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Lake Erie (Ohio waters), OH

Lake in Multiple (Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake, Ashtabula) County, Ohio. Ohio holds the southern shore of Lake Erie from Toledo to Conneaut. Walleye Capital of the World. Shallow western basin (avg 25 ft) is the walleye spawning + nursery factory; central basin off Cleveland is deep-water summer trolling; eastern basin (Fairport–Conneaut) is the smallmouth + steelhead nursery.

55

Overall bite score

Scored 24 min ago · recomputed every 30 minutes

Water tempModeled71
Pressure trendNOAAfalling60
SolunarComputedmoon 45% lit44
Recent stockingState data50
Time of dayComputed50
WindNOAA10
Cloud coverNOAA100
PrecipitationNOAA50

Each instrument reads 0 to 100. The score is their weighted blend, tuned for lakes and reservoirs. No black box: every reading names its source.

What swims here

9 tracked species in Lake Erie (Ohio waters), with the months each fishes best.

Bluegillabundant
Freshwater Drumabundant
Smallmouth Bassabundant
Steelheadabundant
Walleyeabundant
White Bassabundant
Yellow Perchabundant
Saugercommon
Northern Pikepresent

Water facts

TypeLake
CountyMultiple (Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake, Ashtabula)
StateOhio
WaterFreshwater

Major ramps at East Harbor State Park (Lakeside-Marblehead), Sandusky Bay (Cedar Point Causeway), Maumee Bay State Park (Toledo), Geneva State Park (eastern basin), Conneaut Harbor. Lake Erie Sport Fishing District zone limits apply.

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