Lake Erie Fishing Reports & Blogs

We just wrapped up stop number three of the 2023 Bassmaster Opens EQ season at Buggs Island (aka Kerr Lake) in Clarksville, VA.  Buggs is a place that was famous for big bass decades ago before the Largemouth Bass Virus hit the lake and took its toll.  Back then, twenty to twenty five pound bags were the norm and this flood control impoundment of the Roanoke River was a favorite stop for many a bass angler.   Fast forward to 2023 and you see a new lake.  A lake that is on an upward trend, yet still recovering from a virus that hit it pretty hard

We just wrapped up the second Bassmaster EQ of the 2023 down in Many, LA on the famed waters of Toledo Bend Reservoir.  Toledo Bend spans around 180,000 acres, with tons of “bayous”, grass, submerged timber, bushes, trees and contours that draw the lake’s immense bass population.  In early/mid April, one would expect an absolute beatdown on some Texas sized bass.  The winning weight for three days did approach 80 pounds, which was a phenomenal total, with Ben Milliken taking home the trophy.  However, for most, it was much more of a grind including myself.   PRACTICE We seemed to hit the lake in the middle

The anticipation for every season is almost always the same.  The unknown of it.  The excitement.  The what ifs.  It’s always fun kicking off a new season as you never truly know what’s in store; good or bad.  This season is especially interesting, as we embarked on a new journey in the first season of the Bassmaster Opens EQ series.  The EQs are a means of qualifying (or requalifying) for the biggest show in bass fishing, the Bassmaster Elite Series.  However, it brings a new twist.  In the past, the Opens series were divided into multiple divisions with Elite bids going to the highest points

Well, hello there.  It’s been a while since we’ve cast a line, literally and figuratively.  So, I figured with the 2023 Bassmaster Opens EQ season right around the corner, what better time than now to recap what’s been going on here.  Remind me why I stayed in Pennsylvania again (chuckles).  It hasn’t been an overly terrible winter up here along the shores of Lake Erie unless you live in Buffalo.   But after spending the 2016-2019 winters on the St. Johns River, guiding and learning how to understand Florida bass a bit better, these few months during winter can be rough.  Up in our neck