Category: Fish Great Lakes
The what, where, when and how of catching fish in the Great Lakes and their tributaries.
The cat is out of the bag. Plastic worms work very well on steelhead in rivers and streams. I’ve been catching steelhead on worms for over a decade now. When I first started using them I wouldn’t see any other people tossing worms. Now I see lots of people using them. Normally they throw pink worms. …
Fishing with jigs is one of the best ways to catch steelhead. The way they look in the water draws in strikes from steelies all across North America. These little lures can catch fish from the Great Lakes tributaries in the East all the way out to the native range of steelhead on the West Coast. …
Pink worms are one of the best lures for steelhead you can find. Whether you are spin, float or fly fishing, pink worms simply catch fish. In the past I have written about how good these worms are for many other species of fish including trout and even panfish. Yet pink worms work incredibly well for …
Do you want to know how to catch Erie steelhead in the fall? The you’ve come to the right place. What follows are some basic tips on fishing the Erie tributaries in the fall. After reading this, you will be better prepared to catch some chrome the next time you are in the area. Most people …
Salmon in the Great Lakes run into the tributaries to spawn each fall. This usually starts in September and ends at some point in October. In most of the Great Lakes king salmon and silver salmon predominate. During the annual salmon run countless anglers from all over the United States and even the world show up …
September marks the start of steelhead season all around the Great Lakes. While steelhead can be caught in the deep waters of the lakes during the summer, it is the autumn steelhead spawning run that brings out the biggest number of anglers. Steelhead are larger than the vast majority of trout in the United States, and …
Every September huge numbers of king and coho salmon make their semi-annual spawning runs into the tributaries that feed the Great Lakes. Waters like the Salmon River in New York fill up with salmon that often weigh twenty pounds or more. Countless anglers arrive at the same time, trying to hook up with these bruisers. Once …
It’s September, which means it is time for the Steelhead in the Great Lakes to make their annual spawning runs and flood into the tributaries. Many anglers will follow the fish in hopes of hooking up with a few. Some of them will catch fish. Others will be skunked. There are many ways to fish, but …
On a trip to fish the Pennsylvania tributaries of Lake Erie last fall, I stopped to take a look at the Trout Run nursery waters as I occasionally do. At the time, fish were being collected by employees of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC), as seen in this video: Trout Run is a tiny …
There is a tendency by fishers to head for the largest and deepest holes in a stream, which are usually also the most well-known, and stay put. But when the pressure is on, the fish take notice. At times like this, it can be much more productive to fish the scattered pocket water between these holes. …
