. The water is just warm enough to get the spinner bite under way mostly all low and slow casting and bottom bouncers set at the right depth when fishing deeper water for suspended fish, or jigging sweedish pimples for the suspended fish. They are not quite fast enough to chase a falling spinner down yet. Hence the low and slow and bouncers.

May 20 Casting Spinners

May 7, Limit catch spinners and bouncers
April 26, 2024.

Limits of Walleye!
When Lake conditions are right. It is early spring walleye spawning season. Cold water bigger fish.
Jig fishing on the western basin reefs and near shore areas. L Can, D can, A can, Lower sock uner the Toussiant. The deeper water reefs are producing as a lot of walleye are spawned out.
Locust Point, Crib, Turtle, Cone,Toussaint Reefs, K can, Chevy House,Turtle Creek, Toledo Light, Pear, Crane Creek, Metzegers, The Needle. These areas are still producing however the shift has began to the deeper outside reefs.
Trophy Walleye trolling bandits on the out side shelf break. CD, A,B,C,D Cans, Islands Areas etc. Lots of 24 to 26 inch walleye with 27, 28 and 30 inch trophys!




April 20, 2024.
Limits of Walleye! When Lake conditions are right. It is early spring walleye spawning season. Cold water bigger fish.
Jig fishing on the western basin reefs and near shore areas 10 to 18 ft.
Locust Point, Crib, Turtle, Cone,Toussaint Reefs, K can, Chevy House,Turtle Creek, Toledo Light, Pear, Crane Creek, Metzegers, The Needle
Trophy Walleye trolling bandits on the out side shelf break. CD, A,B,C,D Cans, Islands Areas etc. Lots of 24 to 26 inch walleye with 27, 28 and 30 inch trophys!

April 14, 2024 Lake Erie walleye fishing report Port Clinton, Toledo, Catawba Island, Oh including the Bass Islands
Lake Erie walleye are bitting. Jigs on the western basin reef complex and near shore waters. Crane creek, Metzgers, Pear, Toledo Light, Turtle Island, K Can Turtle Creek, L Can, when the water clairty is right. Trolling bandits on the out side shelf break, 24 to 30 feet of water or can lines A,B,C,D, which pretty much follows the outside contoure line or outside shelf break.

April 9, 2024.
Limits of Walleye!
Jig fishing on the western basin reefs and near shore areas 10 to 18 ft.
Locust Point, Crib, Turtle, Cone,Toussaint Reefs, K can, Chevy House,Turtle Creek, Toledo Light, Pear, Crane Creek, Metzegers, The Needle
Trophy Walleye trolling bandits on the out side shelf break. CD, A,B,C,D Cans, Islands Areas etc. Lots of 24 to 26 inch walleye with 27, 28 and 30 inch trophys!

April 5, 2024 Lake Erie fishing report
We started jig fishing at 7 am, didnt take long ounce the sun came up the first fish was hooked. We caught 22 fish in the first hour we quit at 9 am with 30 walleye. The fishing was absoultly on fire with doubles and triples for the first hour. Fishing 12-14 foot of water. Water temp was 42 degrees on the surface. Jig fishing is just starting to get good and should last for 3 more weeks. Water clarity was about a foot to a foot in a half.

Limit Catches of Lake Erie Walleye Drift fishing and Trolling

March 30, 2024
Jig fishing western basin reefs and near shore 10 to 18 ft.
Locust Point, Crib, Toussaint, K can, Turtle Creek, Toledo Light, Pear.
Trolling bandits on the out side shelf break. A,B,C,D etc.
April and early May jig fishing and trophy walleye fishing on Lake Erie

Walleye numbers exceed the 70s and 80s. Walleye numbers are over a 100 million plus that are averaging 18-22 inches, with lots of walleye numbers of fish in 24-26 inch range 3 to 6 ibs. Cold weather big fish. Perch fishing late July, August, September doubles and triples caught at the same time,now booking 2024 give us a call get in on the action. Catches of perch sore into the 100s in a couple hours.

May 15, 2023
The Spinner Bite is on!
Lake Erie needed the wind yesterday it helped turn the water over and the spinner bite on ! Yeah Baby!!! Bottom bouncers and gold weapons caught a nice limit of walleye today.

May 6, 2023
Walleye are finishing up spawning another week or so!
Limits of walleye taken today trolling 14 ft to 22 feet from Wild Wings to Metzgers Marsh and from A Can to D Can. Bandits 2.2 mph 65 back.
Limit catches this evening jig fishing 3/4 ounce with a crawler hooked from the main hook to the stinger. L Can, A Can, Turtle Reef, Cone, Crane Creek .

April 23, 2023
Walleye are finishing up spawning another week or so!
Limits catches of Walleye today jig fishing and bottom bouncers set just ticking the bottom
Sixteen to twenty six feet of water. Gold harnesses about 30 inches long on the bouncers and 3/4 ounce green hair jigs with a white head. Metzegars Marsh to Crane Creek, L and A Cans, K Can to Toussiant Reef.

April 17, Lake Erie fishing report Port Clinton, Toledo area.
Jig fishing from Toledo Light, Perar, Crane Creek, K Can, L Can Cone, Turtle, Locust Point, Crib, Toussiant reefs. Trolling the outside shelf break 24 to 30 feet Crane Creek, A Can, B Can, Niagara, D can. Bandits 60 to 70 back 1.8 to 2 mph


April 16 Walleye Limit

April 7, 2023
Walleye are spawning!
Limits catches of Walleye jig fishing on Lake Erie’s western basin near shore waters and reef complex.
10 to 16 ft of water in front of Turtle Creek, K Can, Crane Creek, Metzger’s Marsh, Pear, Locust Point, Crib, Toussiant and Cone Reefs. Walleye were bitting, 3/4 and 1/2 oz hair jigs purple and black with stingers and john deer green. Twister tails white, chartruse / orange. Some tipped with minnows and others caught bare back.

March 29, 2023
Walleye spawn is underway on Lake Erie’s western basin reef complex. Jig fishing in the shallows on and near the reefs has started and will pick up with each passing day. Trolling bandits. A Can, Niagara, D can. Cone Reef any where with good enough water clarity along the outside shelf line is producing.
Zebra mussels are active on the reefs and help clean the water quick after a blow.

February 12, 2023
Ice out early this year and its looking like a early start to the season. Below is some of our limit catch of walleye Feb 12 trolling crank baits

October 9 2021
Fall Walleye and Perch are biting on Lake Erie western basin.

Shoreline hard bottom casting spinners 6 to 12 feet Short Reef, American Eagle, Mouse Island Reef , Newman’s Reef, Round Reef. Trolling Vermillion, Huron, Sandusky, A Can, Crane Creek

Walleye are moving west and will be in the Catawba area, F Can Green Island to Niagara.
Yellow Perch good size and numbers ( Limit Catches ) 16 to 24 feet of water Crane Creek, Toledo Light, A Can, Toledo Water Intake, Little Pickerel, L Can
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July 21, 2021 Lake Erie Walleye, Bass and Perch fishing Report
Lake Erie’s Western Basin – Port Clinton

Walleye Fishing remains good
Drift fishing  ( casting spinners ) and trolling.
Toledo Intake, Crane Creek, A Can, B Can, Buckeye, Gull, Lucy’s Point, Kelly’s Island

Small mouth Bass fishing
Catch and Release July, August, Sept. Oct
{We are catching good numbers of Bass}

Good Perch fishing reports are coming in on Western Basin.
A Can, L Can, Crane Creek, Toledo Intake, Turn Around Buoy

July 11 Lake Erie Fishing Report
Lake Erie walleye perch and bass fishing report Port Clinton, OH

Lake Erie’s Western Basin – Port Clinton
Walleye catching continues as the annual may fly hatch is finishing up.
Limits of walleye Drift fishing  ( casting spinners ) and trolling. There are plenty of walleye in the western basin not big ones 16 to 20 inches prime eaters and lots of action. Catches are being taken all over the western basin of Lake Erie from the Toledo Intake, Crane Creek, A Can, B Can, C Can F Can Crane Creek, Buckeye, Gull, Lucy’s Point, Mouse Island Reef, American Eagle, The western basin near shore reef complex.

Small mouth Bass fishing Catch and release July, August, Sept. Oct
Perch fishing starting late July-August and Sept

June 30 Lake Erie Western basin walleye fishing report
Annual May Fly hatch is in full gear and Walleye catching continues on Lake Erie’s Western Basin.
Drift fishing  ( casting spinners ) and trolling.
Toledo Intake, Crane Creek, A Can, B Can, North of West Sister Island to the Turn around Buoy to Stony Point.
Small mouth Bass season opened  June 26 we promote Catch and release bass fishing with exceptions for Trophy’s – Perch fishing starting in Late July – August and Sept.

May 20, 2021 Lake Erie Walleye fishing report
Port Clinton, Sandusky, Toledo

Water temperature is nearing 60 degrees walleye are getting more aggressive and the casting bite is starting. Casting on the western basin 60 to 76 degrees is prime. The trick lately is to find stained water with some algae bloom. The firing range has been holding a pretty good size area when Camp Perry is not using it.
Walleye will soon appear all over the lake on your fish finders as the deeper waters near 60 degrees walleye will come off the bottom. Fish finders mark the air in a fishes body so when they are on the bottom they are pretty much invisible combined with the lack of algae and crystal clear water puts most of the walleye on the bottom.
Trolling and drifting the gravel pits to Crooked one, The Tit, C Can, D Can to Green and Rattle snake. Crawler harnesses, bandits, jets and spoons are coming back out as the deeper waters are very clean from lack of algae. You need to get your lures close to the bottom which bandit fishing means weighting them down or just use 40 jets. There is a healthy amount of algae normally in the water we are dealing with a carry over from last years lack of algae due to last years drought on the western basin. The turbid waters closer to shore with mud bottom is warmer and some pockets of healthy algae are appearing and attracting walleye Firing Range, Crane Creek, Toledo Intake. How ever be care full what you ask for we all hope for a healthy algae bloom.

May 7 – 17
Lake Erie western basin fishing report
Drift fishing – Trolling walleye bite is on all over Lake Erie western basin near Port Clinton, OH. When you have a fair breeze drift fishing casting spinners CD, 24 to 30 feet off Crane Creek, G & D Can, Picket Fence, The Sock, Round Reef. The average size walleye impressive 2 to 4 lbs. and up! The cool weather has its blessings by keeping the water temperature down.

April 25 Lake Erie western basin fishing report
Jig bite is finishing up. Good jig fishing for the first two hours of the day beginning at first light after that its down hill for most. Drift fishing with bottom bouncers and casting weapons with a descent wind. Today the wind was to light the trips that trolled caught well a one hundred and thirty pound box and a 160 lb box. Our drift fishing trips did ok

April 18 2021
Change over time – jig fishing, bottom bouncers or trolling. Be prepared for all. This time of year fishing can be frustrating. One boats fishing jigs – another bouncers and the next trolling. Catches will almost always favor one. Near shore shallow water jig fishing is narrow window of opportunity. The 1st hour bite and you better catch a good amount then as the jig fishing typically goes to a pick at best after that.
Bouncers much more steady how ever your counting on the wind unless you slow troll.
Casting spinners is just around the corner water needs to warm a few more degrees for the casting bite to get stronger. Right now its low and slow stop n go.

April 17 Lake Erie Fishing Report
Western basin spinner bite is starting. Bottom bouncers 2 cranks up, casting spinners low and slow , slide- stop n go. 24 to 30 feet Crane Creek, A Can, L Can Big Pickerel, D can

Lake Erie Fishing Report western basin Port Clinton, Toledo, Sandusky
Jig Fishing is going by fast with the warm weather. The near shore fast jig fishing is slowing with the deeper water bite starting. 18 to 24 feet L Can, Big Pickerel, Turtle Reef, Little Pick.
Toledo Light, Pear, Turtle Island, Little Cedar Point near shore is still strong with a grade smaller fish. The mouth of the Maumee usually gets another two weeks of jig fishing shallower water.
Trolling around the Islands, south of Kelly’s, L Can to A Can, 24 to 30 feet pulling Crank baits.

February 3, 2021
Fantastic walleye hatches starting with the record walleye hatch of 2015 those fish are now 6 year olds 24 to 26 inches 4 to 6 lbs. The following years have all had above to well above to near record walleye hatches. There is plenty of shad and alewife to sustain them.

The old timers ( I admit I am one ) talk of the walleye hay day in the late 70’s and 80’s.
2021 the new hay day is here starting at ice out April for us! Trophy fisherman the earlier the better. Cold weather big fish on Lake Erie’s western basin.