**The walleye bag limit is 6 fish per day. The minimum size limit for walleye is 15”.**
**The black bass (largemouth and smallmouth) daily bag limit is 5 fish with a 14” minimum size limit.**
**The steelhead trout daily bag limit is 5. The minimum size limit for steelhead is 12 inches.**
Western Basin
Over the past week walleye fishing was slow for anglers that were casting. Trollers are still catching fish, but the action is a littler slower than past weeks. West of the islands the best fishing has been between West Sister Island and the turnaround buoy of the Toledo shipping channel, between the northern cans of the Camp Perry range and West Sister Island, and northeast of Niagara Reef. Around the Island area Kelleys Island has been best with most of the fish being caught from northwest or northeast of the Island. Drifting with bottom bouncers and worm harnesses or casting mayfly rigs has been productive. Trollers have been catching fish on spoons with divers, or worm harnesses fished with inline weights, snap weights, bottom bouncers, or divers. The best spoon colors have been pinks and purples.
Yellow perch reports have been few and far between recently. Try the green can west of Catawba, the airport reef east of Kelleys Island, Lakeside or Cedar Point for summer yellow perch. Perch spreaders or crappie rigs with shiners fished near the bottom produce the most fish.
Central Basin
Walleye fishing has been very good north of Cranberry Creek marina in 32 feet of water, on the sandbar between Vermilion and Lorain, northwest of the Chagrin River in 56 to 62 feet of water, northwest of Wildwood State Park in 60 to 62 feet of water, north of Fairport Harbor in 60 to 72 feet of water, northwest of Geneva in 60 to 72 feet of water, and northwest of Ashtabula in 60 to 72 feet of water. Trollers are using crankbaits or spoons and worm harnesses off jet divers, dipsy divers, planer boards and downriggers. The best action has been 20 feet down and the best spoon colors have been chartreuse, silver, orange, green and pink.
Yellow perch fishing has been good northwest of Edgewater State Park in 43 to 47 feet of water, northwest of the Chagrin River in 38 to 44 feet of water, northwest of Fairport Harbor in 45 to 55 feet of water, and north of Ashtabula in 50 to 60 feet of water. Perch spreaders or crappie rigs with shiners fished near the bottom produce the most fish. Fish have ranged from seven to 12 inches.
Smallmouth bass fishing has been very good in five to 20 feet of water around Cleveland, FairportHarbor, Ashtabula and Conneaut harbors. Fish are being caught on watermelon, pumpkinseed and green tube jigs.
Steelhead fishing is picking up and fish are being caught off ChagrinRiver, Fairport, Geneva and Ashtabula. Anglers are catching steelhead on spoons while trolling for walleye.
Based on the nearshore forecast the water temperature is 70 off of Toledo and 69 off of Cleveland.
Anglers are encouraged to always wear a U.S. Coast Guard-approved personal flotation device while boating.
