Lake Loramie: Good bass fishing has been reported. Look for cover close to the banks. Anglers are using spinnerbaits, crankbaits and flippin' jigs. Bluegills and crappies are scattered. For bluegills try a spider tipped with a waxworm. Crappies are biting on minnows or tubes. Catfish are hitting cut bait, nightcrawlers, chicken liver and bass minnows.
Cowan Lake: Bass fishing has been good in the mornings and evenings using topwater lures. During the morning switch to Rat-L-Traps and work the shoreline cover. Crappies are scattered, hitting minnows. The best fishing for catfish has been at night.
C.J. Brown Reservoir: Walleye fishing has been hot. Use nightcrawlers or Vib-E's and jig over the humps, using a drop-shot. Crappies have moved into deep water, hitting Roadrunners. Smaller crappies can be found in shallow water around the marina. Bluegills are hitting waxworms around the pilings near the ramp. Bass are still along the rocks, about 8 feet deep, going after jigs and crankbaits. For catfish, use nightcrawlers or cut shad on the north end of the lake.
Paint Creek Lake: Crappies have been hitting minnows and black/chartreuse jigs around wood in 5-10 feet of water. Bass fishing has been good off of points and rock walls. Fish about 5-7 feet deep with blue/silver crankbaits or black/grape worms. Saugeyes have been hitting Shad-Raps in the hazard zone. Use waxworms around brush to catch bluegills. In the spillway, crappies and saugeyes have been hitting twisters.
Rocky Fork Lake: Saugeyes are being caught by trolling with a crawler harness in front of the two beaches. If you work a crankbait off of points you might catch a saugeye or a bass. Also try working the edges of weed beds. Spinnerbaits and buzzbaits have also caught some bass. Bluegills are hitting waxworms around docks. Crappies are 6-10 feet deep, biting minnows or pink/white jigs.
Grand Lake St. Marys: Crappies have been biting in shallow water along the rocks. Use minnows or jigs. Catfish are hitting cut shad or nightcrawlers all over the lake. A few perch have been caught along the north shore off of the Wright State Lake Campus. Use pieces of minnows or redworms. For bluegills fish under docks and around brush with waxworms.
Acton Lake: Anglers are trolling or casting blue/silver crankbaits or brightly colored twisters to catch saugeyes. Catfish are biting on nightcrawlers or cut shad. For bluegills, find brush and fish with spiders tipped with waxworms. Bass fishing has been slow. Use dark-colored jigs or worms until the water clears.
Lake Erie: Walleyes have been caught on the Gravel Pit, northwest of West Sister Island and along the Canadian border east of Gull Island Shoal.
Yellow perch have been caught near the Toledo harbor light, on the Gravel Pit, around “H” can of the Camp Perry firing range and around North Bass Island. Smallmouth bass have been caught on the reefs of the Camp Perry firing range and along the shorelines of the Bass Islands. Largemouth bass have been caught on the main lake shoreline around Catawba and Marblehead.
For Lake Erie information, visit wildohio.com or call (888) HOOK-FISH.
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