Catfishing Erie

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I agree with Elk Creek . Head down towards the mouth and stay in the channel.Should be able to hook up with a channel or flathead 

No flatheads. Only channel and bullheads. The creeks are good, but you can catch them anywhere on the shoreline. Some of the inland lakes are worth fishing also.

Hmm did in fact catch a flathead in Elk Creek over a decade ago." it was big man"

Any shoreline, after a spell of rough water. I rig like used to for salmon. Number 8 hook about 18 inches below a split shot, an egg sinker above the split shot. The split shot just acts as a stopper.  Night crawlers that have been in the sun for the day, or three or four minnows hooked through the middle.

"Back in the day" I used to fish the jetty off beach 8. I would go down there after the lifeguards left the beach and fish until dark. On a hot night we would fill our buckets with white bass, but we usually had a line out for channel cats as well. But the park has been "improved" and the jetty is history.