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Lynn @ East End Angler; filed 5-7: The Minnow Man at East End
Angler has Emerald Shiners! Come on down for the best perch and
crappie minnows! Customer reports have crappies biting in the La-
goons and perch being caught off North & South Piers. Smallmouth
bass bite is hot at North East Marina. Over the weekend, they were
catching Lake Trout in 62 to 67 feet of water from Shades east to
the Ws. Also perch and a few walleyes were biting in 46 feet of wa-
Minnow Man has Emeralds
ter just east of the GE Stacks. Still some steelhead in the streams,
and Seven Mile and Twenty Mile both received stocked brown trout this past week. (See photo)

Brittney @ Poor Richards; filed 5-7: The Lake is muddy near shore due to recent winds. I’ve had
customers report catching Lake Trout in 55 feet of water off North East. They are calling the
walleye bite spotty in 55 feet and the perch bite super spotty.

Rebecca @ Uncle John’s Campground; filed 5-7: Hard to believe, we are into the first week of
May and our campers are still catching steelhead in Elk. We have video
posted of steelhead jumping out of the water over the weekend, plus
some weekend catches. (See Photo)

Dan @ Elk Creek Sports; filed 5-7: There are still some steelheads in Elk
Creek – mostly down low and on their way out as the water finally warms.
Smallmouth bass are moving into Elk; I’ve had reports some are as far up-

stream as the Legion Hole. There are also some stocked brown trout and
suckers in the stream. But smallmouth numbers will only improve over the
Uncle John’s photo
next week or so.

Erie County Inland Lakes

Lynn @ East End Angler; filed 5-7: Customers are still catching crappies at
Eaton Reservoir. The trout and panfish bite at Lake Pleasant is going
strong. (See photo)

MERCER COUNTY

Eaton crappies
Lake Wilhelm
Vicki @ Fergie’s Bait; filed 5-7: There were a good number of anglers on the lake over the
weekend, but no one provided feedback about catches. We are still only getting lake tempera-
ture readings in the 50s.