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Rocky River was named one of the “150 Best Places to fish in America” in the June 2007 issue of Field and Stream magazine What a surprise…the Rocky River is elevated and muddy again! Well, at least the flooding is not as bad as what they’re dealing with on the Mississipp River right now. Fishing prospects in the river are limited accordingly. Anglers can monitor the trend in river flow and temperature at the following link: The Rocky River has been high and elevated for the entirety of the past week. Once the river drops and clears again after several days of dry weather anglers can expect the lake-run smallmouth bass fishing opportunties to be very good. Given the unseasonably cool temperatures, there may even still be a few straggler steelhead still around. Lake-run bass bite well on tube jigs or rubber gobies in dark brown or olive colors, live bait (crayfish and minnows are good), minnow imitating lures (medium size spinners or minnow style plugs), and streamer, goby, and crayfish fly patterns. Deeper, rocky pools in the few miles of river closer to Lake Erie (roughly north of Lorain Road) are good places to chase these larger bass. Trout are biting in Wallace and Shadow lakes and Ohio & Erie Canal fishing area, which were all stocked with rainbow trout within the past two weeks. Other locations where trout are still present are Hinckley and Ledge lakes. Trout have been biting well this week on Power Bait in brighter colors, small jigs tipped with grubs (maggots or waxworms) under a small float, and small spinners. Channel catfish stocked last week at Wallace Lake and Ohio & Erie Canal fishing area are also biting well this week on worms, chicken livers, and shrimp fished on the bottom. Larger lake-run channel catfish in the Rocky River should begin making an appearance, as well, and are one of the few species in which the river being muddy can actually improve the fishing. Largemouth bass, sunfish, and crappie have been biting at Hinckley and Wallace lakes, as well as a number of smaller venues around the Park District. Fishing a worm or minnow under a small bobber will catch any of these species, although most bass anglers use artificial lures such as white and silver spinnerbaits, shad style crankbaits, and purple rubber worms. A wet fishing derby weekend. Thanks to all the children and families who came out to enjoy the weekend spring fishing derbies with us despite the cold and rainy weather this past weekend. The kids got wet, but still caught plenty of fish. See a sampling of photos from the event following the report, and view the full set of fishing derby photos at the following link on the Cleveland Metroparks Facebook page: <2011 Spring Children’s Fishing Derby photos> Euclid Creek improvement project. For those interested, the following link includes a summary of some planned restoration work on lower Euclid Creek near Lake Erie: . Down the road this will improve sportfish spawning and nursery areas in this part of the stream. If you have a photo that you would like to contribute to the fishing report, or if you have any further questions regarding fishing in the Cleveland Metroparks, you may contact Aquatic Biologist Mike Durkalec at (440) 331-8017 or md@clevelandmetroparks.com . Good fishing, Mike John and Charlie were catching the trout on small black jigs tipped with a few maggots at Wallace Lake Tuesday morning. Monday morning, the advanced biology class from Westlake High School released about 75 juvenile rainbow trout they raised from eggs as part of Trout Unlimited's Trout in the Classroom project. At top is John Cuomo, the teacher involved, with the mini trout and below are the students releasing the fish at the Rocky River marina with Phil Hillman of ODNR. Thanks to Emerald Necklace Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Westlake High School, and the Ohio Division of Wildlife for making this great learning experience for the students possible.
Rocky River was named one of the “150 Best Places to fish in America” in the June 2007 issue of Field and Stream magazine
What a surprise…the Rocky River is elevated and muddy again! Well, at least the flooding is not as bad as what they’re dealing with on the Mississipp River right now. Fishing prospects in the river are limited accordingly. Anglers can monitor the trend in river flow and temperature at the following link:
The Rocky River has been high and elevated for the entirety of the past week. Once the river drops and clears again after several days of dry weather anglers can expect the lake-run smallmouth bass fishing opportunties to be very good. Given the unseasonably cool temperatures, there may even still be a few straggler steelhead still around. Lake-run bass bite well on tube jigs or rubber gobies in dark brown or olive colors, live bait (crayfish and minnows are good), minnow imitating lures (medium size spinners or minnow style plugs), and streamer, goby, and crayfish fly patterns. Deeper, rocky pools in the few miles of river closer to Lake Erie (roughly north of Lorain Road) are good places to chase these larger bass.
Trout are biting in Wallace and Shadow lakes and Ohio & Erie Canal fishing area, which were all stocked with rainbow trout within the past two weeks. Other locations where trout are still present are Hinckley and Ledge lakes. Trout have been biting well this week on Power Bait in brighter colors, small jigs tipped with grubs (maggots or waxworms) under a small float, and small spinners.
Channel catfish stocked last week at Wallace Lake and Ohio & Erie Canal fishing area are also biting well this week on worms, chicken livers, and shrimp fished on the bottom. Larger lake-run channel catfish in the Rocky River should begin making an appearance, as well, and are one of the few species in which the river being muddy can actually improve the fishing.
Largemouth bass, sunfish, and crappie have been biting at Hinckley and Wallace lakes, as well as a number of smaller venues around the Park District. Fishing a worm or minnow under a small bobber will catch any of these species, although most bass anglers use artificial lures such as white and silver spinnerbaits, shad style crankbaits, and purple rubber worms.
A wet fishing derby weekend. Thanks to all the children and families who came out to enjoy the weekend spring fishing derbies with us despite the cold and rainy weather this past weekend. The kids got wet, but still caught plenty of fish. See a sampling of photos from the event following the report, and view the full set of fishing derby photos at the following link on the Cleveland Metroparks Facebook page: <2011 Spring Children’s Fishing Derby photos>
Euclid Creek improvement project. For those interested, the following link includes a summary of some planned restoration work on lower Euclid Creek near Lake Erie: . Down the road this will improve sportfish spawning and nursery areas in this part of the stream.
If you have a photo that you would like to contribute to the fishing report, or if you have any further questions regarding fishing in the Cleveland Metroparks, you may contact Aquatic Biologist Mike Durkalec at (440) 331-8017 or md@clevelandmetroparks.com .
Good fishing,
Mike
John and Charlie were catching the trout on small black jigs tipped with a few maggots at Wallace Lake Tuesday morning.
Monday morning, the advanced biology class from Westlake High School released about 75 juvenile rainbow trout they raised from eggs as part of Trout Unlimited's Trout in the Classroom project. At top is John Cuomo, the teacher involved, with the mini trout and below are the students releasing the fish at the Rocky River marina with Phil Hillman of ODNR. Thanks to Emerald Necklace Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Westlake High School, and the Ohio Division of Wildlife for making this great learning experience for the students possible.
Mike has been catching some fine largemouth bass on white and red spinnerbaits in our local lakes (photos courtesy of Mike Kovalski).
Thank you to the Optimist's Club of West Suburban Cleveland for their generous donation of $500 to the Cleveland Metroparks Fishing Fund, as well as for providing refreshments for sale at the Saturday fishing derby.
The following photos depict a few of our happy young anglers who attended the spring fishing derbies this weekend:
Thanks to all the young anglers and their families for joining us for a wet, cold, but productive weekend! The full set of fishing derby photos can be viewed at the following link: <2011 fishing derby photos>
_______________________________________________________________________________________________Cleveland Metroparks Fishing Fund Cleveland Metroparks Fishing Fund helps provide a rewarding fishing experience to Northeast Ohio anglers through the stocking of rainbow trout, channel catfish, largemouth bass, and other sport fish. The Fund also supports children's fishing derbies and creation and restoration of essential habitat in the ponds, lakes, and rivers within Cleveland Metroparks. For more information or to make a gift to Cleveland Metroparks Fishing Fund, please contact: Karen J. Kannenberg, CFREManager of Gift and Donor DevelopmentCleveland Metroparks4101 Fulton ParkwayCleveland, Ohio 44144216.635.3217kjk@clevelandmetroparks.com
This Fishing Report was submitted on 5/18/2011 4:17:59 PM by Seamus and last updated on 5/18/2011 4:17:59 PM.
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