Report from yesterday: Lake Erie was rolling 1-2'.. Surface temps about 74°.. Fish not overly active but still came off with a box full of fish.. My buddy Ron got the label of King of...

Doug Lemmon Loc: Rochester Mills, PA

Lake Erie was rolling 1-2'.. Surface temps about 74°.. Fish not overly active but still came off with a box full of fish.. My buddy Ron got the label of King of the Sheepshead! Seems like that was every other pull for him. Lol! A couple under size had to go back in, but that is a good sign for next year. The cutting board in the one pic is a 32" board just for scale. Nice day overall!!

plumbob Loc: New Windsor Maryland

Nice Doug, some great lookin pics there. Thanks

Wv mike Loc: Parkersburg area. Wv

Doug are you fishing out of port Clinton

FishfulThinking Loc: Venetia, Pa. 25 miles S. Of Pgh.

Doug Lemmon wrote:

Lake Erie was rolling 1-2'.. Surface temps about 74°.. Fish not overly active but still came off with a box full of fish.. My buddy Ron got the label of King of the Sheepshead! Seems like that was every other pull for him. Lol! A couple under size had to go back in, but that is a good sign for next year. The cutting board in the one pic is a 32" board just for scale. Nice day overall!!

That Doug is a heck of an eye. Imagine if you caught her before the spawn! We go out of Northeast also but we just can not seem to get into them. How are you fishing for them? Where? How deep? Speed? Bait?

fishrmans Loc: Waushara Cnty Wisconsin and Port Charlotte Fl

Doug Lemmon wrote:

Lake Erie was rolling 1-2'.. Surface temps about 74°.. Fish not overly active but still came off with a box full of fish.. My buddy Ron got the label of King of the Sheepshead! Seems like that was every other pull for him. Lol! A couple under size had to go back in, but that is a good sign for next year. The cutting board in the one pic is a 32" board just for scale. Nice day overall!!

32 inches gotta go 10+ pounds. Course they aren’t full of eggs this time of year.
Sheepshead put up a pretty good fight on light tackle and we often eat the smaller ones, 10 inches or so, if we are pan fishing. Fillet them right with the bluegills crappies and perch and no one has ever complained.

Doug Lemmon Loc: Rochester Mills, PA

FishfulThinking wrote:

That Doug is a heck of an eye. Imagine if you caught her before the spawn! We go out of Northeast also but we just can not seem to get into them. How are you fishing for them? Where? How deep? Speed? Bait?

Most productive was Crawler Harness on Dipsy's. Running depth of 50' +/-. Average speed approx 1.9 in 60'-70' of water.

Doug Lemmon Loc: Rochester Mills, PA

Wv mike wrote:

Doug are you fishing out of port Clinton

North East, PA bouncing off of the NY line!

Eyecrosser Loc: Camdenton Mo. Lake of Ozarks.

Doug Lemmon wrote:

Lake Erie was rolling 1-2'.. Surface temps about 74°.. Fish not overly active but still came off with a box full of fish.. My buddy Ron got the label of King of the Sheepshead! Seems like that was every other pull for him. Lol! A couple under size had to go back in, but that is a good sign for next year. The cutting board in the one pic is a 32" board just for scale. Nice day overall!!

Good fishing Doug. Great pics. Thanks for sharing.

Robert J Samples Loc: Round Rock, Texas

Thank you for that report and the photos. Some of us are still hunkered down and that is a blessing. Just Sayin...RJS

E.pa.al Loc: Martin's Creek

Nice Doug
Awesome pics!!

FishfulThinking Loc: Venetia, Pa. 25 miles S. Of Pgh.

Doug Lemmon wrote:

North East, PA bouncing off of the NY line!

Thank you. We have been going the other way. You out around the mountain?

Paul britton Loc: Carlsbad nm

Doug Lemmon wrote:

Lake Erie was rolling 1-2'.. Surface temps about 74°.. Fish not overly active but still came off with a box full of fish.. My buddy Ron got the label of King of the Sheepshead! Seems like that was every other pull for him. Lol! A couple under size had to go back in, but that is a good sign for next year. The cutting board in the one pic is a 32" board just for scale. Nice day overall!!

Nice fish

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

Doug Lemmon wrote:

Lake Erie was rolling 1-2'.. Surface temps about 74°.. Fish not overly active but still came off with a box full of fish.. My buddy Ron got the label of King of the Sheepshead! Seems like that was every other pull for him. Lol! A couple under size had to go back in, but that is a good sign for next year. The cutting board in the one pic is a 32" board just for scale. Nice day overall!!

Nice catch Doug, that's a beautiful eye there. Glad you could find them in the rough water. Great pictures,thanks for sharing.

fever Loc: eastern NC

help me... here in NC sheepshead is a saltwater fish..
they eat barnacles crustaceans crabs.. fish for them
around pilings and docks... Lake Erie? is it salty?

Doug Lemmon Loc: Rochester Mills, PA

fever wrote:

help me... here in NC sheepshead is a saltwater fish..
they eat barnacles crustaceans crabs.. fish for them
around pilings and docks... Lake Erie? is it salty?

No. Lake Erie is fresh water..