Steelhead anglers finally had some open water last weekend. Some of those who fished complained about no steelhead in the creeks, while others had some fairly good steelhead fishing. This was the same on both sides of Erie.
Sixteen Mile Creek remains open, and it holds some steelhead. Other creeks are in various conditions that make open-water fishing out of the question.
Ice is unstable at lower Elk Creek. There is ice at lower Walnut Creek.
Steelhead are occasionally hitting off the mouth of Trout Run. No brown trout have been reported there. Top lures are either black and white jigs or gold jigs, both larger than usual, 21/2 to 3 inches. Minnows are also effective.
Even though strong wind has made fishing at Presque Isle Bay extremely uncomfortable, at least outside the ice shelter, there has been some pretty god ice fishing on the bay. Several places in the head or the bay, in shallow water, ice fishers have been catching perch and nice crappie.
Most of those perch have been small, but a day of ice fishing often produces a dozen, or more, very nice perch. At the Stink Hole, try a depth of about 16 feet for perch and crappie. Expect mostly perch through most of the day, and more crappie once the sun is low in the sky.
Even though there were very few people on the ice, one brown trout was caught Wednesday, along with perch and crappie, toward the head of the bay. The usual small jigs tipped with maggots have been effective. Swedish Pimples tend to catch more larger perch. I also suggest a Swedish Pimple with glow color, especially if you fish where there is snow on the ice, and when the sun is low in the sky.
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