Eric Sharp of the Detroit Free Press has an April 17th column about fishing the Lake Erie shore between Detroit and Rondeau Bay.  Excerpts and link:

Perch numbers have declined in western Lake Erie since the arrival 25 years ago of zebra mussels, which compete for food with baby perch. But the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources estimates the numbers of spawning-age perch in the basin at 16.5 million, up slightly from last year.

He pointed to a small object on the southern horizon, just to the east of Big Sister Island whose treetops could be seen above the water.

“That’s the Admiral Perry Monument (in Put-in-Bay, Ohio). This really is a big high-pressure system that has moved in. You can see the nuclear plant in Ohio, too, and that’s 32 miles away. We don’t get many days when we can see this far,” Horoky said.

Anderson said he and Horoky can’t figure out why they don’t draw more anglers from southeastern Michigan.

“We have good walleye and steelhead fishing here right through the summer, and you don’t have the big pack of boats to contend with that you get in Ohio,” Horoky said.

Said Anderson, “And we’re only 40, 45 minutes from Detroit, not 2 1/2 hours like if you go to Ohio. But Detroit is a market that we just haven’t been able to tap.”

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