6/9/26 Lake Erie Fishing Report

June 9, 2026

6/9/26

Lake Erie Fishing has been as good as it can be over the past week. Limits have been caught daily with many different fishing techniques. Many places in the Western Basin of Lake Erie are holding great numbers of walleyes. Weather has been stable for the most part, with sunny skies and seas under 3ft. A couple of thunderstorms have passed here and there, but nothing enough to stop the walleye from biting. Now for the good stuff you all love reading! I have been running SE of Wild Wings to the Camp Perry firing range Danger Zone number 1. Leaving the dock at 5 A.M. has given plenty of time to get a good head start on the number of walleye in the boat before the USCG closes the range at 8 A.M. I urge anyone fishing that area to make sure the range is open to the public before entering the orange and white buoys. There is a blinking strobe light to the west of the checkerboard water tower. If the strobe light is on, the range is closed to the public. Camp Perry Range Control also monitors channel 83A on the VHF marine radio. If you are unsure, please make sure, or the USCG will not be very happy with you! 

Image of a Ladies charter with Sir Walleye and a full limit of Lake Erie walleyes.
Women hold a Lake Erie walleye with Mustad fish grips.

New Rattle tots and TDD9 Taildancers have been my lures of choice, targeting them down 12 feet or so in the water column. I have been working 15 to 18 feet of water, looking for marks just up off the bottom, a foot or two, since walleye feed up. I always try to be about 2 to 3 feet above the best marking depth. Off the corner rods are dipsy divers and 50 Tru-Trip jets with Silver Streak Jr spoons. Nascar, Purple Demon, Pink Panthers have been best. Stern planer with a DDKB2 Deep Diving Bagley Killer B 2 targeting just a bit higher than the rest of the trolling spread. For those who might not know, a stern planer is a cone-shaped plastic device that lets us run an extra rod 200 feet behind the boat, with the rod high on our roof storage rack to keep it out of the way of the other lines. Limits have been fast, almost too fast, some days. We can’t make them walleye bite or not bite some days. Speed has been a little different each day. Mostly targeting 2.5 to 2.8 MPH at the LURE, not GPS overground speed. Lake Erie has a ton of current; some days, when the lake is the calmest, the current is the strongest. Hint: the reason I run the Fish Hawk off the downrigger is to measure the speed at the lure. 

Mustad Pro Tips:

  1. Make sure you always know all local regulations regarding which waters are open or closed to the public, and when. 
  2. Rules of the road are an important part of boating on any body of water. Make sure to know them and practice them daily when fishing. REMEMBER THE ONLY TIME TO DEVIATE FROM THE RULES IS TO AVOID IMMEDIATE DANGER. Always give right of way to the boat that has it!
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Until Next Time, 

Gotta Go, Fish ON 🎣 Get The Net‼️,

Captain Kris

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