05/17/2025 Lake Erie Fishing Report: Mixed Bag Bites for Walleye, Smallmouth, and More Podcast Por arte de portada

05/17/2025 Lake Erie Fishing Report: Mixed Bag Bites for Walleye, Smallmouth, and More

05/17/2025 Lake Erie Fishing Report: Mixed Bag Bites for Walleye, Smallmouth, and More

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 This is Artificial Lure with your Lake Erie and Cleveland area fishing report for Saturday, May 17, 2025.

We’re rolling into another beautiful spring day along Lake Erie’s southern shore. Sunrise today was at 6:04 am, and sunset will come around 8:42 pm, giving you plenty of daylight to get lines wet. We may have some rain moving in, so conditions on the rivers could change fast, but right now the water’s in good shape and the bite is on.

Out on the lakefront, anglers are picking up a mixed bag. Walleye fishing after dark has been a tad slow overall, but luck favors the persistent. Best bets for nighttime walls are shallow diving stickbaits—try larger Perfect 10s or Husky Jerks in darker colors. Work breakwalls, piers, and harbors after sundown for your shot at a big one. During the day, folks are also reporting action on the classic blade baits and jigs for walleye, especially when the water has a little chop to it.

Smallmouth are the current stars, both in the lake and up in the Rocky and Chagrin rivers. The lake-run bass are aggressive now, hitting medium-size minnow or shad crankbaits, white or olive tube jigs (three inches is the ticket), and Ned rigs. Spinnerbaits and streamer flies working the minnow/goby angle are producing too. If you’re lucky, you might hook into one of the last steelhead hanging in the rivers—so it’s a real “silver and bronze” season.

Off the piers and harbor mouths, you’ll find a mix of largemouth bass, northern pike (best hit on soft swimbaits or hard baits), rock bass, yellow perch, and even some nice panfish. Perch and bluegill are schooling up, especially near docks and rocky structure in the morning. Try drop-shot rigs or jig and bobber setups tipped with smaller soft plastics or live minnows.

Bait-wise, live shiners, nightcrawlers, and leeches are steady producers for most species right now. Don’t overlook artificial lures though—especially those olive or white tube jigs and swimbaits for bass and pike.

Hot spots to try today include:
- Edgewater Park breakwall and E72nd Street fishing area for mixed species and nighttime walleye.
- The mouth and lower stretches of the Rocky River and Chagrin River for smallmouth, and a possible late steelhead.
- Gordon Park and Wildwood Marina for perch and spring pike.

Bonus tip: If you’re bringing the kids out, remember the Children’s Spring Fishing Derby at Wallace Lake today—just steer clear of closed areas until after the event.

Good luck, keep an eye on the weather, and tight lines from Artificial Lure. See you on the water![1][2][5]
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