Page 4 - Fishing Report 2-20-19

Canadohta Lake
Jerry @ Timberland Bait; filed 2/19: Had to postpone the ice fishing tournament from earlier
this month due to bad edge ice. Holding it on Saturday, Feb 23. Five fish categories – winner is
longest fish of each species: Walleye, Pike, Musky, Crappie and Perch. Sign up ahead of time at
the shop or visit Facebook Page for more information.

ERIE COUNTY

Presque Isle Bay
Gus Glasgow @ Western PA Hardwater Series; filed
2/19: The 2-day WPA Hardwater tournament at PIB this

past weekend was a big success. However, we found it
necessary to change location for the second day due to
poor ice conditions in Marina Bay; instead we set bound-
aries at the Head of Bay. We had 60 teams on the ice.
The two-day winning team was Ken Tomlin and Doug An-
drola – both of Erie area. Next scheduled event is March PIB winners Ken and Doug—big perch catch
2 at Pymatuning Lake, Linesville area. (see photos)

Bo @ BC Baits; filed 2/19: We fished the WPA Hardwater series on Misery Bay on Saturday and

pulled in a bunch of small perch. On Sunday, we fished by the Yacht Club. Many large perch
were caught by all anglers. And a few teams had 12 to 15-inch crappies. Purple Pickworms per-
formed very well.

Dom @ Lake Erie Bait & Tackle; filed 2/19: Best areas have been off Parking Lot #1 and #2 (lots
of perch); Marina Lake (perch); Misery Bay (crappies); Horseshoe Pond (occasional pike).

Kirk @ East End Angler; filed 2/19: The hotspots on the ice in the Bay are: Liberty Park for num-
bers of perch (but bite has been hot and cold); Head of Bay for perch; Misery Bay for panfish
species (but edge ice is “iffy”) and Horseshoe Pond has good ice, but not good catches. There is
open water in the Channel, and I would think some guys should be fishing the open water from
the walls as perch should be moving through the channel. East side creeks are locked up now
but may open with warmer temps this weekend. Right now, only 16 Mile is open and they are
catching fish. When the lower end of 20 Mile Creek a short while ago, guys were catching two

steelhead at a time on droppers.
At Lake Pleasant, they are getting trout and some slab bluegills & crappies. At Eaton, there is
great crappie bite in the evening from about 4 PM to 7:30 PM.