ORIGINAL: FiveMilePete

ORIGINAL: heyiknowyou

From September 6 until the opening day of trout season in April, all Lake Erie tributary streams are closed to fishing from 10 p.m. until 5 a.m. on the following day except for Walnut Creek north of the Manchester Road Bridge and Elk Creek north of the Route 5 Bridge.

It is unlawful to fish from 10 p.m. until 5 a.m. on the following day within 50 yards of the mouth of both Trout Run and Godfrey Run while fishing the Lake Erie shoreline.



The way it is written... you can't night fish (10pm to 5am) anywhere except elk access and walnut access from route 5 to the lake (that's what north of route 5 means), and during these times which you can't even fish... you can't fish within 50 yards of the mouth of godfrey and trout run.

Pretty black and white (yes, it's blue above) as it's written unless you're blind.  As long as you are not night fishing, you can fish anywhere at trout run and godfrey.  The only thing that can be argued is fishing the actual flow and impeding the fish trying to get into the stream itself.  That comes down to how lenient the WCO wishes to be or if you're Dreamcatcher because he likes standing in the flow.

So....you can fish in the lake at Trout Run, as long as you are 50 yards from the mouth? The lake is not a tributary stream. If you can fish in a boat, why can't you fish the same water wading?

because Al Gore said so.  Maybe it's a safety issue?  Most boaters are competent and understand the dangers of fishing at night close to shore or out on the lake, whereas most fisherman might not know exactly where that larger stone or sink hole is along the shoreline and could fall in.  Or based on the area its in you could get the drunks from Ralphie's who decide to go fishing after last call.  I'd just take it as its written and not ask questions, there are plenty of chances and place to fish all around Erie where you don't have to stand elbow to elbow.