CLEVELAND, Ohio — Lake Erie has settled into its summer mode and without the big winds of recent weeks, the walleye fishing has been outstanding this week on calm waters. The Central Basin has been ...

Unfavorable weather conditions throughout May, including strong winds and murky water, delayed the start of the 2025 Lake Erie fishing season. Despite the late start, fishing proved successful in ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Lake Erie’s huge schools of walleye are gorging themselves on gizzard shad right now, including toothy females fattening up for the spring spawning season arriving in March and April ...

Elma resident Tom Slawatcki, center, with teammates Jim Dolly, left, and son Ben, have been among teams to win cash at the Lake Erie Con Club Derby in Dunkirk, which is under new management this year.

DUNKIRK – The walleye around here tend to stick around, spending their whole lives on the eastern side of Lake Erie. The walleye from Ohio? They're roamers. They'll show up on the Buffalo side of the ...

Most every angler who is passionate about walleye fishing knows that Lake Erie is the capital of the walleye angling world. Fish are caught year-round on the Great Lake – east to west, north to south, ...

Mark Mohr, left, and Bob Rustowicz, right, share tournament leadership prize award duties at last year’s “Duel in Dunkirk” walleye tournament. The 2025 tournament will take place this weekend, with ...

Lovingly referred to as Doctor Bob or Captain Bob by his friends and many who know him, Bob Ferraro, a retired cardiologist, owns and is the captain of a 42-foot-long Lake Erie fishing vessel, the ...

The dawn breaks bright and sunny at the docks, but captain Bob Ferraro remains deeply doubtful about our chances of catching any walleyes this day. Nonetheless, he’s headstrong determined to give it ...

William C. Sterling State Park runs along a mile of the Lake Erie shoreline in southeast Michigan. The park is Michigan's only state park on the Lake Erie coast. Visitors can camp, hunt, fish and ...

Ohio lawmakers are trying again to make the walleye the official state fish, but some prefer bass for the honor. Walleye fishing generates significant revenue for Ohio, contributing $1 billion to the ...