5622 E. Harbor Rd. Excellent yellow perch fishing continues across Lake Erie with many limit catches at many hot spots. Farther east, limit catches are being taken about 2 miles out off Lorain to Vermilion in 40 feet of water. Finding schools of perch is key. If perch aren't biting at one location, move to another spot.
Anglers use lake shiners on perch spreaders fished on or near bottom.
The legal bag limit for yellow perch is 30 fish per angler. Walleye fishing remains fair with anglers taking some fish off the reef complex casting weight-forward spinners and crawler harness rigs tipped with worms. Good number of smallmouth bass are being caught around the Bass Islands and Kelleys Island, including Kelleys Island Shoal and Gull Shoal. Anglers are fishing in 10 to 20 feet of water over hard bottoms using softcraws. Lake Erie smallmouth bass catches range from 14 to 18 inches.