Conference wahoo::fishing-v2

    
    
    	Well, this isn't a fishing story but might be of interest.
    
    	I was talking to a friend of mine yesterday, who now lives in
    Cleveland. Ohio.  He was out scuba diving this summer, on an old wreck. 
    He said that it was 270 ft. long, and 60 or 90 ft. beam, inverted on
    lake bed.
    
    	He said that EVERY square inch of the exposed hull, was covered up
    to 3 inches thick-with Zebra mussels.  The individual ones were approx.
    the size of a nickel.
    
    		I have read that they are in every area of the lake, and
    area spreading quickly.  There is also the fear that they will be
    carried into inland lakes by sportfishing boats.
    
    
    		Chuck
    
    	 

    Maybe I'm stupid, but I don't know what the disturbing part is. Maybe
    that's because I don't know what a zebra mussel is. (but if it's
    somethng that might eat Cleveland, it can't be all bad)
    
    leo

    Almost a year later and no answer to the base note...
    
    I'm stuck at my mother-in-law's Lake Erie waterfront cottage for
    all of next week.  This place is in the middle of nowhere about
    halfway between Buffalo and the NY-PA line.
    
    I do read the Lake Ontario report posted in here.  Is the same stuff
    applicable?  In particular...
    
    - Does one fish in this lake?  Does one eat what one catches?
    - What does one fish for?  What bait/lures/rigs?
    - Can boats be rented?
    
    I'll take my spinning reel which I think has 12 lb test mono on it
    and a bunch of associated stuff for that weight.  Or should I bring
    my bigger stuff?  (35 lb Glowing mercury laden Walleye from hell???).
    

re:       <<< Note 37.3 by TOOK::SWIST "Jim Swist LKG2-2/T2 DTN 226-7102" >>>

I've had several business trips to Cleveland which is right on Lake Erie.
I always see people shore fishing, and it's my understanding that they're
going for walleye.   Walleye is real popular there.  If you get fish+chips
at a restaurant, chances are it's walleye.

I think it's polluted but it's just a guess.

Sorry, that's about all I know about it.   

Maybe you could try calling a Chamber of Commerce in the area you are
staying in.

Ken

    I went to grad school in Cleveland in the late 70s and one of the ways
    I supported myself was working on a research project to study Lake Erie
    pollution.  Lots of heavy metals and pesticides have washed into the
    lake.  I wouldn't eat anything from it.  The lake is made up of three
    relatively shallow basins.  During hot summers the thermocline that
    sets up prevents oxygen from passing the thermocline barrier and the
    fish start dying from suffocation.  At least the lake never caught on
    fire, although the Cayahoga river that feeds it did once in a very
    famous incident.  Other than that its a beautiful place to fish.

    
    
    	Don't listen to them! :-)
    
    	I grew up on the lake, and fised there often.  The Fact is that
    with the decline of the heavy industries in N.Ohio(steel and Rubber)
    and High water due to a ~100 year cycle, Lake Erie is the Cleanest its
    been in 40 years.(There's even trout in parts of the Cuyoga R.!)
    
    	Stay away from eating a lot of bottom feeders, as they do pick up 
    the heavy metals(just like anyplace else).  
    
    	Best memories include going down to the Public Dock (Erie Pa.) with
    	mom for a fresh perch fillet sandwich.
    
    	Chuck
    

    I just got back.
    
    The lake stunk and was full of green and brown algae.  Within a
    couple minutes after arriving locals got into an argument about
    whether you were supposed to eat fish out of the lake no more than
    once a week or no more than twice a week.**   No partyboats.  No rentals
    other than rowboats.  Surfcasting looked like a disgusting proposition.
    Plenty of charters out of Dunkirk at outrageous prices ($275 half day
    max 4 pers).  This is for Walleye I can't eat more than once a week?
    
    Spent the week goofing off.  It was great.
    
    ** = Someone said the maximum recommended fish intake was even lower
    for Lake Ontario, but luckily I didn't even get near it.
    
    
    

    
    
    
      Not to turn this into a rathole but I have been eating alot of fish 
    out of lake O in the last 5 years, and Idont glow in the dark)*8 yet!
    
       Yeah they have the same warning for lake O but when they did the
    study they (DEC) ground the whole fish and then tested it, I for one 
    dont take the whole fish and grind it up, and the local college
    biologist's went out and caught some fish and cleaned the fish the way
    you are supposed to clean them and they tested below any dangerous
    levels.
       I have heard of the walleye in lake erie being harmfull, but if you 
    look into the levels of toxins in a filleted fish from there then make 
    your decision from that.( if its filleted right).
      
       $275.00 for 4 for a half day? wonder if that charter is very busy? I
    would think not for that much money. especially for walleye, and there 
    isnt an abundance of variety of fish in lake erie. as compared to the 
    other great lakes, dont get me wrong lake erie deserves the title of 
    walleye capital of the world.
    
                                                   JMHO
    
                                                  Lee
    

My wife's uncle likes to fish Lake Erie.  He's out there all the time.  He 
catches pike, walleye, bass, perch, etc...  He eats 'em all the time (but 
I don't, only occasionally).  Mind you, we're at the other end of Lake E., 
at the Detroit River. His favorite spot is off of Pt.Peelie (sp) on the 
Canadian side.