Summer stream fishing?

Creeks I guess I should say. Like walnut and elk

Morando1

Creeks I guess I should say. Like walnut and elk

The Elk and Walnut get pretty low in the summer. Always nice for a walk and some fun chasing creek chubs.  There are a few holes that **may**  hold some trout but they will be few and far between.
 
The mouths of the creeks usually have something going on. Panfish, smallmouth, sheephead and cats.
 
If you want to wade, you might do better on Presque Isle. Just watch for ticks.

sure it'd be worth it.  I wouldn't fish the tribs tho. Presque Isle will keep you busy fishing all day.  Any one of the piers, or rent a canoe and paddle and cast around in the lagoons. Many options here morando.

Jump on a head boat. For $32, getting out a few miles out on the lake is worth it. Catching a few or a limit of perch is a bonus. Beware, if you catch 50 perch, it will either cost you $25 to have cleaned, or 2-3 hours of cleaning yourself... Just be prepared to fish with company if you go on a weekend or holiday. 100 miles each way in gas, and a hotel, food ect. $32 (bait included) is a bargain. It costs most guys with their own boats about that much in gas to get out and back, and bait. If you don't keep fish, maybe not a good deal though.

I used to do ok off of the piers as a kid too. Like anything, it depends on seasonal patterns, ect. I personally don't know what is going on in the bay/piers, so a head boat is even more worth it to someone like me. If you don't find out this info, it is easier to fish smaller water closer to home, and likely as productive. I mentioned that a few months ago and had my head taken off though...

The limit on Erie for perch is 30. It's still a good deal and a fun time. Taking a canoe on the bay would be a blast. No telling what you'll catch. I'd probably stay away from the tribs, like others have said. Get on the big water.

Speaking of uncommon things, on one of my summer trips the kids tagged along. At one point a large dark shadow was moving up the creek. I thought it was a lone steel at first, but it was far to round. It turned out to be a rather large beaver. My daughter, who has seen her zoologist heroes on PBS hold and pet a beaver, tried to call it over. To my surprise the darn thing made a bee line straight for her. It got about a yard away before I intervened. I really think it might have come right to her hand had I not scared it off. 

I have a picture somewhere of one in Walnut just upstream of Millfair.  Long before the development took place there was a swamp at one of the bends that had a beaver den in it.

I wondered who was gonna go there. I'm suprised it took this long. HAHAHAHA