Lake Erie is known as a Walleye fishing paradise, and thousands of anglers visit this area every year looking for trophy fish and enjoying the sport.

Walleye in Lake Erie give the best fishing during the early spring and then again in the fall months, but these fish are available year round if you are willing to look. In the early spring months, the reefs are a great place to locate Walleye, especially the females getting ready for the spawn, because of the deep water.

During early spring and the fall months it is recommended to slowly troll around the reefs. This will allow you to cover more area, and increases the odds of catching a Walleye. These reefs offer great Walleye fishing opportunities even through the spring into early summer, and then again in the fall. During the fall months the Walleye are coming into Lake Erie from the Central Basin, and this offers a great chance to catch trophy Walleye.

Spring Walleye fishing on Lake Erie can also be very productive in the Western Basin of the lake. During the spring more than eighty percent of the population of Walleye in the lake are usually hanging out in this area because of spawning activity. Catching trophy Walleye during this time in this area is common, with many being over ten pounds. Use minnows with jigs or cast some blade baits and you can catch a large number of males on the reefs, where they are waiting for the females to spawn. If you are looking for large female Walleye in this area, you should troll in the deeper water around the reefs.

The lake also offers great summer time Walleye fishing. Larger Walleye, including many of the bigger females, will move off into the Central Basin. The Walleye that stay in the Western Basin will usually form large schools, and these can be a mile or more long and wide. This is considered the best time of year to fish just for the sport and the flesh of the fish.

It is common to limit out daily during the summertime on this lake.