ODNR Division of Wildlife - Fishing - Lake Erie

Western Basin Fishing Hotspots

 

Walleye

Yellow Perch

Smallmouth Bass

White Bass

Additional Opportunities

Winter

Breakwalls; Lakeside, Marblehead, Catawba. Ice Fishing; Reef Complex, Bass Island Area, Catawba, Marblehead. 

Ice Fishing; Catawba, Bass Islands, Marblehead, Sandusky Bay

Bass Islands, Kelleys Island, Catawba, Marblehead

Bass Islands, Sandusky Bay, Marblehead

Bluegill (ice fishing, harbors and marinas); Catawba, Marblehead, Sandusky Bay

Spring 

 

Maumee River, Sandusky River, Sandusky Bay, Reef Complex, Bass Islands, Kelleys Island, Marblehead

Catawba, Marblehead, Bass Islands, Kelleys Island

Bass Islands, Kelleys Island, Catawba, Marblehead, Sandusky Bay, Reef Complex

Maumee River, Portage River, Sandusky River

 Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike; East Harbor, West Harbor, Sandusky Bay

Summer 

 

West Sister Island, Northwest of North Bass Island, East of Kelleys Island, Toledo Shipping Channel.

Catawba, Marblehead, Bass Islands, Kelleys Island, Toledo water intake, Metzger's Marsh Pier

Bass Islands, Kelleys Island, Catawba, Marblehead, Sandusky Bay, Reef Complex, Maumee River, Portage River, Sandusky River

Bass Islands, Sandusky Bay, Marblehead.

 Largemouth Bass, Bluegill; East Harbor, West Harbor, Channel Catfish; Sandusky Bay

Fall 

 

Kelleys Island, Bass Islands, Breakwalls; Lakeside, Marblehead, Catawba

West Sister Island, Toledo Shipping Channel, Marblehead, Kelleys Island, Catawba, Bass Islands, Toledowater intake

Bass Islands, Kelleys Island, Catawba, Marblehead

Bass Islands, Sandusky Bay, Marblehead

 Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Northern Pike; East Harbor, West Harbor, Sandusky Bay

Central Basin Fishing Hotspots

Lake Erie Fishing Techniques

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