Steelhead Season Just Beginning.

Today we had some heavy rains which should have raised stream levels to allow steelhead to run up from the mouths of the tributaries. The 2012-2012 Lake Erie Steelhead season is just beginning and the outlook for this year looks fantastic. Steelhead have already been caught off of the North Pier and a few have been in the streams before today's heavy rains. I took a ride out to the Walnut Creek Access area on Sunday to see how the fisherman were doing. It was sunny and warm and not a great day to fish, however, one lucky fisherman did manage to catch one steelhead. The next few days should be much better if indeed there was enough rain to get the streams flowing. October will be a great month to catch fish.

Fishers of Men Bass Tournament This Week

The Eastern Regional Fishers of Men Bass Tournament is this week in Presque Isle Bay/Lake Erie. Practice days are Tuesday thru Thursday and the Tournament begins at first light on Friday. The Tournament concludes on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. Weigh-ins are at 3:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Presque Isle State Park Cookhouse Pavillion. The weigh-in event is free and open to the public. The limit of bass is 5 for each day and the first place prize is a 2012 Skeeter Bass Boat with a Yamaha outboard motor valued at $30,000. Other cash prizes will be awarded based on the number of boats that enter. Good luck to all of the fisherman who qualified for this tournament!