Lake Erie Silver Bass
by Nic DiGravio
Lake
Erie is an excellent fishery for Silver Bass. The Bass are in abundance
and the lake receives much less fishing pressure for them than Perch. Silver
Bass are easy to catch and excellent eating. The only draw back is when
frozen, they develop a 'fishy' taste so keep in mind that your Silver Bass
outings should be for the table that night or the night after. Trust me
though when I say that the Silver Bass taste Superb!
During late May to the middle of June the Silver Bass spawn by the thousands
in outflows, river mouths, rocky shorelines and reefs. This is the best
and easiest time to catch them. Some of the ways to hook Silver Bass is
by using small jerk baits, crankbaits,
finesse minnows and worms, but my favorite is the 3"white
Mr. Twister grub on an 1/8th or 1/4 ounce jig head. Berkley
has the new 'Realistix' minnow power bait that worked very well combined
with different style jig heads to fill the live
well.
During the summer months you will find the Silver Bass out in the open
water feasting on bait fish but they are still relatively easy to catch.
Trolling with light weighted spinners like the Erie-Dearie tipped with a
worm and small crankbaits and minnow imitating baits will definitely work.
You can even stay on top of them using your bowmount jigging with spoons
and jig/grub combos.
Lake Erie Silver Bass have a lot in their favor.they taste great, fight hard and are easy to catch. Lets conserve our excellent Lake Erie fishery by keeping only what we can eat in one or two sittings and look forward to all the 'fun' we'll have coming back for more, rather than keeping them in the freezer!
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