Page 3 - Fishing Report | 11-09-2016

Shawn Gross (Farrell); filed 11-7: I caught a
stringer of crappies and bluegills from the docks
at the Jamestown Marina. (See photo)

Shawn Gross Jason Phillips; filed 11-7: My Dad and I caught a
nice mess of bluegills off the docks at the boat
livery. (See photo)

Jason Phillips

Conneaut Lake
Fishing with Darl Black; filed 11-2: When Bob Shirey and I launched the boat at Fireman’s
Beach on November 2nd, I briefly chatted with a musky fisherman who was also launching.
I mentioned that with the low number of muskies in Conneaut these days, I could only
catch one by luck. Said he didn’t believe in luck – got all his fish with skill. Asked how
many musky he caught from Conneaut this year. Answer: none. Told him I would never
discount luck in fishing. Water temperature was cool 55 degrees. However the normally
very clear lake water had a dark appearance to it – more like clear black coffee, making it

almost impossible to visually follow the deep weed edge. Not a
problem since I expected bass to be fairly shallow. However, the
anticipated Rattle Trap and swimbait bite did not materialize. We
worked hard with shaky worms on the weedline to get several
largemouths – all under 2.5 pounds. During a break, we pondered
why the bite was unusually difficult…as a gentle breeze moved the
boat off the weedline with our shaky worms dragging unattended
on the bottom. As luck would have it, at the 26-foot depth my
shaky worm was engulfed by a 3 pound smallie and Bob’s worm by
a 20-inch largemouth – one of Bob’s biggest largemouths ever.
(See additional photo in Livewell)

Bob Shirey

ERIE COUNTY

Presque Isle Bay

Mike @ Lake Erie Bait & Tackle: filed 11/6: Our customers

are catching crappies and bluegills off the Marina Docks, but

all the crappies are really small. Perch are finally moving in Andy & Andrew on West Pier

the Bay and are being caught at all the regular places –