Lake Erie Fishing Report 04-23-23
I made a quick trip to Lake Erie yesterday morning. The hope was for some quick walleye and maybe dabble with the bass afterwards. The walleye didn't cooperate, so I went bass fishing with the time I had remaining. I found one area holding some decent smallmouth. I quickly had a passing boat stop as it saw me catch one. That turned into them pretty much sitting right in my lap of my front seat of the boat. I decided to leave as I don't like that kind of fishing and thought it would be nice if they would have asked if I wanted to share the spot. I certainly would have shared it if they had asked nicely.
The other spots I tried had mostly junk fish on them. Drum and white bass were plentiful. Lake surface temperature was running 48 degrees. Air temperature was running 45 degrees with a wind coming out of the west to southwest. Be sure to check us out on Locals if you haven't joined yet. We're planning on putting on lots of bonus content on there as well as fishing reports and tournament results and news.
Lures that caught smallmouth were a fat free shad in the white color. 6 to 8 foot diver. 3/4 ounce green skirted jig with a 3.3 swimbait trailer.
This was our first fishing trip of 2023. Strong winds and storms the day prior led into our bluebird fishing day. Come along to see how we stringed some bites together on a tough fishing condition day. Thanks for being part of our community and stayed tuned for more exclusive content from R & J Bass Fishing. If you have any questions, feel free to leave them below and we'll answer them.
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Little underwater footage of some smallmouth bass swimming back and forth along an old pipe line. Find underwater structure that bass travel often.
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I went Wamplers lake in Irish Hills this past Sunday. Let me start by saying what. a circus on the water by the time afternoon rolled around. I had two goals for my fishing for the day. I wanted to catch some bass for a few hours and I also wanted to come home with a mess of bluegill or redear sunfish for dinner. I had a decent few hours bass fishing in the morning catching 7 of them. The bluegill fishing was actually more challenging because trying to find quality fish was a bit difficult. I caught too many to count, but only brought home a dozen that were big enough to filet up. Water temperature was 70 when I got there, and 72 when I left. Water temperature down at 14 feet was also 70 according to my underwater camera. I did use the underwater camera a bit trying to locate some bigger bluegill. Short video of the some of the underwater footage and one bass catch below.
