I've always heard about October and November folks getting big female walleye off the shoreline casting stick baits at night.
What about the summer? Couple little males would be great,dont need those big girls.

I got a load coming back to Akron and I figure I may as well take 2 days off since I'll be there. Dont really want to spend a day getting stickers for the boat and trailer and prepping them and was thinking about a night trip to the Erie shoreline.

I have limited experience fishing from shore on Erie except for a little at the mouth of the grand and smelt up at edgewater.

Was thinking about 1 pole with crawlers on the bottom for kicks and one tossing a mix of stickbaits.

Is it worth my time trying to cast for night eyes at one of the parks up there in the summer?

when i need exercise i grab two rods and go casting,any time off year if i catch fish ,that is bonus.
you have planty time for some experimenting.
how far to cast.
how to cover 30' dept from top to botom,luking for fish.
using defrent retreve,
using,floating,suspending and sinking lures.

 

It's worth your time Karl. More information on Erie nearshore is available in the Erie forums section. Sounds like this summer there's a fair amount of fish close in; more than most years.

GOOD LUCK- take a weapon if you're going to E 72nd Area! -Getting rough over there

 

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It's worth your time Karl. More information on Erie nearshore is available in the Erie forums section. Sounds like this summer there's a fair amount of fish close in; more than most years.

GOOD LUCK- take a weapon if you're going to E 72nd Area! -Getting rough over there

I saw a few posts about it but not much info or replies. I was gonna toss ripping raps during the last of daylight and switch to deep and regular suspending husky j14s at night.

I'll give it a try up there when I take a few weeks off in September for fishing trips.

 

Either not many guys do it in the summer or are tight lipped about it, lol.

Well none of my buddy's were down to try up there and I'm most deffinelty not night fishing up there by myself.

Seems like a bass/catfish combo trip at good old nimi on my dudes boat.

 

I was waiting to see answers... my experience was a number of years ago, mid-summer off Kelly's island during the day. Walleye fishing was slow, so my 2 buddies and I started casting the shoreline off NW Kelly Island hoping to pick up a small mouth. We picked up many walleye instead. Casting to the rocks from about 50 foot offshore worked best and the wind cooperated blowing us to the south. We made several passes with one other boat doing the same thing. We limited. About 10 days ago having launched out of Fairport the wind and waves kept building and by noon I had to come in to shore. On a whim I drove to the Fairport east shoreline ( rock and rip-rap) and just cast a few times with a bare Firetiger colored hair jig with rapid jerk retrieves. Backtrolling into the 3 foot waves and strong wind was bringing in lots of water over the back end and on my third cast I brought in a sheephead. Not what I wanted, but proved to me there was feeding fish close to the boiling shoreline with that strong WNW wind that day. I had to quit after two more casts, just too much wave action for my 16 foot backtroller Alumacraft boat. I will try again in the next coming weeks should I get out with any wave action on those rocks

 

the fish are on the move all time,they come close,move out,go east,go west,that is all gess work where they will be.
i fished E 72 did not do good,next day i went to edgewater,pick one fish,then i find out next day they were geting limit at East 72,not one but 100 people,then i went there next day,geting there early to get spot fish til midnight,not even one bump.
you know only after fishing the spot if it was good.

 

the fish are on the move all time,they come close,move out,go east,go west,that is all gess work where they will be.

we are talking about a pattern... fish follow patterns, but not always the same all the time, depending on wind, waves, water temp, time of year... but fish on the shorelines happen in a pattern, usually with strong wind and wave action washing bait into the shallows ... and that what this conversation is about

 

Soaking it all in

 

Ya I was planning fishing there in october and November. I also heard fishing the dam at west branch will produce some eyes from time to time in fall. Learned a lot from fishing for saugeye in central ohio. There's a good thread on the rainy night jerkbait bite that will help you pattern them to some degree. Sometimes it just comes down to blind luck. Most of the time once it gets cold all you have to do is look at wind direction, find the bait, and then find a school of active walleye/saugeye.

 

Other NE tailgaters are extremely more productive for eyes than W.B. I personally wouldn't fish W.B. tail waters for eyes.

 

we have 1 spieces waleye,but they are divided to 100 families,they learn how to live as family,survive and food.
it is like USA we have people but in every state they live with defrent style.
main think is locating fish.
the fish are in defrent mood,
negativ,neutral ,positive= 100%
you can have 40% negative,40% neutral,20% positive,the nomber is changing every minute.
this week trolers had good bite and i know east coast NJ and north had good bite at same time and it is 1000 miles defrent.i could not figure out why.we have computers electronick but we are unable to predict bite we only to sell them to make profit and people mizerable who waisted there money.
in my opinion the huricane was trigering the bait.

 

Mainly I'm wondering if there are actually eyes a cast out from shore on Erie in the summer.

I wouldn't expect a limit but 1 or 2 on a good night would be nice. Really I'd only expect to get some drum or cats off the bottom.
Watched a few YouTube videos and from the info I've gathered seems like it's extremely hit or miss summer bite but the mix of fish would make it fun. I've got a few buddies that are big time into Erie trolling, they have it perfected but that's not really my thing. I mean it's fun for what it is and I enjoy going there with them and straight harvesting,its just not my favorite kind of fishing.

 

I mean it's fun for what it is and I enjoy going there with them and straight harvesting,its just not my favorite kind of fishing.

I'm with you... fishing rather than harvesting fish.

 

I have thought of trying Erie shore for eyes also, but not really sure where to go and definitely not on my own.

 

but not really sure where to go and definitely not on my own.

are you east side or west side?

 

Guess you could sort of say center as I drive up 77. Fished out of WW a few times on boats so not familiar with the fishing spots. I just know I used to deliver caskets to areas that at night were not the best areas to be.

 

sometimes a lot of walleyes caught off Fairport Harbor wall off the Grand River entrance
paid parking, secure area, about a 150 yard walk onto a poured concrete wall...
lots of day and evening night fishing on that pier

I hope this takes you to the map I am looking at google map
Fairport Harbor pier
https://www.google.com/maps/place/F...a532631acbdf:0x596154ce41e7b92f!8m2!3d41.7500431!4d-81.2739916?hl=en&authuser=0

 

Had 50fish nights at Fairport pier last year. Stick baits in various sizes and colors. Timing is everything when it comes to shoreline casting for Erie eyes.

 

That's what I like to hear!!!!!!!

 

The best time for walleye along Erie breakwalls is in the spring and fall when the water temp is in the 60 and 50s. Late october through early December and again in April till June.. Not saying ya cant get a random eye in the middle of summer but your chances go way down. Casting stick baits of any kind from sunset till sunrise will get ya fish.