STINK-HOLE / P.I. ERIE

Hello fishermen and women, well the best place on the bay right now seems to be 4th parking lot, fish are being picked up all over the place and in different size and numbers. Chestnut is still putting up the numbers, but a lot of throw backs but will catch fish. MB is producing Gils some crappie and a few perch. 2nd parking lot sporadic on picking up perch, no large numbers, haven't heard how gils are, large mouth being caught on the flats, liberty park and yacht club is too sporadic, horseshoe pond gills. I have not talked to anyone getting any northerns, few steelhead being picked up. Grubs and minnows are producing but like another angler ( imrinc ) said put a lot of grubs on the hook. He has been doing really well out there. We are all here to because it something we enjoy doing alone, with friends and family. These forums are here to help or guide each other in the sport we love. Have fun and be safe, keep the lines tight, hookem' & cookem'~ Good fishing.
the alaskan

caught many northerns and largemouth in misery this year...

minnies and baby-gills as baits

Alaskan, let me know how you do.  I've never fished East of Dobbins.  I've been meaning to try off East Ave.  Have you
seen anybody out there this year?

West of the 4th lot, before you get to the big weed bed.  There's a drop off in there.  You'll see guys parked along the road there.

Slow day for me today, I know some people had success ,but a lot of people I talked to were not having that much success today. This morning I went to MB, then quit around noon, went back out fishing off third parking lot at 3pm and it was slow, marked fish, just no takers. Then the winds out of the east really picked up! Anyone know what they are forecasting for winds on Saturday?
Prob head off chestnut on Saturday and take my son.
the alaskan

thanks stumpkiller

Went off chesnut 11-2 strong winds the whole time we were there.  I was the only one who caught anything, a dink perch a smelt on jig and meal worms in about 18 ft of water.  Might try again tomorrow

Fished off 2nd lot on sat when is it to windy I would say that if you stand up and your fish trap try to fold up and blow away it is to windy that being said once i got set up i had to stay until the wind died down misjudged were i wanted to set up ended up in 9 ft of water but couldnt move good thing caught at least 20 perch only kept the 10 in ones today went home with 8 all fish would have been "keepers" if i kept 7 -8 in fish on the bottom wouldnt touch bait fish wanted bait 3 ft off bottom before they would strike ice was 12 in and slick

Fished till noon off of chestnut today in about 20 FOW, 1 keeper, 13 or 14 dinks.

can anybody give me a snow report on the BAY.. curious how much snow is laying on the ice up there ?? NW/

thanks for the report alaskan.. loks like I wil save my gass $$ and go to pymie instead.. NW/

I hearing from most of the fishermen that the fishing sucks everywhere out there.

Took the wife and kids to the SON'S ice fishing outing on the waterworks ponds. Fished there for two hours caught nothing. Even though we didn't catch anything the kids had fun and the hot chocolate was good. A big thank you goes out from my family to the all the SON'S. Afterwards we moved to the fifth paking lot and fished just east of the pack. Brought home five average perch and six niced sized gills.

Hello fellow fishermen and women, My son and I went out last evening off chestnut to 18fow, marked fished, caught alot of small throw backs. He caught 3 keepers, caught on grubs and minnies. Hard walkin with the snow on top of the ice. Good 10-12 inches of ice out there. Quite a few huts scattered all across the bay. we fished 4-7pm when we got back in two guys were heading out to fish, I asked what they been getting at night they said perch. They went toward the convention center, last I saw them they were just east of the pump house before C.C. off the old Private boat launch that was east of the water works. in about 10-12fow.
Heading to Boro after job interview today.
the alaskan

I can believe night fishing for crappie but never did many perch at night.